RESIDUAL RADIATION SOURCES (U)

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RESIDUAL RADIATION SOURCES (U)

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DTG: 020130Z MAR 91		
ROM: DIA			 
VIA: NMIST NET
TO: CENTCOM (PASS TO CENTCOM NBC OFFICER)

SUBJ: RESIDUAL RADIATION SOURCES (U)
1.        DIA HAD PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED CENTCOM THAT IRAQ HAD 
THE
POTENTIAL TO CONSTRUCT AND DELIVER A RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSION
DEVICE. ALTHOUGH SUCH A DEVICE WAS NEVER USED DURING THE
CONFLICT TO DATE, THE UNLIKELY POTENTIAL DOES EXIST THAT SUCH 
A DEVICE OR OTHER RADIOACTIVE SOURCES COULD HAVE BEEN LEFT 
INSIDE KUWAIT. DT-1 HAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY INTENT, ACTUALITY, 
OR LOCATION OF SUCH SOURCES. THEY WOULD, HOWEVER, BE READILY
DETECTABLE WITH BASIC RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY INSTRUMENTS. AREAS 
OF
PARTICULAR CONCERN WOULD BE MEDICAL/INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES THAT
CONTAINED LARGE SOURCES BEFORE THE IRAQI INVASION. THESE
SOURCES MAY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR PROTECTIVE CASKS 
EITHER INTENTIONALLY OR BY DAMAGE DURING THE FIGHTING.
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