VII CORPS INTSUM 200

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Subject: VII CORPS INTSUM 200                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

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Folder Title: VII CORPS INTSUMS                                                                               

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        TIME OF DESTRUCTION. CONCURRENTLY, AS MANY AS TWO ADDITIONAL
        HELICOPTERS WERE REPORTEDLY ACTIVE IN THE SAME AREA DURING THE
        ATTACK.
        7!U)(07'11@r-) AIR DEFENSE ACTIVITY: NSTR.
        8   tlg,'Fdi@ii) NBC: ARCENT EPW REPORTING AND THE QUALITY OF
        CAPTURED NBC EQUIPMENT INDICATES THAT THE CAPABILITY OF IRAQI
        UNITS TO OPERATE IN AN NBC ENVIRONMENT MAY HAVE BEEN DEGRADED.
        ACCORDING TO ONE REPORT, OVER 70 PERCENT OF THE IRAQI NBC
        DECONTAMINATION KITS EXAMINED WERE PAST THEIR EXPIRATION DATE.
        NONE OF THE EPWS HAD ANY OVERGARMENT/PROTECTIVE CLOTHING IN THEIR
        POSSESSION. MANY DID POSSESS RUBBER BOOTS AND GLOVES IN
        GENERALLY GOOD SHAPE AS WELL AS MODERN PROTECTIVE MASKS IN SOUND
        CONDITION. COMMENT: THE MASKS, WHEN COMPARED TO A U.S. M17Al
        MASK, HAVE A FEW DISADVANTAGES SUCH LACK OF A DRINKING SYSTEM, NO
        HOOD AND NO SEPARATE OPTICAL INSERT CAPABILITY. THE LACK OF A
        COMPLETE OVERGARMENT MAY MAKE IRAQI SOLDIERS VULNERABLE TO THEIR
        OWN USE OF CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. FURTHER, THE 70 PERCENT
        EXPIRED NBC DECONTAMINATION KITS COULD MAKE IRAQI SOLDIERS
        SUSCEPTIBLE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE VIA LEAFLETS INFORMING THEM
        OF THEIR POTENTIAL VULNERABILITY TO THEIR OWN CW AGENTS. THIS
        INFORMATION COULD THEN BE USED TO CONVINCE THE IRAQI SOLDIER THAT
        SADDAM CONSIDERS THEM EXPENDABLE. THE EQUIPMENT CAPTURED TO DATE
        SUGGESTS THAT THE ABILITY OF THE IRAQIS TO FIGHT IN A CW
        ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN DEGRADED.
        9. (U) SSM: NSTR.
        10. (U)   UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE: NSTR.
        11. (U)   ELECTRONIC WARFARE: NSTR.
        12. (U)   OBSTACLES: NSTR.
        13. (U)   LOGISTICS: NSTR.
        14        CI/TERRORISM: THE FOLLOWING IS QUOTED FROM AN ARCENT
        REAR AREA THREAT SUMMARY, AND SHOULD BE OF INTEREST TO ALL RADIO
        USERS.
DENT BY
        A DIRECTIVE WHICH STATES: 'ANY IRAQI WHO DELIBERATELY EXPOSES THE
        SECURITY AND SAFETY OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS IS PUNISHABLE BY
        DEATH UNDER LAW OF MILITARY JUSTICE. ANY UNINTENTIONAL
        TRANSGRESSION WILL BE IMPRISONED FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE YEARS BUT
        NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR."'


                                                                           5 USC
                                                                           522(b)(1)
        15                 MISCELLANEOUS:
             A"            ON 14 FEB, DIA ASSESSED IRAQ'S CAPABILITIES TO
        'EMPLOY SURPRISE WEAPONS OR MEASURES UPON COALITION FORCES. THESE
        SURPRISE MEASURES COULD BE EMPLOYED AS A RESULT OF THE FOLLOWING
        CONDITIONS: ERODING IRAQI MILITARY CAPABILITIES; IRAQI DESIRE TO
        EXPAND WAR INFLICT HIGH CASUALTIES; AND/OR A GROWING BELIEF IRAQ
        WILL LOSE WAR.
             B             THE FOLLOWING MEASURES ARE ASSESSED TO BE
        WITHIN IRAQI CAPABILITIES. PROBABILITY OR USE IS INDICATED IN
        PARENTHESIS AFTER EACH MEASURE:
                  (1) IRAQI STRATEGIC MEASURES:
                  (a) SILKWORM ATTACK ON ALLIED NAVAL OPERATIONS (HIGH).
                  (b) SURPRISE AIR ATTACKS FROM YEMEN, SUDAN OR IRAN 09
        ARAB COALITION STATES SUCH AS TURKEY OR EGYPT (LOW).


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File Room = jun96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000225
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Folder Title = VII CORPS INTSUMS
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Subject = VII CORPS INTSUM 200
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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 = 06-DEC-1996