Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
POSSIBLE INTENT OF IRAQI MILITARY TO USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Filename:72724197
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 24197
GENDATE: 950605
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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
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SUBJ: POSSIBLE INTENT OF IRAQI MILITARY TO USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS
AS OF: 072230Z MAR 91
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[ (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.
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PREPARED BY: IRAQ REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE TASK FORCE
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