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File: 123096_sep96_decls7_0002.txt
Subject: AGRICULTURE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR PERSIAN GULF REGION
Unit: VII CORPS
Parent Organization: ARCENT
Box ID: BX000270
Folder Title: SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FOR DAILY STAFF JOURNAL-21 MAR 91-TACTICAL COMMAND POST
Document Number: 3
Folder Seq #: 35
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gLn3J,. AGRICULTURE RISK ASSESSMENR FOR PERSIAN GULF REGION
1. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO COMMANDERS AS
INFORMATION WHICH DESCRIBES THE AGRICULTURE PEST AND DISEASE RISK
POSED BY RETURNIN13 U.S. FORCES NOW DEPLOYED IN THE PERSIAN GULF
REGION AS PART OF OPERATION DESERT STORM. THIS RISK ASSESSMENT
INCLUDES BUT 10 NOT LIMITED 7'0 THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES; SAUDI
ARABIA, IRAQ, KUWAIT, BAHRAIN, QATAR, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, AND OMAN.
2. THE MIDDLE EAST REGION IS PLAGUED 13Y MANY AND VARIED AGRICULTURAL
PESTS AND DISEASES OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR U.S.
AND EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY. THE USDA DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE (USDA) HAS T14E RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY'S
FOOD, FOREST, AND FIBER PRODUCTION FROM THIS THREAT.
3. SINCE 1988 THERE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSIVE OUTBREAKS OF THE FOLLOWING
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DEVASTATING LIVESTOCK DIBEASES IN THE COUNTRIES IDENTIFIED ABOVE:
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE, RINDERPEST, CONTAGIOUS BOVINE
PLEUROPNEUf4ONlA, LUMPY SKIN DISEASE, BLUE TONGUE, SHMP AND (30AT POX,
AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS, AND EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE. NONE OF THESE
DISEASES ARE PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE INTRODUCTION OF ANY
ONE OF THESE DISEASES INTO THE USA COULD CAUSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
14ARKETS FOR USA MEAT,
POULTRY, AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.
4. IN ADDITION, THE MIDDLE EAST IS HOME TO A MULTITUDE OF PLANT
PESTS AND DISEASES WHICH PRESENT CONSIDERABLE RISK TO AGRICULTURE.
JUST TWO EXAMPLES OF SERIOUS PLANT PESTS PRESENT IN THE
PERSIAN 13ULF REGION INCLUDE CITRUS CANKER DISEASE (XANTHOMONAS
CAMPEMI CITRI), A DISEASE OF OI?ANGE, LEMON GRAPEFRUIT AND OTHER
TRVFS OF THE CITRUS FAMILY AND KHAPRA BEETLE (TROGODERMA GRANARIUM),
A PEST OF STORE]] FOOD PRODUCTS.
5. SOIL FROM THE MIDDLE EAST PRESENTS THE SINGLE MOST SERIOUS THREAT
TO THE U.S. AGRICULTURE BECAUSE IT CAN CONTAIN THE PATHOGENS OF
DEVASTATINS LIVESTOCK ANI) PLANT DISEASES AND LIFE STAGES OF A VARIETY
OF INSECT PESTS. SOIL COULD FIND ITS WAY BACK TO THE USA WITH
RETLfRNING U.S. FORCES ONIIN CONTAMINATED AIRCRAFT, SHIPS, VEHICLES
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A@- WEAPONS OF WAR, IN CARGO AND WM PERSONAL SUCH AS BOOTS,
KAyliNF.TS. E-TOOLS, TENTS, AND TENT STAKES.
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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-43
Box ID = BX000270
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FOR DAILY STAFF JOURNAL-21 MAR 91-TACTICAL COMMAND POST
Folder Seq # = 35
Subject = AGRICULTURE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR PERSIAN GULF REG
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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