DESERT SHIELD G3 NBC SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

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Subject = DESERT SHIELD G3 NBC SIGNIFICANT EVENTS                         

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title = DAILY STAFF JOURNALS WITH MESSAGES 11 SEP-23 SEP 90                                             

Document Number =         15

Box ID = BX000093












            439   REPORTING OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS INDICATED IRAQ MAY
                  USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO CONTAIN CIVILIAN RIOTING,
                  ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN IRAQ. TO DATE, THERE HAS BEEN NO
                  CONFIRMATION OF ANY IRAQI USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST
                  THE IRAQI CIVILIAN POPULACE.

            442   THE IRAQI RESISTANCE WANTED TO TALK TO KUWAITI OR SAUDI
                  OFFICIALS TO ARRANGE FOR THE SAFE PASSAGE OF THE KUWAITIS
                  RESISTANCE STATED THAT NO CHEMICAL ATTACKS HAD BEEN USED
                  IN AN NAJAF, BUT THEY HEARD CHEMICALS HAD BEEN USED IN AL
                  BASRAH AND KARBALA.

            446   IRAQI CIVILIANS REPORT POSSIBLE CHEMICAL ATTACKS IN THE
                  VICINITY OF AN NASIRIYAII AND TALLIL. ELEMENTS OF THE 3RD
                  BDE/82D ABN DIV REPORTS THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF CIVILIANS
                  CLAIMED A CHEMICAL ATTACK HAS TAKEN PLACE 5KM NORTH OF
                  TALLIL. REPORTEDLY, AN UNIDENTIFIED NERVE AGENT WAS
                  DELIVERED BY HELICOPTER AT 131230L. NERVE AGENT WAS ALSO
                  REPORTED DELIVERED BY ARTILLERY ROUNDS. CIVILIANS
                  INFORMED ELEMENTS OF 3RD BDE THAT THEY SAW PEOPLE WITH
                  SYMPTOMS OF NERVE AGENT. A D-20 BATTALION WAS NOTED
                  DEPLOYED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY WITH ITS TUBES
                  FACING TOWARD THE CITY. ALSO NOTED WAS A PROBABLE
                  ARS-12/14 DECONTAMINATION VEHICLE IN A BIVOUAC AREA WEST
                  OF THE ARTILLERY BATTALION, ALTHOUGH A DECON COMPANY IS
                  TYPICALLY ORGANIC TO AN INFANTRY BDE, THIS IS THE FIRST
                  OBSERVATION OF DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT WITH FORCES
                  PERFORMING COUNTER-INSURGENCY OPERATIONS.

            447   POSSIBLE CHEMICAL RELATED ACTIVITY WAS NOTED AT THE
                  SAMARRA CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH PRODUCTION AND STORAGE
                  FACILITY. AN INCREASE OF STAKE-BED TRUCK ACTIVITY HAS
                  BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH CW TRANSIIIPMENT IN THE PAST. THERE
                  ARE SEVERAL AREAS IN THE COMPLEX THAT COULD HAVE SURVIVING
                  CW AGENTS AND MUNITIONS. IT IS ASSESSED THAT IRAQ IS
                  ATTEMPTING TO SALVAGE ANY REMAINING CW AGENTS AND
                  PRODUCTION CAPABILITY FROM THIS SITE.

            449   A LARGE NUMBER OF CIVILIANS CLAIMED A CHEMICAL ATTACK HAD
                  TAKEN PLACE FIVE KILOMETERS NORTH OF TALLIL. COUNTER-
                  INTELLIGENCE (CI) TEAM 11 S E C R DEBRIEFED AN IRAQI AIR
                  FORCE MAJOR (PILOT) WHO TURNED HIMSELF IN TO U.S. FORCES.
                  CI TEAM 11 ALSO DEBRIEFED SEVERAL OTHER IRAQIS WHO ARRIVED
                  AT THE 3D BRIGADE AREA ON THE SAME BUS AS THE MAJOR.

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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-64
Box ID = BX000093
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = DAILY STAFF JOURNALS WITH MESSAGES 11 SEP-23 SEP 90
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Subject = DESERT SHIELD G3 NBC SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
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Doc Date =
Scan Date = 25-MAR-1997
Queued for Declassification = 26-MAR-1997
SAGWI Request = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 09-MAY-1997