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IIR 2 340 2823 91/INFORMATION ON MINES, MISSILES, AND NBC Filename:23402823.91r PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 19992 GENDATE: 950504 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX732 MCN = 91060/27291 TOR = 910601743 OTTSZYUW RUEKJCS0237 0601740- --RUEALGX. ZNY HEADER O 011740Z MAR 91 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUFGAID/USEUCOM AIDES VAIHINGEN GE RUETIAQ/MPCFTGEORGEGMEADEMD RUEHC /SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC RHEPAAB/TAC IDHS LANGLEY AFB VA//IDHS// RUFTAKA/USA INTEL CENTER HEIDELBERG GE RUFTAKC/UDITDUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE RUDOGHA/USNMR SHAPE BE//SURVEY// RUEALGX/SAFE O 011735Z MAR 91 FM [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] TO AIG 7057 RUDCADA/CMO ARCENT//G2// RUDCAAA/ARCENT SUP CMD// RUDCOOO/CDR 513TH MI BDE FWD//IAM-O-H// RUEDBIA/CDR 513TH MI BDE FT MONMOUTH NJ//IAM-C-OSD// RHIGEPW/JIF EAST// RHSGEPW/CDR A CO 202 MI BN/JIF-W// RUDCAAA/CDR 22D SUPCOM//CMO-FMIB/CDR 202D MI BN// RHSDBBE/CDR VII CORPS MAIN FWD//G2// RHSDSSO/CDR VII CORPS SSO// RHIVHAA/COLLECTION MANAGER 18 ABC DEPLOYED// RUEADWD/HQDA WASH DC//DAMI-PII/DAMI-PO/DAMI-FI// RUDHAAA/CDRINSCOM FT BELVOIR VA//IAOPS-CI/IAOPS-H// RUEBJFI/CDRUSAOPSGRP FT GEORGE MEADE MD//IAGPC-CM// RUFLMAA/CDR18THMIBN MUNICH GE//IAGPE-G-OPC// RUFTAKA/CDRUSAINTELCTRE HEIDELBERG GE// RUFLMMA/CDR 66TH MI BDE MUNICH GE//IAGPE-G-OPC// RUEAUSA/CDRUSAIA WASHINGTON DC//AIA-PO/AIA-IPD-FM// RHIIMMA/COMUSMARCENT//G2// RUHQHQA/CG FMFPAC//G2/CIH// RUCBLFA/CG FMFLANT//G2/SCIO// RUEACMC/CMC WASHINGTON DC//INT/INTC// RUHGOAA/COMUSNAVCENT//N2// RUDMNIC/COMNAVINTCOM WASHINGTON DC//NIC-O3// RUDMCAC/NAVINTCOMCAC WASHINGTON DC//CAC// RUDMNOP/NAVOPINTCEN SUITLAND MD//OO// RUDMCTF/CTF ONE SIX EIGHT//H/H4/T// RUHGBAA/CTF ONE FIVE ONE// RHBTVKA/CTF ONE FIVE SIX// RUHGPBA/CTF ONE FIVE FOUR// RUHGOWA/CTF ONE FIVE EIGHT// RUDOHAA/CTU ONE SIX EIGHT PT FOUR PT THREE//OPS// RBSWBR/HQ BFME//J2// RHSADMA/CDR1STCAV DIV MAIN//G2// RUKGNBA/HQ AFSAC FT BELVOIR VA//INO// RUDOECA/ESAA LINDSEY AS GE//INO// RUHVAAA/PSAA HICKAM AFB HI//INO// RHEPAAB/TAC IDHS LANGLEY AFB VA//INPC// RUCUAAA/HQ SAC OFFUTT AFB NE//INCPH// RUEAHQA/HQ AFIA WASHINGTON DC//INOM/INUA// RUQVAAF/HQ ESC KELLY AFB TEX//IN/AFEWC// RUEAHQA/HQ USAF WASHINGTON DC//IN// RUCIBBA/9AF SHAW AFB SC//IN// RUWTPGA/12 AF BERGSTROM AFB TEX//IN// RHCUAAA/HQ MAC SCOTT AFB IL//IN// RHDIAAA/USCENTAF LANGLEY AFB VA//IN// RHSIMCU/ARCENT MCP//G2// RHIPAAA/USCINCCENT/CCJ2-CH// RUCJACC/USCINCCENT REAR MACDILL AFB FL//CCJ2-CH// RUCJAAA/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL// RUEKJCS/DIA WASHINGTON DC//DAM-1/DC-4A/DC-1(CCF)/DAT-6// RHIHDAA/COMSOCCENT// RUEKJCS/JCS WASHINGTON DC//JCSISC// RUEATAC/CDR USAITAC WASHINGTON DC//AIAIT-HC// RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC// RUETIAA/NSACSS FT GEORGE G MEADE MD//T5151// RHIUFLA/USCENTAF INTEL//INCH// RHBTOWA/CG FOURTH MEB//G2/SCIO/CIT// RHBTLHA/CG FIFTH MEB//G2/SCIO// INFO RULKNIS/COMNISCOM WASHINGTON DC//NIS-O2// RUDOHAA/NAVINSERVRA BAHRAIN//60BJ// ROWANUT/CDR 300TH MI BDE DRAPER UT//142 MI BN// RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC//OSBAIG// RULYSEE/NAVCAMS LANT NORFOLK VA//51// RUHPCSF/NAVCSRF EASTPAC HONOLULU HI//W33// RUCJACC/USCENTCOM REAR MACDILL AFB FL//CCJ6/TA// RBSWAQ/1ARMDIV//DILT// BT CONTROLS OPER/DESERT STORM// - CITE: (U) 0237-91. - SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 340 2823 91. BODY - PASS: (U) - COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ). - SUBJ: IIR 2 340 