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INFO SAFE
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[ (b)(2)
]
SECTION 04
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ].
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)
].
6. CHEMICAL WARFARE
A. TO DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE REPORTS OF TMS-65S (HIGH QUALITY
SOVIET DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES) WITH THE IRAQI FORCES BUT ONLY
ONE
HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. IN LATE AUGUST, ONE TMS-65 WAS DEPLOYED WITH
AN
IRAQI MECHANIZED INFANTRY DIVISION'S CW DECONTAMINATION UNIT NEAR
AL
BASRAH (JUST NORTH OF FISH LAKE). THE UNIT WAS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH
FOUR DDA-66 AUTOCLAVES, AND FIVE ARS-12 DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES.
THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE TMS-65 WITH IRAQI FORCES IS A SIGNIFICANT
UPGRADE OF THEIR DECONTAMINATION CAPABILITIES. WHILE THE PRESENCE
OF THESE VEHICLES ALONE DOES NOT INDICATE INTENT OR DIRECT RESOLVE
TO USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS, IT DOES INDICATE A STRONG CAPABILITY ON
THEIR PART TO OPERATE IN A CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT. THE NUMBER OF
TMS-65S DEPLOYED WITH THE IRAQI FORCES AT THIS TIME IS NOT KNOWN.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)
].
B. INCREASED ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED AT SAMARRA, IRAQ'S MAIN CW
PRODUCTION FACILITY. STAKE-BED TRUCKS AND STORAGE CRATES WERE SAID
TO BE IN AN AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF BOTH MUSTARD
AND
NERVE AGENT. HOWEVER, DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES, [ (b)(1) sec 1.3
(a)(4) ] WERE NOT PRESENT.
7. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
A. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)
].
[ (b)(2) ]
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