IRAQ: SITUATION UPDATE. (U)

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DOD MILITARY SITUATION SUMMARY AS OF 171900Z SEPT 1990 

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7.  CHEMICAL WARFARE.
A.  TWO NEW CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION SITES WERE REPORTED
ON 16 SEPTEMBER. IRAQI FORCES ARE PREPARING ONE CHEMICAL
DECONTAMINATION SITE AT SAFWAN, A FIGHTER AIRCRAFT 
DISPERSAL/STAGING BASE 4KM NORTH OF THE IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER. A 
SECOND SITE WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHERN IRAQ NEAR THE KUWAITI BORDER, 
APPROXIMATELY 10KM EAST OF THE SAFWAN AIRFIELD IN THE VICINITY OF 
300722N 0474536E. AT THE FIRST SITE, ONE V-SHAPED DECONTAMINATION 
TRENCH WAS NEARING COMPLETION AND SECOND, LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE THE 
SECURITY FENCE AT THE AIRFIELD, WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THESE 
TRENCHES WERE BEGUN SINCE 15 SEPTEMBER AND CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES 
REMAINED, INDICATING THAT SITE PREPARATION WAS CONTINUING' AT THE 
SECOND SITE, EXCAVATION OF ONE V-SHAPED DECONTAMINATION TRENCH WAS 
NEARLY COMPLETE, AND TWO PROBABLE V-SHAPED DECONTAMINATION 
TRENCHES WERE IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF CONTSRUCTION. CONSTRUCTION 
AT THIS SITE BEGAN AFTER 12 SEPTEMBER. DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT 
WAS NOT REPORTED AT EITHER SITE.
    COMMENT: THE FIRST CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION SITE WAS LOCATED 
AT
RAS AL QULAYAH IN KUWAIT ON 10 SEPTEMBER. ONCE COMPLETE, THIS SITE
HAD SIX DECONTAMINATION TRENCHES WHICH MAY CONSTITUTE A PATTERN 
THE
TWO NEW SITES WILL FOLLOW.
B.     A STAKE-BED TRUCK LOADED WITH PROBABLE CW-ASSOCIATED CRATES 
HAD DEPARTED THE ENTRANCE TO THE PROBABLE CW STORAGE BUNKER AREA 
OF THE SAMARRA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY SINCE 16 
SEPTEMBER`
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