PROBABLE IRAQI ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT TUWWAL PORT FACILITIES, SAUDI ARABIA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 9, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: AN UNUSUALLY HIGH COUNT OF MERSHIPS,
INCLUDING FOUR PRC, IS OBSERVED AT THE PORT FACILITIES.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: AN UNUSUALLY HIGH COUNT OF MERCHANT SHIPS,
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ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT CONTINUES. THREE ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF (RO/RO)
SHIPS, NINE FREIGHTERS, AND TWO COASTAL FREIGHTERS ARE IN THE
PORT AREA. FIVE OF THE MERCHANT SHIPS, INCLUDING A SECOND PRC
CIIIFENGIKOT -CLASS R-/ -O SHIP AND A PRC HAMLET
R0,/RO SLIP; E A' "I\TE^ ONE ADDITIONAL 25X1
lid-CLASS ARE STILL IN
0 3 7 / 5': i ANTIAIRCRAFT (AA) GUNS ARE ON THE
S ~ . ~ P?'C L Y BEEN DELIVERED SINCE
ARI =LOADED ONTO FLATBED TRUCKS. TWO 25X1
POSSIBLE a - -~ _ Kra aN-,
'T TO THE RECENTLY Ai~RIVED
CIIIFE. ~?:_ AD ITION , EIGHT UNIDENTIFIED 7 7
AA GI'_:S) ARE DISCERNIBLE
IN it JLi _ _ _ VAN-BODIED TRUCKS AND 12
SEMITRAILER TRUCKS WITH UNIDENTIFIED CARGO ARE PARKED IN THE
CENTRAL TRANSSHIPMENT AREA. APPROXIMATELY 20 FLATBED
SEMITRAILER TRUCKS CARRYING UNIDENTIFIED CARGO ARE PARKED AT
THE SOUTH E M OF THE QUAY. (NOT ALL SHIPS AND EQUIPMENT ON
GRAPHIC) THIS ARMS DELIVERY IS PROBABLY DESTINED FOR OVERLAND
TRANSSHIPMENT TO IRAQ.
3.1 (COORDINATES 22-20-30N 039-05-25E
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PROBABLE IRAQI ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT
T1 RIAL PORT FACILITIES SAUDI ARABIA
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