USE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS AGAINST CIVILIANS BY IRAQI FORCES

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Subject: USE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS AGAINST CIVILIANS BY IRAQI FORCES        

Unit: 1ST AD      

Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

Box  ID: BX001201

Folder Title: MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS-1                                                                          

Document Number:          6

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         ON MARCH 29, 1991, I SPC TIMOTHY K. JONES TREATED WHAT WE BELIEVED TO
     BE A CHEMICAL WOUND FROM A POSSIBLE MUSTARD AGENT. WE TREATED HIM FOR
     MULTIPLE BLISTERS ON THE 29TH. ON THE 30TH HE RETURNED WITH MORE
     BLISTERS. WE DRAINED THE BLISTERS. THE PUS THAT FLOWED OUT WE DABBED WITH
     MS PAPER. THE MS PAPER TURNED PINK INDICATING BLISTER AGENT. TI[E VICTIM
     STATES THAT THE BLISTERS WERE CAUSED BY A HELICOPTER. HE ALSO COMES FROM
     THE NORTH APPROXIMATELY 6 KILOMETERS. THE LOCAL TOWNSPEOPLE INFORM US TIIAT
     GAS HAS BEEN USED RECENTLY 8 KILOMETERS NORTH OF OUR POSITION, 87209599.
     AT 2100 MARCH 30, MYSELF AND THREE OTHER SOLDIERS SPOKE WITH TWO CIVILIANS.
     TIIESE TWO MEN TALKED OF SCUD ATTACKS IN BASARA. THEY USED THE UNIVERSAL
     CHOKING SIGN TO INDICATE ClIE141CAL AGENTS. THEY SPOKE OF A TOWN NORTHEAST
     OF OUR POSITION, 87209599, 8 KILOMETERS WHERE THE REPUBLICAN GUARD IS TYING
     THE CHILDREN'S HANDS TOGETHER, LINING THEM UP THEN SHOOTING THEM ALL. TIIEY
     ALSO SPOKE OF HELICOPTERS DROPPING BOMBS AND GAS. THERE IS ALSO A SHORTAGE
     OF WATER AND FOOD. THE ONLY ONES WIIO F-AT ARE THE SOLDIERS.
     LAT LONG N3040.93 E04657.26




                                           ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
                                           TIMOTHY K. JONES
                                                   @ 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6)
                                           HHC 4/7 IN, SPC

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File Room = jul96_declassified
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Box ID = BX001201
Unit = 1ST AD
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS-1
Folder Seq # = 89
Subject = USE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS AGAINST CIVILIANS BY IRAQ
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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