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POSSIBLE INTENT OF IRAQI MILITARY TO USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS Filename:72724197 PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 24197 GENDATE: 950605 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE OATMZYUW YEKDQA 0885 0670023-MNSH--YEKDQX ZNY MMNSH ZKZK OO SOA DE HEADER O 080006Z MAR 91 ZYH FM SSO DIA //IRAQ REGIONAL ITF// TO AHSOD DINOZ DORAL OXLID OCSD DA IDHS INFO SAFE LESS MARCENT REAR ZEM [ (b)(2) ] DESERT STORM BULLETIN/DESERT STORM BULLETIN/DESERT STORM BULLETIN ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // SUBJ: POSSIBLE INTENT OF IRAQI MILITARY TO USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AS OF: 072230Z MAR 91 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] COMMENT: WITH THE CONTINUING UNREST IN IRAQ, IRAQI FORCES MAY RESORT TO THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO QUELL THE DISTURBANCES. SPECIFIC TERM USED FOR THIS MISSION WAS "BURNING THE SKIN AIRCRAFT" TO EMPLOY THE "SPECIAL ORDNANCE," A TERM FREQUENTLY USED TO REFER TO CHEMICAL MUNITIONS. "BURNING THE SKIN" COULD REFER TO A BLISTER-TYPE CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT, SUCH AS MUSTARD OR LEWISITE. THE THREE HOUR DELAY COULD REFER TO THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THE CHEMICAL AGENT TO BECOME EFFECTIVE AND FOR INCAPACITATING RESULTS TO BE REPORTED. MUSTARD AND LEWISITE CHEMICAL AGENTS PRIMARILY WOULD QUICKLY INCAPACITATE THE INSURGENTS BUT CAUSE RELATIVELY FEW FATALITIES, AT LEAST INITIALLY. THESE AGENTS, ESPECIALLY MUSTARD, CAN BE USED TO DENY THE AREA THEY CONTAMINATE. HELICOPTERS WERE USED TO DISPENSE CHEMICAL AGENTS BY ROCKETS DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE HELICOPTER ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL IRAQ ON 7 MARCH. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// PREPARED BY: IRAQ REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE TASK FORCE #0885 INFODATE:| First Page | Prev Page | Next Page | Back to Text |