2823 91/INFORMATION ON MINES, MISSILES, AND NBC WEAPONS (U). - WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASSIFIED - --------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE --------------------------------------------------------------------- - DOI: (U) 910225. - REQS: (U) T-8C2-2650-01-90; D-DC4-44110. - SOURCE: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ][ (b)(7)(D) ] - SUMMARY: IRAQI ARMY USES SEVERAL TYPES OF FOREIGN LAND MINES IN LARGE VOLUME. IZ HAS MODIFIED A SOVIET SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE WHICH IS MORE POWERFUL AND HAS A LONGER RANGE THAN A SCUD. LOCATIONS OF SEVERAL CHEMICAL MUNITION FACTORIES IN IZ. - TEXT: 1. (U) MINES. A. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] B. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 2. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 3. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 4. MISSILES -- SCUDS ON MOBILE LAUNCHERS WERE FIRED SEVERAL TIMES FROM BEHIND THE 31 DIV AND 48 DIV. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SCUD LAUNCHES, THE AREA WHERE THE LAUNCH OCCURRED WAS SHOWERED BY BOMBS. REMAINING SCUDS ARE MOST LIKELY IN AL BASRAH //GEOCOORD:3030N/04747E//, IZ. THE LAST TWO MISSILES FIRED AT ISRAEL WERE THE AL HIJARA AND SAJIL, WHICH ARE UNIDENTIFIED SOVIET MISSILES MODIFIED BY IZ (FIELD COMMENT-- SOURCE SAID THE AL HIJARA AND SAJIL ARE NOT MODIFIED SCUD MISSILES BUT DID NOT KNOW THE NOMENCLATURE). THE AL HIJARA AND SAJIL MISSILES ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE SCUD, HAVE A LONGER RANGE (NFI), AND ARE DEFINITELY CAPABLE OF CARRYING CHEMICAL WARHEADS. THESE TWO MISSILES MAY HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED FROM BAGHDAD. THIS INFORMATION WAS ANNOUNCED ON LONDON RADIO 910224. MISSILE FACTORIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN HIT BY COALITION BOMBING, HAD BEEN WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY SINCE THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR. 5. (U) CHEMICAL MUNITIONS. A. TYPES -- IZ ARMY USES THREE TYPES OF CHEMICAL AGENTS IN WAR. THEY ARE MUSTARD, A NERVE AGENT THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO BREATHE, AND A THIRD THAT MAKES VICTIM DIZZY. FACTORIES FOR CHEMICAL AND POSSIBLY NUCLEAR MUNITIONS ARE AL-QADSIA AND AL-YARMOUK LOCATED IN SALMAN PAK //GEOCOORD: 3306N04435E//, IZ; HATIN LOCATED IN TAJI //GEOCOORD: 3220N04558R//, IZ; SAED LOCATED IN BAGHDAD, AND AL-ASKANDRIA LOCATED IN AL HILLAH //GEOCOORD: 3229N04425E//, IZ. AKASHAT IS A BIOLOGICAL WARFARE FACTORY THAT WAS BOMBED BY COALITION AIR FORCES. B. USE -- CHEMICAL WEAPONS WERE USED TO PROTECT AL BASRAH DURING IR-IZ WAR, AND ALSO AGAINST THE KURDS IN NORTHERN IZ. TWO HOURS FOLLOWING ATTACK, SOURCE SAW DEAD ANIMALS WHOSE EYES HAD FALLEN OUT AND ABDOMENS HAD EXPANDED GREATLY. IZ HAS HUGE STORES OF WEAPONS, CHEMICAL AND OTHERS, UNDERGROUND AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF BATTLE IN SIX MONTHS. C. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE -- SOVIET SPECIALISTS WORKED IN THE ABOVE-MENTIONED FACTORIES UNTIL A SOVIET REPRESENTATIVE, ((PRIMAKOV)), CAME TO BAGHDAD WITH A PEACE PROPOSAL AND WAS SENT AWAY. 6. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] - COMMENTS: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] - //IPSP: (U) PGW2650; PG 1233; PG 1000; PT 1600//. //COMSOBJ: (U) 141//. ADMIN PROJ: (U) INSTR: (U) US NO. PREP: (U) [ (b)(6) ] ACQ: (U) SAUDI ARABIA (910301). DISSEM: (U) FIELD: NONE. WARNING: (U) REPORT CLASSIFIED| First Page | Prev Page | Next Page | Back to Text |