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File: 120596_aacyk_03.txtEPW'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.
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