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[   (b)(2)   ] BW/CW BUNKERS

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16 FEB 1991 1015      [   (b)(6)   ] 

FROM:   DIA[    b.2.    ]
VIA:    NMIST NET
TO:     NMIST CENTAF
        NMIST CENTCOM

SUBJ:   [   (b)(2)   ] BW/CW BUNKERS

1. [    b.2.    ]


A.                     THE CW BUNKER AT TALLIL AIRFIELD[   (b)(2) 
  ]         INCURRED
MODERATE DAMAGE.  [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] : "THE CW BUNKER 
HAS SUFFERED AT LEAST MODERATE DAMAGE BY A STRIKE SINCE 12 FEB 91 
WITH S PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE ROOF. A DIRECT HIT ON A HIND 
HELICOPTER -A PARKING APRON HAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE ACFT. 
ANOTHER BOMB HIT NEXT TO AN APRON AND HAS PROBABLY INFLICTED AT 
LEAST LIGHT DAMAGE TO A HIND PARKED NEARBY. NO OTHER NEW DAMAGE TO 
THE FACILITY COULD BE SEEN. THE TWO FIGHTER ACFT PARKED ADJACENT 
TO THE 3,000-YEAR-OLD ZIGURRAT  [   (b)(2)   ]  ON THE 12TH HAVE 
SINCE DEPARTED. TWO OTHER FIGHTERS ON A PARALLELL ROAD HAVE ALSO 
DEPARTED. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] ACFT DISPERSED ON NEARBY 
ROADS PREVENTS A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF THE TOTAL AOB.
B.                     THE BUNKER AT KIRKUK AIRFIELD       [   
(b)(2)   ]  WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING RECENT COALITION AIR STRIKES. 
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NOTED SINCE 13 FEB. THE 5-SHAPED POSSIBLE CW 
BUNKER LOCATED WITHIN THE MUNITIONS STORAGE AREA HAS BEEN 
DESTROYED. AN ACFT MAINT HANGAR HAS SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE ALSO 
SINCE 13 FEB. PROBABLE REMOVAL OF MUNITIONS CONTINUED WITHIN THE 
MUNITIONS STORAGE AREA. ACTIVITY WHICH INVOLVED CARGO TRUCKS AND 
CRANES WAS NOTED AT SEVERAL HARDENED BUNKERS IN THIS AREA".
3.   (U). [   (b)(2)   ]
 

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