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Filename:84639401
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 39401
GENDATE:         950623
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TEXT:            
ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX981 MCN = 91046/31598 TOR = 910462122
OTTCZYUW RUEKJCS0098 0462120-    --RUEALGX.
ZNY 
HEADER O 152120Z FEB 91
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUEALGX/SAFE
O 151328Z FEB 91
FM DIRAFMIC FT DETRICK MD //AFMIC-CR//
TO RUEORDA/XMT USDAO CAIRO EG
INFO RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC //DAT-6//
RUEORDA/TCC FT DETRICK MD
BT
CONTROLS   
[   (b)(2)   ]
BODY SUBJ: [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]
REF: [    b.2.    ]
1. (U) REF CITED A FEB 10 TASS ARTICLE DATELINED CAIRO WHICH
STATED "FOLLOWING A COALITION FORCES' AIR RAID ON A 
BACTERIOLOGICAL
WEAPONS PRODUCING FACILITY NOT FAR FROM THE IRAQI CAPITAL, 50
GUARDS OF THE PLANT DIED OF AN UNKNOWN AND RAPIDLY PROGRESSING
DISEASE, THE CAIRO-BASED NEWSPAPER AL-HAQIQA WRITES WITH REFERENCE
TO AN EGYPTIAN WHO WORKED AT A BAGHDAD HOSPITAL.[   (b)(1) sec 
1.3(a)(4)   ].

2.     WE SUSPECT THAT "AL-HAQIQA" (THE TRUTH) IS REALLY A
NEWSPAPER WHICH USES SENSATIONALISM TO REACH ITS READERS AND THAT
THIS ARTICLE MAY EXAGGERATE. HOWEVER, WE CANNOT RULE OUT THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THIS MAY BE A RESULT OF A BIOLOGICAL AGENT
INCIDENT WITHOUT FURTHER DATA.

3.     [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

4. [    b.2.    ] AND  [  (b)(6) ]. ANALYST IS [   (b)(6)   ]. 
THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH [   (b)(6)   ].
 



 

 

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