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Subject: CW REQUIREMENTS RESPONSE



Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence





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MAR 91





SUBJECT:  CW REQUIREMENTS RESPONSE





HAS NOT REPEAT NOT FOUND ANY



CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL MUNITIONS STORED IN THE KTO, NOR WERE



ANY CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL MUNITIONS WITH REPUBLICAN GUARD OR



IRAQI ARMY UNITS OVERRUN/CAPTURED BY COALITION FORCES.



REPORTING          EARLY IN THE WAR OF CHEMICAL MINES AND



BUNKERS PROVED FALSE ACCORDING TO CENTCOM AUTHORITIES. A MORE



RECENT REPORT OF A POSSIBLE



CHEMICAL STORAGE BUNKER IN KUWAIT CITY



PROPER, NOT FAR FROM THE US EMBASSY, HAS PROVEN NEGATIVE AND



THIS FACILITY IS SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION TODAY. MILITARY



CHEMICAL EXPERTS REPORT THAT THE BUNKER MIGHT HAVE BEEN BUILT



AS A CHEMICAL STORAGE FACILITY, BUT TESTS REVEALED NO TRACES



OF CHEMICAL AGENTS.



THERE HAS BEEN ONLY ONE INSTANCE IN WHICH A



SOLDIER MAY HAVE BEEN, AND BY INDICATIONS WAS, EXPOSED



TO CHEMICAL AGENTS. THIS OCCURRED THREE DAYS AGO IN THE AREA



PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY IRAQI 52D INF DIV, VIC GEO COORD 2956N



04706E. CONFUSION AS TO THE EXACT CAUSE OF INJURY STEMS FROM



THE SOLDIER USING THERMITE GRENADES TO DESTROY DAMAGED IRAQI



EQUIPMENT. THE SOLDIER WAS NOT IN CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE GEAR,



BUT DRESSED IN NOMEX. WHEN HE DISCOVERED THE BLISTER, A



NEARBY FOX CHEMICAL DETECTION VEHICLE MADE AN IMMEDIATE



ASSESSMENT. THE FOX SNIFFER EQUIPMENT IDENTIFIED HD AND HQ (A



MIXTURE OF HD AND Q AGENTS) PRESENT. A BUNKER IN THE VICINITY



WAS INSPECTED AND HD VAPORS WERE DETECTED. SOAP POWDER ALSO



WAS FOUND ON THE FLOOR, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED AS EITHER A



DECONTAMINATION AGENT OR, EQUALLY POSSIBLE, AS THE BASE FOR



MIXING WITH GASOLINE TO FORM FUGASSE/NAPALM FOR MOLOTOV



COCKTAILS. NO CHEMICAL MUNITIONS WERE FOUND, AND, AT THIS



TIME, THE INJURY IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CHEMICAL



RESIDUALS IN THE AREA. INDIVIDUAL'S CLOTHING HAS BEEN SENT



THROUGH MILITARY CHANNELS TO CRDEC (CHEMICAL RESEARCH,



DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION CENTER) FOR ANALYSIS.



ASH SHUAYBAH IS NOT UNDER COALITION FORCES



CONTROL. MILITARY CHEMICAL SPECIALISTS TRAVELED YESTERDAY TO



AN NASARIYAH. ONE CAPTAIN REMARKED THAT HE HAD NEVER REALLY



APPRECIATED THE EFFECTS OF PRECISION BOMBING UNTIL HE SAW THE



BUNKERS. THEY WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND, FOR THIS REASON,



IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM,



INSULATION OR ANY SPECIFICS RELATING TO



MARKINGS



THE BUNKERS WERE "SO MUCH RUBBLE". SINCE NONE WERE



OPERATIONAL, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE OPERATING



TEMPERATURES. TESTS FOR CHEMICAL AGENTS WERE CONDUCTED (ON



SITE TESTS WERE NEGATIVE, BUT SAMPLES HAVE BEEN SENT TO CONUS



FOR FURTHER TESTING), SOIL SAMPLES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE



BUNKERS WERE TAKEN, AND THE SITE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED. WE EXPECT



ESTIMATED DIMENSIONS OF THE BUNKERS TO BE REPORTED TO CENTCOM



SOON.



TALLIL. CENTCOM FORCES ARE SCHEDULED TO WITHDRAW FROM



TALLIL AREA IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. WE HAVE EMPHASIZED THE



IMPORTANCE OF SENDING A CHEMICAL DETECTION TEAM IN TO



INVESTIGATE          BUNKERS THERE. HOPEFULLY, THE



BUNKERS WILL BE INSPECTED NOT LATER THAN TOMORROW BEFORE THE



FACILITIES AT TALLIL ARE DESTROYED BEFORE WITHDRAWAL. WE WILL



ADVISE YOU OF REPORTS ON TALLIL IN A FOLLOW-UP MSG.



CHEMICAL MUNITIONS MARKINGS



INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY          AN EXTENSIVE



REPORT



INDICATED IRAQI CHEMICAL MUNITIONS ARE COLOR-CODED TO IDENTIFY



THE TYPE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS CONTAINED IN THE MUNITIONS.



COLORED RINGS AROUND THE MUNITIONS DENOTE THE CHEMICAL TYPE.



RED RINGS INDICATE NERVE AGENTS, YELLOW RINGS DENOTE BLISTER



AGENTS, AND GREEN RINGS INDICATE CHOKING AGENTS.          KNEW



THAT NERVE AND BLISTER AGENT MUNITIONS WERE IN THE IRAQI



INVENTORY BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN EMPLOYED IN THE IRAN/IRAQ WAR.





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