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File: 961031_950825_200530ap_91.txtCENTAF DAILY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY 91-049 AS OF 200400Z APR Filename:200530ap.91 CDSN = LGX218 MCN = 91110/12292 TOR = 911100801 OTTSZYUW RUEKJCS1876 1100801---RUEALGX. ZNY O 200801Z APR 91 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEALGX/SAFE O 200530Z APR 91 FM USCENTAF//IN// TO AIG 12929 RHIEFIA/1707 AREFSP//IN// RHSIKMC/CDR 3-160 SOAR SOCCENT FWD//S2// RHIIMAA/COMUSMARCENT//G-2/MAFC// RHIBHAC/SSO 24 ID FWD ZEN/USCENTAF//CC/DO/IN// RUEOADA/9TIS SHAW AFB SC//CC// RUDOVDA/20TFW RAF UPPER HAYFORD UK//IN// ZEN/STRATFOR/BOMBERS RBSWAM/RAF DET MUHARRAQ RBSWAS/RAF DET SEEB RBSWAD/RAF DET DHAHRAN RBDOYI/JHQ HIGH WYCOMBE RBSWBR/CBFME ATTN J2 RBSWBK/101SQN DET KKIA//FOR INT// RBSWBR/HQ BFME J2 RBSWAD/31 SQ RAF RUEOBSA/1681 MASSP DHAHRAN AB SA//IN// RHIUFKA/69 TFS//IN// RHIUFKA/53 TFS//IN// RHIUFKA/157 TFS//IN// RHIUFKA/138 TFS//IN// RHIUFKA/511 TFS//IN// RHSLKIA/CDR2DAVNBDTAC//S2// RHFUAAA/7454TIS BOERFINK GE RUEOPEM/CO D 201ST MI BN WARRENTON VA//TCAE// RUDCOOO/513MIBDEFWD// RYEXRAS/513MIBDE RHIUFKA/42ECS DEPLOYED//IN// RUVOABA/552 AWAC WING TINKER AFB//DOW// INFO ZEN/USMTM//AWAC// BT /*********** THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE ************/ SUBJECT: CENTAF DAILY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY 91-049 AS OF 200400Z APR 91 1. GENERAL SITUATION: THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS NOW ACTING THE PART OF THE MAGNANIMOUS VICTOR IN ITS CIVIL WAR, AS WELL AS THE COOPERATIVE AND HUMBLE LOSER OF THE WAR AGAINST THE COALITION. THIS SHREWD POSTURE MAXIMIZES THE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL FOR SADDAM'S REGIME. HE CAN AFFORD TO TEMPORARILY SCALE BACK HIS RUTHLESS AND BRUTAL SUPPRESSION OF REBELLIOUS SHIITES AND KURDS. THEY WILL NOT SOON FORGET THAT THE ARMY IS STILL EFFECTIVE AND THAT IT WILL STILL FOLLOW SADDAM'S ORDERS. BY TAKING A COOPERATIVE COURSE WITH THE U.N. AND COALITION, THE REGIME SHOWS THAT IT WANTS TO END ITS POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC ISOLATION AS QUICKLY AND PAINLESSLY AS POSSIBLE. NO MATTER HOW COOPERATIVE IRAQ'S STATEMENTS AND ACTIONS SEEM, IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THAT THE REGIME WILL VOLUNTARILY REFORM SUFFICIENTLY TO LOOSEN SADDAM'S GRIP ON POWER. THEREFORE, IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THAT IRAQI REFORMS ARE GOING TO SWAY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS AS LONG AS IRAQ'S ALMOST UNIVERSALLY DESPISED RULER IS IN CONTROL. (DIA/CENTAF) 2. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 4. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] D. A CONFIRMED CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION UNIT WAS REPORTED AT AL MAWSIL BARRACKS HEADQUARTERS (362210N0431939E). THE UNIT INCLUDES AT LEAST THREE DDA-66 AND THREE ARS-12-14 DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES. THE CHEMICAL UNIT MAY HAVE BEEN AT MOSUL SINCE MID-DECEMBER, WHEN A V-SHAPED SITE WAS OBSERVED IN THE SAME LOCATION. E. THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PROBABLE SALVAGE OPERATIONS SINCE THE END OF DESERT STORM ARE UNDERWAY AT THE BAGHDAD NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER AND ALSO AT THE SALMAN PAK CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL FACILITY. TRUCKS, FORKLIFTS, CRANES AND SEDANS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED IN BOTH THE RESEARCH AREA AND THE FRENCH-BUILT REACTOR AREA OF THE NUCLEAR FACILITY. AT SALMAN PAK, EXCAVATION AT TWO ENTRANCES OF ONE OF THE SITES 12-FRAME BUNKERS WAS UNDERWAY, WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 5. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 6. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] [ b.2. ]
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