FOREIGN MATERIAL INTEL BN SECTION III G I

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Subject: FOREIGN MATERIAL INTEL BN  SECTION III G I                      

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Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000481

Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS  513 MI BDE AAR                                                                 

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                 (IQ    The teams were instructed to begin monitoring
           immediately    on arrival at their sites@      They took two
           samples d&i  up  at 1800 and 0600hours. The second groiin of
                        ly
           teams arrived on 3 Feb 91. On 4 Feb 91 detachment sol@iers
           with vehicles off-loaded 7 pallets and evacuated them to
           FMIB Headquarters. On 5 Feb 91 equipment was distributed and
           uploaded fo the remaining teams. Prior to deployment of the
           second group, mission di8tated that all XM-21 teams move to
           the forward most sites within theater which were Log Base
           Charlie, Echo, Alpha, Al Qaisumah, and IMEF forward. The
           second qroup's teams were deployed to Riyahd (Eskan village
           and CENTTOM Readquarters), Daharan/Dammaif(FMIB Headquarters
           and Daharan Airbase), Iiibail, @C, and Log Base Bastogne.
           These sites were selebted by CENTCOM J3 NBC based,4,on -the
           current threat to large Us troop concentrations. S      as were
           mainly located at log bases, @ort facilities, and major
           headquarters.
                 M4The first hot sample was received at 171000 Feb 91.
           The sample was taken at FMIB headquarters, Daharan and had a
           high poi;itive reading. it was taken by Team 6 using the XM-2
           Bi6lo;4ical sampler and was evacuated to the Naval Theater
           Laboratory in Jubail for further analysis. The lab ran a
           smart ticket test and took 10-15 ml of fluid to grow a
           culture. The additional smart ticket test showed that there
           was a possibility of Anthrax contamination.       It was not
           until the culture had matured that it was determined that it
           was not Anthrax, but a similar organism.        Simultaneously,
           the sample was being evacuated via Tech Escort to CONUS (FT.
n of custody, with the exception of
           actually evacuating 'the sampler to CONUS, was consistent
           throughout the entire operation. on 22 Feb 1991 four hot
           samples were received one each from Riyahd (Eskan Villageli
           DAh&ran (FMIB Headquarters), Jubail ana Al Oaisumah. Ju ai
           was positive for Botulinum'Toxin ana the remaining locations
           wete-positive for Anthrax.       The samples in Riyahd and
           Daharan were taken with the PM-10 Commekcial Sampler and the
           samples in Jubail and Al Qaisumah were taken with the XM-2.
           All-4 samples were proven to be false positives. This large
           number of-false positives triggered a number of procedural
           changes.    Tech Escort no longer automatically evaluated the
           samples to CONUS. The unit w8uld hold onto the samples at
           the FMIB Headquarters until such time that the lab could
           confirm the samole as positive through culture results.
           Addition:nlAyLcttrocedural changes to the PM-10 Commercial
           Sampler          al testing procedures were made. The filter
            aper used in the PM-10 Commercial Sampler was discarded due
           ?O it contaminating the wet sample. Fibers from the filter
           paper reacted with the smart ticket rendering a false
             ositive. The only reliability concern was the fact that
           ?he sample mediufa had to b@ diluted 10 to 1 with sterile
           water.





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