Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
IIR 2 201 0631 94/HYPOTHESIS REGARDING POSSIBLE EXPLANATION
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SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 201 0631 94.
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PASS: (U) DIA FOR CH-6/2, DO-6/2 FOR INFO.
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COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ); UKRAINE (UP); CZECH REPUBLIC (EZ).
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SUBJ: IIR 2 201 0631 94/HYPOTHESIS REGARDING POSSIBLE EXPLANATION
FOR GULF WAR SYMPTOMS (U).
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WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASSIFIED SECRET NOFORN WNINTEL ORCON.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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DOI: (U) 880700-940300.
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REQS: (U) G-OSG-2520-01-92.
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SOURCE: //2 243 0794//[ (b)(7)(D) ]
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SUMMARY: SYMPTOMS REPORTED IN OPEN SOURCE MATERIAL
REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED IN THE GULF WAR WERE COMPARED TO
AN ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED IN UKRAINE IN 1988 AND WITH SYMPTOMS
WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HYDRAZINE EXPOSURE. SIMILARITIES
SUGGEST
EXPOSURE TO HYDRAZINE AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE GULF WAR
SYMPTOMS.
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TEXT: (U)
1. IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER THE CAUSE OF SYMPTOMS
OBSERVED IN SOME GULF WAR TROOPS, SOURCE DISCOVERED AN OPEN SOURCE
REPORT OF AN ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED IN UKRAINE IN 1988. THE
SYMPTOMS REPORTED FROM THAT ACCIDENT WERE COMPARED WITH GULF WAR
SYMPTOMS REPORTED IN NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER OPEN SOURCES, ALONG WITH
SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH HYDRAZINE EXPOSURE. THE FOLLOWING
SUMMARY
WAS PROVIDED.
2. ON 28 JULY 1988, A CONVOY OF MISSILES AND
ASSOCIATED
VEHICLES WAS PASSING THROUGH THE UKRAINIAN VILLAGE OF CHARNOVISTII
WHEN A TANK TRUCK CRASHED AND SPILLED LIQUID. SOLDIERS WITH
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WERE CALLED TO CLEAN UP THE MESS; HOWEVER,
AFTER A FEW HOURS, VILLAGE OCCUPANTS BEGAN TO COMPLAIN OF A
BURNING
SENSATION IN THE EYES, IRRITATION OF THROAT AND LUNGS, ABDOMINAL
PAIN, A SKIN RASH, AND SKIN BURNS. THEY CONTINUED TO SUFFER FROM
LOSS OF COORDINATION, NIGHTMARES, NOSE BLEEDING, SKIN RASH, LOSS
OF
HAIR, AND CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. ONE PERSON SUFFERED FROM LEUKEMIA
AND EVENTUALLY DIED OF HEPATIC FAILURE. TESTING DONE BY THE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH FOUND TRACES OF DIMETHYL HYDRAZINE IN WATER AND
AIR SAMPLES FROM THE AREA. DIMETHYL HYDRAZINE IS A COMPONENT OF
SOME MISSILE FUELS.
3. SYMPTOMS REPORTED IN THREE CATEGORIES ARE PRESENTED
BELOW. DATA IS IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT (SLASHES "/" ARE USED TO
SEPARATE COLUMNS OF DATA) - EVENTS OR SYMPTOMS REPORTED ARE FROM -
THE GULF WAR / UKRAINE ACCIDENT / LITERATURE ON HYDRAZINE.
- EXPLOSION / LEAK / LEAK OR EXPLOSION
- AMMONIA SMELL / UNUSUAL ODOR / AMMONIA ODOR
- SKIN BURNING OR IRRITATION - HYPO OR HYPER PIGMENTATION / SKIN
BURNING, IRRITATION OR SKIN RASHES / SKIN BURNING, IRRITATION,
SKIN RASH OR CHRONIC DERMATITIS
- EYE DAMAGE, IRRITATION / EYE IRRITATION, EYELID SWELLING / EYE
IRRITATION, SWELLING
- HAIR LOSS / HAIR LOSS / NOT REPORTED
- GINGIVAL BLEEDING / NOSE BLEEDING / NOT REPORTED
- CHRONIC DIARRHEA, RECTAL BLEEDING / DIARRHEA, ABDOMINAL PAIN /
NAUSEA OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS)
- FATIGUE, WEIGHT LOSS / FATIGUE, WEAKNESS / FATIGUE, WEIGHT LOSS
- MULTIPLE CANCERS (LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOMA) / LEUKEMIA (ONE CASE) /
CARCINOGENIC LIVER AND LUNG CANCER
- CONGENITAL DEFORMITIES / NONE REPORTED / TERATOGENIC
- ACUTE AND CHRONIC COUGH, BREATHING DIFFICULTIES / NOT REPORTED /
PULMONARY EDEMA, IRRITATION
- NOT REPORTED / HEPATIC FAILURE / LIVER DAMAGE, BRONCHITIS
- MEMORY LOSS, CNS EXCITATION, FAINTING / LOSS OF COORDINATION,
NIGHTMARES / TREMORS, CNS EXCITATION, CONVULSIONS, APNEA 5.
4. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT HYDRAZINE MAY ALSO HAVE
BEEN THE CAUSE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE DETECTORS GOING OFF IN SOME OF
THE GULF WAR INCIDENTS; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT KNOWN IF CZECH AND US
DETECTORS, WHICH WERE USED IN THE GULF WAR, WILL ALARM IN THE
PRESENCE OF HYDRAZINE. ((SOURCE COMMENT) - COMPARISON OF
SYMPTOMOLOGY AND EVENTS OF SELECT GULF WAR VETERANS TO THE
INCIDENT
IN UKRAINE AND SCIENTIFIC OPEN LITERATURE ABOUT HYDRAZINE IDENTIFY
DISTINCT COMMONALITIES THAT MAY REQUIRE FURTHER PURSUIT).
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COMMENT: (U) NONE.
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//IPSP: (U) PG 2520//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) 171//.
ADMIN
PROJ: (U) 202019.
INSTR: (U) US NO.
PREP: (U) 2-10479.
ACQ: (U) FT BELVOIR, VA (940310).
DISSEM: (U) FIELD: NONE, SENT TO: NONE.
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WARNING: (U) REPORT CLASSIFIED
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