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100996_nbc_025.txt		
	NBC DESK LOG	
24 FEBRUARY 1991		
TIME	INCIDENT	ACTION
		
241230	CPT MINOR CALLED. 513TH MI BDE SENT OUT THE FALSE	SPOTREP
	REPORT OF CONFIRMED ANTHRAX USE AT LOG BASE ALPHA.	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
	BIO TEAM AT LOG BASE ALPHA HAD A POSSIBLE POSITIVE	CALLED
	FROM THEIR FIELD DETECTOR TICKET TEST OF THEIR 240300C	COMPONENTS AND
	SAMPLE. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE SAMPLE WILL BE 	NFL ASKING THEM
	"NEGATIVE (TURBID SAMPLE -- SAND PARTICLE INTERFERENCE,"	TO HELP KILL THIS
	AND SUBSEQ. NEG AT THAT SITE). SAMPLE IS BEING 	ONE.
	CULTURED AT THE LAB TO CONFIRM PRESUMPTIVE 	
	NEGATIVE. THE DEAD ANIMAL SIGHTING AT 231900C	
	CONFOUNDED THE FALSE BW USE REPORT. THE NEAREST	
	BIO TEAM AT  LOG BASE BASTOGNE REPORTED NEG FIELD	
	TEST RESULTS FOR BOTH A/B.	
		
241300	CWO STEVENS CALLED TO GIVE US A HEADS UP. HE HAS	SPOTREP
	THREE UNCONFIRMED NBC-1 CHEMICAL REPORTS THAT ARE	
	BEING TREATED AS SUSPECT. TWO IN MARCENT SECTOR (ONE	
	"FOR BLISTER AND ONE FOR NERVE), EACH FORWARDED BY "	
	"FOX RECON TMS, BUT WITHOUT EXPLOSIONS OR INCOMING"	
	"ARTY, ETC. THE RECON TMS ARE CHALLENGING THEIR OWN"	
	REPORTS. MARINES ARE CONTINUING OPERATIONS WITHOUT	
	MISSING A BEAT -- THEY GET ALARMS AND JUST KEEP. THE 	
	THIRD REPORT IS FOR AN U/I CHEM AGENT IN EPAC SECTOR	
	"(1ST BN/10TH BDE) -- AGAIN, NO OTHER INDICATIONS TO"	
	SUPPORT ACTUAL USE	
		
241400	"MG SCHARTZ, C3IC, ADVISED EPAC REPORT WAS FALSE. ONE"	SPOTREP
	MAN PUT ON A MASK AT A BREACH SITE AND THOSE BEHIND	
	DID THE SAME AND REPORTED CHEM USE.	
		
241410	ARCENT PASSED REQUESTED WEATHER INFO. IT LOOKS LIKE	
	PREDICTED (NOT ACTUAL) AND WAS FOR 0900	
		
241415	"SSG FORD, CCHC, CALLED TO GET SAUDI POC FOR OUTSIDE"	
	DECON OPS AT MODA. SAUDI POC WILL BE IDENTIFIED VIA	
	PHONE TO CCJ3-X AT 250900 FEB. SSG FORD IS TO BE 	
	ADVISED (3-3212).	
		
241500	SAUDI SECURITY OFFICE REQUESTED ON THE CAM THEY JUST	SGT HENDERSON
	RECEIVED. COORDINATED THROUGH CCHC.	PROVIDED TNG
		
241520	J2 DESK PROVIDED SIGINT REPORT THAT IRAQI 18TH INF DIV	INFO TO COL GAIN.
	TRIED TO CONTACT A U/I CHEM CDR AT 1000Z. CHEM CDR PROB	
	AT ECHELON ABOVE DIV.	
		
241715	LTC S ADVISED DNA OF ALL MLRS IN IRAQI SYSTEM BY NAME/#	200 AND 300 MM 
	AND MM SIZE. TOLD DNA TO CONTACT DIA FOR PAYLOAD	ARE NOT EQUAL TO
	ASSESSMENT. ALL MLRS ASSESSED TO BE CHEMICAL	122 MM NOW IN
	CAPABLE. ASKED FOR UPDATE OF SYSTEMS NOW IN DNA 	DATA BASE AS
	DATA MATRIX.	DEFAULT.