DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICER'S LOG

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Subject: DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICER'S LOG                       

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000036

Folder Title: DUTY LOG G3  EOC INCOMING MSGS  29 DEC 90                                                       

Document Number:       2002

Folder SEQ  #:         89


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    ENVIRONMENT.
    5. (U) THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WILL   BE RELEASED BY OASD(PA)
    ON/ABOUT 31 DEC 90:
    A. (U) THE US HAS ACTIVELY WORKED TO STRENGTHEN CHEMICAL AND
    BIOLOGICAL DEFENSES FOR THE US AND COALITION FORCES SINCE THE
    BEGINNI-NG Or--CPERATrON DESERT SHIELD.
    8. (U) IRAQ IS PARTY TO THE 1925 GENEVA PROTOCOL PROHIBITING THE
    USE Of CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND A SIGNATORY TO THE 1972
    PRDTOCOL PROHIBITING THE DEVELOPMENTP-PRODUCTION AND STOCKPILING.GF
    SUCH WEAPONS. NEVERTHELESSP IRAQ HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS WILLINGNESS TO
    VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL LAW BY USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST




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    CIVILIANS DURING THE 19800S. THE U.S. HAS REPEATEDLY MADE IT CLEAR
    THAT USE OF CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL-WEAPONS BY IRAQ WOULD RESULT IN
    THE MOST SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR SADDAN HUSSEIN AND HIS MILITARY
    FORCES. GIVEN THE MEANS OF RETALIATION AND DEFENSIVE MEASURES
    AVAILABLE TO MULTINATIONAL FORCESP IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNWISE FOR
    SAODAM TO EMPLOY ANY WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION. PRUDENCE
    NEVERTHELESS REQUIRES PREPAREDNESS AGARNST THE POSSIBILITY OF AN
    IRAQI CW OR SW ATTACK.
    C. (U) SEVERAL LEVELS OF DEFENSES ARE INTEGRATED INTO AN    EFFECTIVE
    DEFENSIVE CAPABILITY. THESE INCLUDE DETECTION DEVICESP INDIVIDUAL
    PROTECTIVE MASKS AND GARMENTSP MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND TRAINING FOR
    OUR FORCES. WITH REGARD TO DETECTION DEVICESP WE HAVE THE
    CAPABILITY TO DETECT CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS.
    D. (U)  PROTECTIVE MASKS AND -GARMENTS ARE THE MOST EFFECTrvE
    DEFENSE AGAINST BOTH CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. ALL U.S.
    MILITARY FORCES ARE ISSUED THESE GAR14ENTS AND ARE CONTINUALLY
    TRAINED TO USE THEM.
    E. (U) MEDICAL TREATMENT INCLUDES *HE USE OF VACCINESP ANTIBIOTICS
    AN"WTITGXINS-T-8@O*PLEMENT PROTEW-M,*@PROVIDED BY MASKS AND
    GARMENTSP AND specrALIZED MEDICAL TREATMENT OF VICTIMS EXPOSED TO
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Document 11 f:/Week-10/BX000036/DUTY LOG G3 EOC INCOMING MSGS 29 DEC 90/daily staff journal or duty officer's log:11049609125221
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File Room = mar96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-10
Box ID = BX000036
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = DUTY LOG G3 EOC INCOMING MSGS 29 DEC 90
Folder Seq # = 89
Subject = DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICER'S LOG
Document Seq # = 2002
Document Date =
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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 = 04-NOV-1996