SENIOR EXECUTIVE INTELLIGENCE BRIEF

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06629361
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2017
• Case Number: F-2016-02334
• Publication Date: January 15, 2003

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SENIOR EXECUTIVE INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
15 January 2003
PASS SEIB 03-012CHX
Iraq: SRBMs Located Closer to Kuwait
Baghdad has positioned Ababil-100 short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) in southern Iraq,
possibly to support a forward deployment in preparation for war.
an undisclosed number of
missiles--referred to as al-Fat' h--at a missile range near Al Qurnah, 100 km north of the Kuwaiti
border.
-- In its declarations to the UN last month, Iraq identified the Ababil-100 as synonymous
with al-Fat'h.
-- There is no indication of Ababil-100 missile launchers near the Al Qurnah missile range,
suggesting Iraq is using the area as a storage site.
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within range of US forces in northern Kuwait.
--Baghdad would have to deploy the Ababil-100, one of Iraq's 150-km UN-authorized
systems, closer to Al Basrah to strike Kuwait City
This move probably is related to a countrywide dispersal of missile units under way since last
fall in preparation for hostilities
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