IRAQI COASTAL DEFENSE SITES AL FAW COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOUTH, IRAQ (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2010
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• Publication Date: August 28, 1982
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IRAQI COASTAL DEFENSE SITES
AL FAW COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOUTH, IRAQ
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: TWO IRAQI COASTAL DEFENSE SITES WERE
OBSERVED UNDER ONSTRUCTION IN THE AL FAW AREA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: TWO IRAQI COASTAL DEFENSE SITES--AL FAW
COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOUTH AND AL FAW 25X1
COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOUTHWEST ( NOT ON 25X1
GRAPHIC--, WERE OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON IMAGERY OF
GROUND SCARRING FOR THESE SITES WAS ~~X1
OBSERVED ON AL FAW IS APPROXIMATELY 290 NM 25X1
SOUTHEAST OF BAGHDAD, AT THE HEAD OF THE PERSIAN GULF AND
NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE SHATT AL ARAB.
(SWN) AL FAW COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOUTH, 4.3 NM
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AL FAW AT 29-55-SON 048-26-20E, WAS
OBSERVED ON CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT THIS SITE
INCLUDED GRADING FOR TWO FIRING AREAS (EACH CONTAINING TWO
DRIVE-THROUGH FIRING POSITIONS) AND 20 GRADED-EARTH
PARKING/SUPPORT AREAS.
(SWN) AL FAW COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOUTHWEST, 4 NM
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF AL FAW AT 29-57-SON 048-24-OOE, WAS
OBSERVED ON CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT THIS SITE
INCLUDED GRADING FOR TWO FIRING AREAS (EACH CONTAINING TWO
FIRING POSITIONS), AND FOUR SERVICE ROADS.
(SWN) THE PRESENCE OF REVETTED DRIVE-THROUGH FIRING
POSITIONS ATONE OF THE COASTAL DEFENSE SITES MAY INDICATE
THE FUTURE DEPLOYMENT OF A CRUISE MISSILE SYSTEM, ALT14OUGI-I
NO CRUISE MISSILE EQUIPMENT WAS DISCERNIBLE AT EITHER OF
THESE SITES. (
3. (S)
COORDINATES 29-55-SON 048-26-20E
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