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TKFUO1: POSSIBLE USE OF CW BY IRAQ

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E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
BODY TAGS: PARM, SA, IZ, BE
SUBJECT: TKFUO1: POSSIBLE USE OF CW BY IRAQ

ANTWERP SENDS

1.  - ENTIRE TEXT.

2. THE SAUDI CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN BELGIUM HAS APPROACHED
CONTROVERSIAL CW EXPERT, PROFESSOR AUBIN HEYNDRICKX OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF GHENT, REGARDING IRAQ'S CW POTENTIAL.
HEYNDRICKX AND THE SAUDI CHARGE WILL MEET AUGUST 9 AT 11
A.M. HEYNDRICKX INTENDS TO PROPOSE A VISIT TO SAUDI
ARABIA BY AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF PROFESSORS AND EXPERTS
TO DISCUSS CW DETECTION AND TREATMENT.

3. HEYNDRICKX EXPRESSED FEAR TO CONSUL THAT SADDAM
HUSSEIN MAY NOW POSSESS THE SAME CW CAPABILITY AS THAT
ALLEGEDLY USED BY THE CUBANS IN ANGOLA, WHICH IS EVEN MORE
TOXIC THAN THAT USED PREVIOUSLY BY IRAQ. ACCORDING TO
HEYNDRICKX, THE CARTRIDGES FOR THE NATO GAS MASKS ARE
INSUFFICIENT TO PROTECT AGAINST THE MIXTURE OF ORGANIC
CYANIDES AND PHOSPHENES IN THE ANGOLAN MODEL.
FURTHERMORE, SAID HEYNDRICKX, THE NATO ANTIDOTES ARE
IMPOTENT AGAINST THESE GASES. IN ATTEMPTED TREATMENTS ON
ANGOLAN VICTIMS, THE NATO ANTIDOTES ONLY WORSENED THE
PATIENTS' CONDITIONS.

4. HEYNDRICKX, WHO STUDIED VICTIMS OF THE IRAQI CW ATTACK
IN HALABJA IN 1988, INDICATED THAT THE NATO GAS MASKS AND
ANTIDOTES WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE MIXTURE THAT IRAQ
USED IN HALABJA. HE IDENTIFIED THOSE GASES AS CYANIDE,
ORGANIC PHOSPHATES, SARIN OR TABUN, AND MUSTARD GAS, WHICH
WHEN MIXED AFTER EXPLOSION FORM AN ESPECIALLY TOXIC
SUBSTANCE.

5. COMMENT: AS DEPARTMENT WILL RECALL, HEYNDRICKX IS A
CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE WHOSE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND POLITICS
HAVE BEEN SUBJECT OF SOME FIERCE DEBATE. WE REPORT
HEYNDRICKX'S CONCERNS FOR THE APPROPRIATE AMERICAN EXPERTS
TO EVALUATE. HEYNDRICKX HAS MADE REPEATED TRIPS TO IRAN
SINCE 1984 TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF IRAQI CW USE, AND IS A
LONGTIME CRITIC OF THE SADDAM HUSSEIN REGIME. MCCONNELL
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