IIR 6 849 0916 91/NUCLEAR/BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL
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SERIAL: (U) IIR 6 849 0916 91.
BODY PASS: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).
SUBJECT: IIR 6 849 0916 91/NUCLEAR/BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL
(NBC) ANTIDOTE PROCUREMENT - DESERT STORM (U)
WARNING: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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DOI: (U) 910400.
REQS: (U) G-OSG-43448.
SOURCE: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
SUMMARY: NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF QUANTITIES OF
NUCLEAR/BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL (NBC) ANTIDOTE MEDICATIONS WERE
OBSERVED DURING 1990.
TEXT: 1. NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW)
ANTIDOTES CONTINUED FOLLOWING THE INVASION OF KUWAIT. BEFORE THE
INVASION, NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVED ATROPINE, 2-PAM, AND
PYRIDOSTIGMINE; MOST OF THE PROCUREMENT WAS INTENDED FOR MILITARY
USE. AFTER THE INVASION, NEGOTIATIONS FOR PROCUREMENT INCLUDED
ATROPINE, COMBOPENS, AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PYRIDOSTGMINE AND
TOXIGONIN DOSES.
2. DURING THE WAR, THE CIVILIAN SECTOR ALSO TRIED TO PROCURE
EXTRA SUPPLIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF NBC CASUALTIES. ITEMS
REQUESTED INCLUDED 200,000 1-2 MG AMPULES OF ATROPINE AND TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF AMPULES OF BAL AND CYSTIMINE, AND COMBOPEN
AUTOINJECTORS.
3.[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
4. CONNECTED WITH THESE NEGOTIATIONS WERE ATTEMPTED PURCHASES OF
HYDROGEN CYANIDE TREATMENT MEDICATIONS. THOUSANDS OF AMPULES OF
SODIUM NITRITE, SODIUM THIOSULFATE, AND AMYL NITRITE WERE
REPORTED.
((SOURCE COMMENT)-THESE ATTEMPTS WERE FOR SMALL QUANTITIES OF
SUPPLIES, FOR BOTH CIVILIAN AND MILITARY AGENCIES. POSSIBLE USES
INCLUDE TREATMENT FOR CASUALTIES IN R AND D FACILITIES OR FOR
PERSONNEL IN SMALL CW HANDLING UNITS.)
COMMENTS: (U) NONE.
//IPSP: (U) PT 1600; PGW2650//.
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