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File: 970207_aadbk_001.txtSUBJECT: SURGEON GENERAL HISTORIAN'S OFFICE DATE: SEP 90 SUMMARY: AEROMED EVAC; NUMBER OF PATIENTS MOVED. IRAQI MECICAL OFFICER DEFECTION. 16 Sep 90 - 2000 hrs C+40 OPERATION DESERT SHIELD NEW INFORMATION IS UNDERLINED - (U) Aeromedical Evacuation: -- CENTCOM Aeromedical Evacuation: (Source: USCENTAF DEPLOYED/AECC message, 142300Z Sep 90) --- Tactical Evac last 24-hour period: 3 litter, 22 ambulatory --- Strategic Evac last 24-hour period: 4 litter, 14 ambulatory --- Cumulative Tactical Evac: 45 litter, 126 ambulatory --- Cumulative Strategic Evac: 99 litter, 18C ambulatory --- Awaiting tactical evac: 10 litter, 15 ambulatory --- Awaiting strategic evac: 19 litter, 41 ambulatory -- EUCOM Aeromedical Evacuation: (Source: 2AES Rhein-Main AB GE message, 150001Z Sep 90 --- Tactical Evac last 24-hour period: 0 litter, 0 ambulatory --- Strategic Evac last 24-hour period: 0 litter, 0 ambulatory --- Cumulative Tactical Evac: 13 litter, 3 ambulatory --- Cumulative Strategic Evac: 70 litter, 30 ambulatory --- Awaiting tactical evac: 46 litter, 3 ambulatory --- Awaiting strategic evac: 95 litter, 18 ambulatory POPULATION AT RISK IN THEATER: --- CENTAF Strength: USCENTAF FWD message 150400Z Sep 90) ---Total: 30530 female: 1735 --- Theater Strength: (USCINCCENT 142115Z Sep 90 SITREP): --- Total: 154445 female: 4946 Other Notes of Interest: - IRAQI MEDICAL OFFICER DEFECTION: [(b)(l) sec 3.4 (b)(l)] regarding an Iraqi medical doctor who defected [(b)(l) sec 3.4 (b)(l)] Included in the[(b)(l) sec 3.4 (b)(l)] report was medical intelligence information, summarized as follows: -- Main caseload of his Iraqi field medical unit has been 20- 30 patients with sunstroke daily. -- Chemical weapons may be used on the authority of the corp commander in situations when the Iragi Army is retreating, as occurred in Iran-Iraq war. Type of agents used may include: --- Tabun, Al-Zuman (possibly Soman), and Lzarin (possibly Sarin. (Note: These agents were used against the Kurds in 1986-88.) --- Blister agents mixed with mustard gas. --- Asphyxiating gases
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