IRAQ-KUWAIT SITUATION REPORT

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Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

SPOT COMMENTARY







SEPTEMBER 1990







IRAQ-KUWAIT:  SITUATION REPORT





MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS







INCREASED IRAQI CHEMICAL WEAPONS ACTIVITY







CHEMICAL WEAPONS ACTIVITY AT AL TAQADDUM AIRFIELD WEST OF

BAGHDAD.          NEXT TO A CHEMICAL WEAPONS

STORAGE BUNKER AT THE AIRFIELD AND IN AN OPEN AREA NEARBY.



COMMENT:          PROBABLY

CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND MAY HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE AIRFIELD

AND LEFT IN THE OPEN

MIGHT HAVE BEEN

TO FACILITATE FUTURE EFFORTS TO UPLOAD THE

ORDNANCE ON AIRCRAFT.







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