CENTAF INTSUM 91-076

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        	   EPW'S CONTINUE TO COMPLAIN OF THE LACK OF FOOD AND
            WATER AND POOR Sanitation IN THEIR FORMER UNIT POSITIONS.  THEY
            REPORTEDLY DO NOT SUPPORT IRAQ'S POLICY TOWARD KUWAIT AND BELIEVE
           THAT IRAQI FORCES WILL BE DEFEATED. A FORMER IRAQI [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)]
            COMMANDER [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)]     SAID THAT HIS SOLDIERS
            RANGED IN AGE FROM 16 TO 45 YEARS OLD. MORALE WAS LOW. HE HAD NOT
            HAD RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIS BRIGADE SINCE THE END OF JANUARY.
         HIS BRIGADE DID NOT HAVE CHEMICAL WEAPONS OR CHEMICAL MINEFIELDS FROM
           SALMAN (3030N04433E) TO THE SAUDI BORDER. THE SOLDIERS HAVE 
            PROTECTIVE MASKS THAT WERE MADE IN YUGOSLAVIA AND ONE ANTROPINE
            INJECTOR EACH. ONLY UNITS 1N KUWAIT ALLEGEDLY HAVE CHEMICAL 
            EQUIPMENT. NO NBC CLOTHING IS AVAILABLE. FURTHERMORE, THIS OFFICER
            FELT THAT THEIR NBC MASKS WERE INEFFECTIVE BECAUSE THEY COULD SMELL
           SMOKE FROM BURNING FIRES. THE COMMANDER ALSO EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT
            AMERICANS WERE IN FRONT OF HIS FORCES.   IN OTHER EPW REPORTING,
            DEFECTOR REPORTS INDICATE THAT PSYOP OPERATIONS AND COALITION AIR
            ATTACKS HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE. EPW'S AND DEFECTORS HAVE ALSO REPORTED
            THAT IRAQI FORCES WILL USE CHEMICAL MUNITIONS AGAINST COALITION
            FORCES IF IRAQI FORCES ARE BEING DEFEATED OR IF A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER
            OF IRAQI DESERTIONS OCCUR DURING THE ALLIED ATTACK. AERIAL PLATFORMS
            ARE REPORTEDLY THE PREFERRED METHOD OF DELIVERING CHEMICAL MUNITIONS.
            BOTH NERVE AND  BLISTERING AGENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR USE.

           PORTIONS FROM PAGE 6-8 WITHHELD.  NOT HEALTH RELATED.