DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICERS LOG

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Subject: DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICERS LOG                        

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000010

Folder Title: DUTY LOG G3 OPS 24 AUG 90                                                                       

Document Number:       2002

Folder Seq  #:         26




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    FM CINCFOR FT MCPH=-RSON GA //FCJ2-IC//
    TO AIG 12126
    AIG 9163
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    OP@IR: DESERT SHI@@LD//
    RSGIO/SYS.RRM/FORSCOM FCJ2-IC//
    AMPN/SU6J: IRAQ: CHEMICAL WARFARE CAPABILITY/FIC SPECIAL
    ASSESSMENT NO. 90-13/-OP;-:RATION' DESERT SHIELD-(U)//
    RMKS/
    14U)ifii IRAC POSSESSES THE MOST FORMIDABLE CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW)
    CAPABILITY IN THE THIRD WORLD WITH A LARGE AND VARIED STOCKPILEP
    RECENT BATTLEFIELD EXPERIENCE IN BOTH CW EMPLOYMENT AND DEFENSEO
    AND WELL-TRAIN90 AND WALL-=QUIPPED FORCES.
                   THE IRAQI Cw STOCKPILE IS CONFIRMED TO INCLUDE THREE
    A @@,VTS: THE BLISTER AGENT SULFUR MUSTARD (HD)o AND THE
    NDN-PERSIST@@NT NERVE AGENTS TABUN (GA) AND SARIN (GB). THE IRAQIS
    ARE ALSO ASSESSED TO HAVC PROCUCED ANIC STOCKPILED A FOURTH NERVE
    AGENTP GF. GF IS @@MPLOYEC AS A LIQUID AND IS MORE PERSISTENT THAN




    PAGE 02 RI-.CGAM-nll27 6 r 6 R i ip P., P. i.
    GB. IT IS LESS TOXIC BY INHALATION THAN GB BUT IS MORE TOXIC THAN
    GE WHEN ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN. SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE AND
    CETECT'@ONK FIRST AIDT AND DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURES FOR GF ARE THE
   SAME AS FOR GB. THE 'IRAQIS HAVE SHOWN INTER=-ST IN OTHER CW AGENTSE
    BUT THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION THAT THEY HAVE PROGRESSED BEYOND THE
    RESEARCH STAGE.
    3.             THE IRAQIS HAVE EMPLOYED MUSTARD AGENT IN TWO
    FORMS--THE CONVENTIONAL LIQUID FORM AND IN THE SO-CALLED "DUSTY,
    FORM. IN THE LATTER CASEF THE MUSTARD AGENT IS CARRIED ON SMALL
    SILICON PARTICLES WHICH CREATE A PARTICULATE AEROSOL WHEN
    EMPLOYED. THIS AEROSOL CAN PENETRATE THE LUNGS MORE DEEPLY THAN
    THE VAPORS FROM LIQUID MUSTARD AND@ THUSO CAN CAUSE GREATER
    RESPIRATORY DAMAGE. THE PARTICULATE FILTER IN THE STANDARD            5 USC 522(b)(1)
    FROTc.CTIV;-: MASK FILTER ELEMENT WILL PROTECT AGAINST THIS AEROSOL.












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File Room = apr96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-17
Box ID = BX000010
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = DUTY LOG G3 OPS 24 AUG 90
Folder Seq # = 26
Subject = DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICERS LOG
Document Seq # = 2002
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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 = 17-DEC-1996