MAC WEAPONS, THREAT, AND TACTICS SPECIAL REPORT 17-90:

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LINES OF SAND DUNES AND IS A FORMIDABLE OBSTACLE TO MOVEMENT.
2. {U} AOR FOOD AND SHELTER: SURVIVAL CONDITIONS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST ARE GENERALLY POOR AND SETTLEMENTS ARE USUALLY LOCATED
WHEREVER FOOD AND WATER ARE AVAILABLE. IN DESERT AREAS,

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SUSTENANCE AND SHELTER ARE ENTIRELY LACKING EXCEPT FOR A FEW
WIDELY SCATTERED OASES SUPPORTED BY UNDERGROUND ARTESIAN WELLS.
EDIBLE PLANTS INCLUDE: DATES, NUTS, GRASSES, BERRIES, LOQUAT,
POMEGRANATE, WILD SORREL, SYRIAN NOT OBASIS, WILD CAPER,
ASPARAGUS, DANDELION, OLIVE, HOLY BRAMBLE, SAGE, BINDWEED,
BULRUSH OR MILLET, GOOSEFOOT GLOBE THISTLE, POISONOUS PLANTS
COMMON TO ALL OR MOST OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE:
APPLE OF JERUSALEM, BLACK NIGHT SHADE, CARRIA, GRASSPEA, SOAPNUT
TREE, SUMAC, AND POPPY ANEMONE. MOST ANIMALS ARE DOMESTICATED
FOR WORK OR FOOD PRODUCTIONS. DUE TO THE SCARCITY OF MEAT, THESE
ANIMALS ARE USUALLY WELL GUARDED AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED BY THE
EVADER. THE ONLY AVAILABLE SOURCES OF MEAT ARE RODENTS, SNAKES
AND WILD DOGS. IN COASTAL AREAS, FISH ARE AVAILABLE BUT BE ON
THE LOOK OUT FOR SMALL COASTAL SETTLENENTS. DANGEROUS OR
POISONOUS FAUNA OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE EVADER INCLUDE SCORPIONS,
SPIDERS, FLATWORMS, A WIDE VARIETY Of VIPERS {COBRAS, ASPS. ETC.}
AS WELL AS JACKALS AND WILD DOGS. DANGEROUS SEA-LIFE COMMON TO
THIS REGION INCLUQE LARGE VARIETIES OF SEA SNAKES, SHARKS, RAY
FISH, BARACUDA, PUFFER FISH, UPCHINS AND MOLLUSKS. MOST OF
THESE ANIMALS WOULD PRESENT A HAZARD ONLY IF DELIBERATELY CAUGHT

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OR HANDLED.
3. {U} AOR WATER: AN EVADER CAN DELAY THE ONSET OF DEHYDRATION
BY CONSERVING BODY WATER. REMAIN IN THE SHADE DURING THE WARMEST
PART OF THE DAY AND KEEP BODY COVERED {KEEP CLOTHING ON} TO
DELAY SWEAT EVAPORATION. ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE DONE DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. IF SUFFICIENT
DRINKING WATER IS NOT AVAILABLE {AT LEAST TWO QUARTS A DAY}, DO
NOT EAT. WATER FROM STANDING BODIES SHOULD BE PURIFIED BEFORE



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