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Subject: KUWAIT'S OIL RESTORATION

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN

REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN

TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF

THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON

REQUEST.







DIRECTORATE OF

INTELLIGENCE







KUWAIT: UPDATE ON

OIL-SECTOR RESTORATION







CONTENTS







IMPLICATIONS OF THE WELL FIRES ...







... FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

THE RAPID PROGRESS IN EXTINGUISHING THE OIL FIRES

REDUCED HEALTH CONCERNS FOR THE REGION. ALTHOUGH

CONCERNS REMAIN ABOUT THE LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS OF

CUMULATIVE EXPOSURE TO SOOT PARTICLES-KNOWN CARCIN-

OGENS-AND SUCH OTHER POLLUTANTS AS SULFUR DIOXIDE

AND SULFATES, THE SUCCESSFUL FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS HAVE

DEFUSED THE IMMEDIATE THREAT TO KUWAIT CITY POSED BY

AUTUMN WEATHER PATTERNS. IN SUCH PATTERNS, THE WINDS

DIE DOWN AND POLLUTANTS BECOME TRAPPED UNDER TEM-

PERATURE INVERSION LAYERS







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