IRAQ: SITUATION UPDATE. (U)

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IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE. 

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HEADER O 080221Z SEP 90
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUEKCCG/USDP-CCC WASHINGTON DC
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O 072302Z SEP 90
FM DIA WASHINGTON DC//IRAQ REGIONAL ITF//
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AIG 7011
AIG 7046
AIG 7033
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BODY SUBJ: IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE. 
DOI: 7 SEP 90 (AS OF 1430 EDT)
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3.           AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AT IRAQ'S
PRIMARY CW AGENT PRODUCTION FACILITY AT SAMARRA ON 7 SEPTEMBER.
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MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS
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8.            CHEMICAL WARFARE/[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]. AN 
INCREASE IN ACTIVITY WAS REPORTED AT 1RAQ'S PRIMARY CW AGENT 
PRODUCTION FACILITY AT SAMARRA ON 7 SEPTEMBER. TWO STAKE-BED 
TRUCKS WERE PARKED NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE SOUTHERNMOST CW 
PRODUCTION AREA. BOTH TRUCKS WERE LOADED WITH STORAGE CRATES. THE 
TRUCKS HAD APPARENTLY JUST ENTERED THE FACILITY AND MAY HAVE BEEN 
WAITING TO UNLOAD. THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN ASSESSED TO BE CAPABLE 
OF PRODUCING BOTH MUSTARD AND NERVE AGENTS.
9.           ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WAS NOTED ALONG THE FACILITY'S
FENCELINE, WHERE AT LEAST A TWO-FOLD INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
PROBABLE CHEMICAL STORAGE CRATES HAS OCCURRED IN THE LAST FEW 
DAYS.
WHETHER THE CRATES ARE FULL OR EMPTY IS NOT KNOWN. THE LACK OF
DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT, HOWEVER, SUGGESTS THAT CW-RELATED
LOADING/UNLOADING OPERATIONS WERE NOT TAKING PLACE AT THE TIME.
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