POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS

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Subject: POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS             

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000471

Folder Title: INTELLIGENCE REPORTS  FEB 1991-3                                                                

Document Number:         35

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    FM 5i3THMIBDEFWD//IAM-IC-P//
    TO: Y AND R ROUTERS
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    s B e R E T


    ARCENT G2 INTREP 67-91 AS OF: 24130OZ FEB 91


    SUBJECT: POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS


    1. @ A SUSPECT POSITIVE ANTHRAX AIR SAMPLE WAS IDENTIFIED AT LOG
    BASE A, VICINITY OF SODOWIYAT ALONG TAPLINE ROAD (PS5310-PR7897).
    BOTH FIELD AND LAB TESTS WERE PERFORMED BY THE BIO-MEDICAL
    SAMPLING TEAM AS OF 232200C FEB 91. A IARGE NUMBER OF DEAD SHEEP
    WERE ALSO NOTED IN THE AREA (EXACT NUMBER UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME).
    SUBSEQUENT SAMPLING EAST OF LOG BASE A HAS BEEN DONE AND RESULTS
    ARE NEGATIVE. A SAMPLE HAS BEEN SENT BACK TO THE US FOR FURTHER
    ANALYSIS, AND POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION WILL REQUIRE LABORATORY
    ANALYSIS FOR 24 HOURS.


    2. @ AT 232200C FEB 91, RECONNAISSANCE ELEMENTS OF THE 115TH MP
    CO REPORTED THAT FROM 16-21 FEB, DEAD CAMELS WERE FOUND ON MSR
    YUGO (BEGINNING 2706NO4824E AND ENDING 2819NO4557E) VICINITY OF
    QARYAT AL ULYA (2733NO4742E) AND 25-30 DEAD GOATS AND CAMELS WERE
    FOUND ON MSR CADILLAC (BEGINNING 2609N4927E AND ENDING
    2658NO4823E) VICINITY THAJ. A NBMBER OF GREEN PLASTIC GRAIN FEED
    BAGS (2' X 31, APPROXIMATELY IOOLBS EACH WITH BLUE LETTERING) WERE
    NOTED ALONG BOTH MSR'S. THE GROUPS OF DEAD ANIMALS WERE EACH
    CLUSTERED AROUND ONE OF THESE BAGS; INDIVIDUAL DEAD ANIMALS WERE
    ALSO FOUND. THESE BAGS ARE SIMILAR TO BAGS OF BARLEY OFF-LOADED
    AT THE PORT OF DAMMAM. LOCAL VILLAGERS SEEMED TO PAY LITTLE
    NOTICE TO THE DEAD ANIMAIS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO REPORTS OF
    HUMAN INFECTION. VETERINARY AND BIO-MEDICAL SAMPLING TEAMS HAVE
    BEEN DISPATCHED TO THE AREA TO COLLECT SAMPLES AND TO CARRY OUT
    ANALYSIS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO EVIDENCE, THIS INCIDENT MAY BE
    RELATED TO THE SUSPECTED PRESENCE OF ANTHRAX NOTED IN PARAGRAPH
    ONE.

    3. (U) ANTHRAX IS AN ACUTE, MALIGNANT, BACTERIAL DISEASE, USUALLY
ERALLY AFFECTS THE SKIN
    (CUTANEOUS), ALTHOUGH PULMONARY AND INTESTINAL ANTHRAX ALSO OCCUR
    TO A LESSER EXTENT. ANTHRAX SPORES ARE EXTREMELY RESISTANT TO THE
    ENVIRONMENT AND DECONTAMINATION AND MAY REMAIN IN THE SOIL FOR
    YEARS. ANTHRAX IS ALMOST ALWAYS TRANSMITTED TO MAN BY LOWER
    ANIMALS ALTHOUGH SPORES COULD.BE DISPERSED AS A THICK AEROSOL OR
    IN LOW @IELD CLUSTER BOMBS. SYMPTOMS USUALLY OCCUR TWO TO FIVE
    DAYS AFTER CONTACT AND DELAY MAY RANGE UP TO SEVEN DAYS.
         CUTANEOUS- A LOCALIZED BOIL OR ABSCESS DEVELOPS TWO TO SIX
    DAYS AFTER CONTACT. THIS BOIL USUALLY SPONTANEOUSLY HEALS, BUT
    MAY REQUIRE SURGICAL ATTENTION.
         PULMONARY (INHALATION)- THE SYMPTOMS OF PNEUMONIA- SHAKING
    CHILLS, FEVER, CHEST PAIN, AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING- FOLLOWED BY

              Declassified on 23 Aug 1996 Per Order Sec. Army (DAMH) under Sec. 3.4 E. O. 12958


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Box ID = BX000471
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Folder Title = INTELLIGENCE REPORTS FEB 1991-3
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Subject = POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL AGE
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 11-OCT-1996