D TO APPENDIX TO ANNEX B TO XVIII AB OPLAN

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Subject: D TO APPENDIX TO ANNEX B TO  XVIII AB  OPLAN                    

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000047

Folder Title: CHEMICAL INFORMATION                                                                            

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   "POSSIBILITY, IT SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND THAT IN A HOT, DRY CII@'-I,\TF.
   !AIATO AIR-PERMEABLE AND A LIGHTWEIGHT IMPERMEABLE DESIGNED PROTECTIVE
   ,SUIT RESULT IN ABOUT THE SAME HEAT STRESS.
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   . (U) PATHOGENS.
   "MTRAX: HIGH FATALITY RATE
           ) IF INCLINED, IRAQ COULD PRODUCE THIS BACTERIA FOR
   @APONIZATION PURPOSES.
   -@HOLERA: HIGH FATALITY RATE
   (U)@ IRAQ HAS THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE THIS AGENT FOR I,7PAP017TZATTOll
   'PTJRPOSES. THIS BACTERIA WOULD LIKELY BE USED TO C014T@'-!INATE I-;.,@TER
   SUPPLIES.
   CLOSTRIDIUM PERFINGENS: FATALITY RATE 110'1' KNOWN





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               AS A TOXIN IT WOULD BE FASTER ACTING, TAKING ONLY BETWEEN
   -Ft'REE TO SEVEN HOURS TO TAKE EFFECT. ) THE BACTERIA IN ITS NATURAL
   S-RATE IS ONE OF THE CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF GAS GANGRENE. HOWEVER, THIS
   ACTERIA WOULD LIKELY BE USED TO DELIBRATELY CONTAMINATE WATER
   @UPPLIES OR FOOD PROVISIONS CAUSING A GASTROINTESTINAL TOXEMIA. IT
     POSSIB T   THAT THE TOXIN COULD BE DEPLOYED AS -kll AEROSOL BY THE
            @E


                        OXINS.
      ... M4: HIGH FATALITY RATE
     FIWN) IRAQ CAN QUICKLY PRODUCE BO'I'ULI14UM TOXIN FOR t,!EAPONIZATIOII.
     IYLOCOCCUS EIJTEROTOXIIIS: MODERATE FATALITY RATE
    STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROI'OXIN TYPE B IS THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATE.
   'RRAQ HAS THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE THESE SUCH TOXI14S FOR
   LXAPONIZATION.
   J) IT SHOULD BE NOTED TAT STAPIIYLCF(;OCCUS ENTEROTOXIN CAN AFFECT
   9UMNS IN 30 MINUTES, MAKING IT A "F"qgSIBILITY THAT IRAQIS blIGHI' USE
   @ AS TACTICAL WEAPON IN BATTLEFIEL@. BOTULINUM TOXIN IS KNOWN a'O@
   C,AUSE DEATH IN LABORATORY ANI@IALS. @HROUGH I1411AL-ATION IN SIX HOURS,
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Document 7 f:/Week-15/BX000047/CHEMICAL INFORMATION/d to appendix to annex b to xviii ab oplan:12269616083112
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File Room = apr96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000047
Unit = XVIII CORPS
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Subject = D TO APPENDIX TO ANNEX B TO XVIII AB OPLAN
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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 = 26-DEC-1996