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SUBJECT: FORSCOM INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY 91-18/-OPERATION DESERT

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(U)  INTSUM AS OF 271700J JANUARY 1991





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      IN CHEMICAL ACTIVITY, SADDAM HUSAYN HAS REPORTEDLY GIVEN THE

ORDER TO BEGIN USING CHEMICAL WARFARE AS OF TODAY.  AT THE LEAST,

HUSAYN IS WAGING A PSYCHOLOGICAL CAMPAIGN TO PREPARE BOTH IRAQI

CITIZENS AND COALITION ADVERSARIES FOR EMPLOYMENT OF CHEMICAL

WEAPONS.  HE HAS NOT RELENTED IN HIS THREAT TO USE CHEMICAL

WEAPONS, DESPITE DAMAGE BY COALITION STRIKES TO HIS MANUFACTURING

CAPABILITY.  HE HAD ALREADY WEAPONIZED CHEMICALS AND DEPLOYED THE

MUNITIONS TO FIELD LOCATIONS, PRIOR TO THE INITIATION OF

HOSTILITIES. 

(DIA, 270100Z JAN 91)

      THE OIL SLICK CONTINUES TO SPREAD, INITIATED FROM AT LEAST 3

LOCATIONS.  U. S. OFFICIALS IN RIYADH REPORT THAT THE THREAT POSED

BY

THE GULF OIL SLICK TO THE KINGDOM'S FRESH WATER SUPPLY COULD BE

SEVERE.  SAUDI ARABIA'S DESALINATION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM,

DESCRIBED AS THE MOST COMPLEX IN THE WORLD, CONSIST OF 21

DESALINATION PLANTS THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM.  IF THE SLICK WERE TO

FORCE THE PLANTS TO SHUT DOWN, SOME FORM OF WATER RATIONING

PROGRAM WOULD MOST LIKELY BE INSTITUTED. THE BACKUP SYSTEM FOR

THE SAUDI EAST COAST IS A SERIES OF HEAVILY MINERALIZED WELLS,

WHICH

IS A HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER.  (SSO DIA.

270712Z

JAN 91)



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