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IIR 6 849 0043 91/IRAQI BIOLOGICAL
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SERIAL: (U) IIR 6 849 0043 91.
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BODY PASS: (U) DIA PASS TO AIG 8781; STATE FOR TFKU01.
COUNTRY: [ (b)(2) ] IRAQ (IZ).
SUBJECT: IIR 6 849 0043 91/IRAQI BIOLOGICAL
AGENTS--DESERT SHIELD (U)
WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY
EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.[ (b)(2) ]
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- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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DOI: (U) 900924.
REQS: (U) [ b.2. ]
SOURCE: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
SUMMARY: [ (b)(6) ] PROVIDES SOME INSIGHT INTO IRAQI
BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AMTHRAX AND BOTULINUM AND THE REACTION TO THEM.
TEXT: 1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
WAS PROVIDED INFORMATION ON IRAQ'S BIOLOGICAL AGENTS BY CHEMICAL
AND BIOLOGICAL [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] WAS TOLD THAT THE
IRAQIS HAVE A FERMENTOR. BOTH AMTHRAX AND BOTULINUM WERE AVAILABLE
AGENTS. (([ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] COMMENT)-SEE [ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ] [ b.2. ] OTHER POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
MENTIONED WERE CHOLERA AND TYPHUS.) THE VIEWED IRAQI CHEMICAL
AGENTS AS TACTICALLY EFFECTIVE BUT THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
WERE VIEWED AS HAVING ONLY A STRATEGIC EFFECT. MILITARILY, UNITS
COULD CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND COMPLETE THEIR MISSION DUE TO THE TIME
IT TOOK FOR BIOLOGICAL AGENTS TO TAKE EFFECT. ON THE OTHER HAND,
BIOLOGICAL AGENTS CREATE A GREATER PROBLEM WITH THE CIVILIAN
POPULATION. [ (b)(6) ] SAID THAT THE MEDICAL PROBLEM IS
COMPOUNDED BY THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM
BIOLOGICAL AGENTS COULD CAUSE IN REAR AREAS. THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT ON THE SOLDIER, MOSTLY COMPOSED RESERVES,
WOULD BE SERIOUS IF THEIR FAMILIES APPEARED TO BE ENDANGERED.
2. MEDICALLY, THE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] IS CONCERNED ABOUT
THE SPORE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED THROUGH BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND
THE PRESENT INABILITY TO GET RID OF SPORES IN DIRT.
INHALATION IS ANOTHER PROBLEM. THE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] IS
ALSO CONCERNED WITH EVACUATION FROM CONTAMINATED AREAS. [ (b)(6)
] SAID THAT THE CONTAMINATED AREA WOULD BE QUARANTINED. THE
EXPOSED PEOPLE WOULD BE GIVEN TETRACYCLINE OR TREATED WITH
PENICILLIN AND ANTIBIOTICS. [ (b)(6) ] WAS NOT SURE IF THE
IRAQI AMTHRAX WAS RESISTANT TO PENICILLIN, BUT SAID THAT IF A
VACCINE WAS AVAILABLE, [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
3. [ (b)(6) ] and [ (b)(1) sec 1.3 (a)(4) ] BOTULINUM,
BECAUSE IT COULD BECOME EFFECTIVE IN SEVERAL HOURS, IS A POSSIBLE
TACTICAL AGENT. ALTHOUGH DIFFICULT AND A REMOTE POSSIBILITY,
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] FELT THAT IMMUNIZATION OF THE
POPULATION HAS FEASABLE. A FEW PROBLEMS EXISTED BECAUSE OF THE
NUMEROUS TYPES OF BOTULINUM. OF THE SIX TO SEVEN TYPES "A" THROUGH
"G", IMMUNIZATION AGAINST ALL OF THEM COULD NOT BE EFFECTED. [
(b)(1) sec 1.3 (a)(4) ]
4. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3 (a)(4) ] DID NOT KNOW WHICH TYPES OF
BOTULINUM IRAQ HAS. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3 (a)(4) ] THEY HAD TYPES
A AND B, PROBABLY C, D, AND E, BUT SAID [ (b)(6) ] HAD NO
EVIDENCE THAT IRAQ HAD TYPE F, AND THEREFORE COULD ONLY SAY MAYBE.
[ (b)(6) ] SAID THAT IRAQ WAS NOT KNOWN TO HAVE
MICRONCAPSULIZATION (PHONETIC).
COMMENTS: (U) NONE.
//IPSP: (U) PG 1600//.
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PREP: [ b.2. ]
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DISSEM: (U) FIELD: [ (b)(2) ]
WARNING: [ (b)(2) ]
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