Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
MOSCOW RADIO REPORTS DISEASE OUTBREAK FROM BOMBED
Filename:71726038
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 26038
GENDATE: 950605
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ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX610 MCN = 91042/07539 TOR = 910421050
OTTUZYUW RUEKJCS4226 0421048-UUUU--RUEALGX.
ZNR UUUUU
HEADER O 111048Z FEB 91
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUEADWD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC
RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC
RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC
RUFGAID/USEUCOM AIDES VAIHINGEN GE
RUFTAKA/USA INTEL CENTER HEIDELBERG GE
RUFTAKC/UDITDUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE
RUDOGHA/USNMR SHAPE BE//SURVEY//
RUEALGX/SAFE
RUEADDS/DITDS
O 111044Z FEB 91
FM [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
TO RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC//PA// IMMEDIATE
INFO RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC//JSI// IMMEDIATE
RUCJACC/USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL IMMEDIATE
RUEHEY/USDAO CAIRO IMMEDIATE
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHIA/USIA WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC//DAT-4//
BT
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SECSTATE FOR INR, EUR/SOV
USIA FOR P/G, EU
CITE U-0127-91
BODY SUBJ: MOSCOW RADIO REPORTS DISEASE OUTBREAK FROM BOMBED
- BW FACILITIES
1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
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2. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]COALITION AIR ATTACKS
DESTROYED A BW FACILITY NEAR BAGHDAD. MANY MEMBERS OF THE
MILITARY GUARD FORCE WERE HOSPITALIZED, AND ABOUT HALF
DIED WITHIN A SHORT TIME. DISINFECTION OF THE HOSPITAL
FAILED, AND THE PROBABLE BIOLOGICAL AGENT CONTINUED TO
SPREAD. SIMILAR OUTBREAKS OF DISEASE FROM BOMBED BW
FACILITIES WERE REPORTED IN TIKRIT AND BASRA.
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3. GIVEN THE SOURCE, THE STORY IS QUESTIONABLE. WHAT IS
SIGNIFICANT IS THAT IT HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY MOSCOW
RADIO. THE USSR HAS CONTINUED TO EXPRESS OFFICIAL
CONCERNS ABOUT CW, BW, AND NUCLEAR CONTAMINATION NEAR ITS
TERRITORY AS A RESULT OF COMBAT IN THE PERSIAN GULF.
SYMPTOMS REPORTED (RESPIRATORY AND INTESTINAL FAILURE)
CAN BE CONSISTENT WITH ANTHRAX. FOLLOWING DISCLOSURES IN
THE SOVIET PRESS ABOUT THE SVERDLOVSK ANTHRAX DISASTER,
THERE ARE LIKELY TO BE PARTICULAR SENSITIVITIES TO NEWS
OF THIS SORT.
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4. [ b.2. ]
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