PORTIONS FROM PAGE 9-19 WITHHELD.  NOT HEALTH RELATED.
 
                     DAMAGE TO KUWAITI OILFIELD IS MOUNTING. IRAQI SABOTAGE AND
   COALITION AIRSTRIKES HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED KUWAIT'S OIL
   PRODUCTION SYSTEM   [(b)(l) sec 3.4 (b)(l)]                             
   WELLS IN MAIN OILFIELDS ARE ON FIRE.  FIRES IN THE AL DUROAN OILFIELD
   WERE GENERATING HUGE CLOUDS OF BLACK SMOKE    [(b)(l) sec 3.4 (b)(l)] 
   WELLS IN THE LESS IMPORTANT AL WAFRAH OILFIELD IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE
   HAVE BEEN SABOTAGED  [(b)(l) sec 3.4 (b)(l)]     ON FIRE. [(b)(l) sec 3.4 (b)(l)] 
   OILFIELD PROCESSIG CENTERS HAVE SUSTAINED MODERATE TO SEVERE
   DAMAGE.  SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE MINOR DAMAGE.
 
              [(b)(l)sec3.4(b)(1)]
 
 
 

 
 
      PORTIONS FROM PAGE 20 WITHHELD.  NOT HEALTH RELATED.
 
                 WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST HAVE DELAYED THE
        ADVANCE OF THE MINA' AL AHMADI SLICK. IN THE PAST WEEK MOST OF THE
        SLICK THAT HAS PASSED RA'S AS ZAWR HAS MOVED INTO A BAY WEST OF ABU
        'ALI RATHER THAN DOWN THE GULF. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE 80-MILE-LONG
        SLICK IS ALSO MOVING SLOWLY AND THE SLICK WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN
        THE COAST FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.  OIL FIRST APPROACHED THE OIL
        FACILITIES AND DESALINATION PLANTS AT AS  SAFFANIYAH THREE WEEKS AGO
        AND IS STILL IN THE AREA. LARGE DEPOSITS OF OIL ON THE BEACHES ARE  
        STILL BOUYANT AND ARE REFLOATING. RESUPPLYING  THE SLICK ALONG ITS
        LENGTH
        BT
 
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