IRAQI CW MUNITIONS

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Subject: IRAQI CW MUNITIONS                                              

Box  ID: BX000478

Document Number:          7

Folder Title: EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL                                                                     

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           SUBJ: IRAQUI CW MUNITIONS (U)

           1.  @ IRAQI USE OF CW MUNITIONS AGAINST COALITION FORCES DURING THE

           GROUND PHASE OF OPERATION DESERT STORM IS CONSIDERED VIRTUALLY


           CERTAIN. EVIDENCE HAS BEGUN TO ACCUMULATE THAT SUGGESTS THAT IRAQI


           FORCES ARE ATTEMPTING TO PREPOSITION CW MUNITIONS IN THEIR CORPS'


           FORWARD AREAS, AND SOME MAY EVEN HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO FIRE UNITS

           ALREADY. WE MUST THEREFORE PREPARE FOR THE EVENTUALITY THAT U.S.


           FORCES WILL CAPTURE SOME UNEXPENDED CW AND POSSIBLY BW MUNITIONS AS


           THEY OVERRUN IRAQI POSITIONS. IT IS EVEN POSSIBLE THAT THEY MAY


           CAPTURE THESE MUNITIONS IN QUANTITY.

           2. +" THE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING TEAMS DEPLOYED WITH U.S.

           FORCES ARE TRAINED AND EQUIPPED TO RECOVER & EVACUATE A VARIETY OF


           SMALL SAMPLES OF CW AND BW CONTAMINATED MATERIAL. THEY ARE ALSO


           CAPABLE OF HANDLING SINGLE MUNITIONS SAFELY. THEY ARE UNPREPARED,






           COL M.W. TOTTEN, ARCENT G2. PLANS GI=ASSIFIED BY ?iUi=:FIPI=E- 6
           KY68 9-7806-225



             JOHN F. STEWART, ACOFS, G2

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                      UNCLASSIFIED
               Declassified on 29 Aug 1996 Per Order Sec. Army (DAMH) under Sec. 3.4 E. O. 12958

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File Room = aug96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-31
Box ID = BX000478
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL
Folder Seq # = 21
Subject = IRAQI CW MUNITIONS
Document Seq # = 33
Document Date =
Scan Date = 13-AUG-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-SEP-1996