IIR 2 323 0089 93/MOUNTAIN HALL IRAQ-- 250 MISSILES

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CITE:      (U)  1821.

SERIAL:    (U)  IIR 2 323 0089 93.
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COUNTRY:   (U)  IRAQ (IZ); SAUDI ARABIA (SA); KUWAIT (KU).

SUBJ:      IIR 2 323 0089 93/MOUNTAIN HALL IRAQ-- 250 MISSILES 
WITH
CW AGENT WARHEADS IN KUWAIT DURING GULF WAR (U).

WARNING:   (U)  THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY 
EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE.  REPORT CLASSIFIED


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                        DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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DOI:       (U)  921100.

REQS:      (U)  T-1B2-1600-0190; T-8C1-1600-0790; T-8C2-1100-6290.

SOURCE:       [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ][   (b)(7)(D)   ]




SUMMARY:        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   & sec 1.3 (a)(3)  ]
    AND FORWARDS INFORMATION ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF "ABABIL"  
MISSILES WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGENTS BY THE IRAQIS IN KUWAIT 
DURING THE GULF WAR.  THE CDR RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE WEAPONS 
REFUSED TO FIRE THEM AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA WHEN ORDERED TO DO SO.

TEXT:      1.       INTRODUCTION.  [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ][  
 (b)(7)(D)   ]


2.       LOCATION OF THE MISSILES.  DURING THE GULF WAR THERE WERE
250 "ABABIL" MISSILES STATIONED IN KUWAIT WITH CHEMICAL WARFARE
AGENT WARHEADS.  THE MISSILES WERE IN JALEEB AND IN ALSHUYUKH, 
SOUTH OF THE KUWAITI AIRPORT.
3.       CHEMICAL AGENTS PRESENT IN WARHEADS.  THE CHEMICAL 
WARFARE
AGENTS USED FOR THE WAR HEADS CONSISTED OF CN, CS, AC, CHLORINE 
GAS, MUSTARD GAS AND PHOSPHORUS.
4.       TARGET.  THESE MISSILES WERE TO BE FIRED AT SAUDIA 
ARABIA.
WHEN THE ALLIED BEGAN THEIR ADVANCE, THE COMMANDER RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE MISSILES, A SHI'ITE, WAS GIVEN THE ORDER TO LAUNCH THEM.  HE 
REFUSED AND WAS SAID TO HAVE DESERTED.  SOURCE LEARNED [   (b)(1) 
sec 1.3(a)(4)   ][   (b)(7)(D)   ], THAT THE IRAQIS WITHDREW FROM 
THE AREA LEAVING THE MISSILES WITH THE CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT WAR 
HEADS AT THEIR LOCATION IN JALEEB AND ALSHUYUKH.  IN ADDITION, 50 
SUCH ABABIL WARHEADS WERE SAID TO BE LOCATED IN BAGDAD ITSELF.
SOURCE HAD NO INFORMATION ON EXACT LOCATION OF THESE MISSILES.

COMMENTS:  (U)  NONE.

//IPSP:    (U)  PT 1600; PG 1100//.
//COMSOBJ: (U)  141; 111//.
ADMIN
PROJ:      (U)  223311.
INSTR:     (U)  U.S. NO.
PREP:      (U)  2-21821.
ACQ:       (U)  GERMANY, MAINZ (930215).
WARNING:   REPORT 2 323 0089 93 CLASSIFIED