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To: D. Long who wrote (70170)	1/30/2003 3:07:09 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<It was my understanding that Iraq had a nascent gas centrifuge project prior to the Gulf War.>> Here are some targets hit on the first day the Gulf war Will leave it to you to find any centrifuges, but I doubt they were going to use the U235 in a reactor. Notice that Turkey jumped totally on board on Day one (as some undecided allies will this time also) and the first thing Saddam did was set the oil fields on fire using nearby guns The Iraqis have different names for these targets for example Scud Factory = Hospital Chemical bunker = School playground etc Uranium 235 production plant= baby-food factory Day 1: 17 Jan 1991 17 January 1991 (Thursday): DAY 1 v Coalition Bombing Campaign begins against Iraq at 12:50 AM Saudi time. v Iraqi artillery starts the Saudi refinery at Khafji burning. v Turkey authorizes its bases for use by US/NATO forces to attack Iraq v Voice of America reports AAA fire and bombs exploding in Bagdad at 03:00 v The Iraqi Air Force flew 116 sorties - Iraq has 16,000 SAM launchers and 7,000 AAA pieces ... 7000 Radar missiles ... 9000 IR missiles ... 800 fighter aircraft v First Strategic Targets were to be all CHEM/BIO/NUC Facilities: - Mosul/Erbil/Kifkuk/Ninevh/Nimrud in the North - Samarra/Bagdad/Nippur/Lagash/Uruk/Ur/Basra in the South - Mosul/Erbil/Kifkuk/Ninevh/Nimrud in the North - Samarra/Bagdad/Nippur/Lagash/Uruk/Ur/Basra in the South - Centers of Command, Government, and National Utilities - SAAD-16 NUC/BIO/CHEM Facility \ - an R&D plant at Mosul - Iraqi Air Force Headquarters - Iraqi Ministry of Defense Building - Project 124 & DO-1 (SCUD B Al Hussein upgrade) plant at Al Hillah - Missile Components Factory in Karbala - Al Qain Uranium 235 production plant - Bagdad National Communications Center - Headquarters Buildings - (4) airfields around Iraq - (30) Static SCUD launching sites at H2 and H3 airfields v There were 31 total NBC Targets on the first night - 03 nuclear targets - 10 biological targets - 18 chemical targets 53 x F-111F's, flying in flights of 4 and 8, hit chemical bunkers at H3, Salman Pak, and Ad Diwaniyah Airfields - half of the attack force on Ali al Salem veered away due to intense AAA - Salmon Pak Chemical/Biological Facility hit by Maj Mike Mahar ... first bomb missed, a/c distracted by SAM near miss SCUD missile assembly factory." (page 3) .Here is all of the action Day one including some hairy combat stories.( Mig shoots down another Mig, etc) sci.fi Sig

To: D. Long who wrote (70170)	1/30/2003 3:38:02 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

An entire chronology of the Gulf War sci.fi Notice how swiftly Saddam launched Scuds and set the oil fields on fire, so I would not want to see an exact date of attack until we are in a position ,overhead, to intercept such actions Press:" Mr Rumsfeld, you have said you are ready anytime could you please give us some clue even a rough guess as to when the first action may occur?" Rummy: "It seems I have to answer that same question over and over again, so I'll just give you the same one I did three days ago -You will never hear it from me" Next question Sig