2ND COSCOM INTSUM 11 APR 91

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Subject = 2ND COSCOM INTSUM  11 APR 91                                    

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = 2D COSCOM SPO INTSUMS JAN-APR 91                                                                

Document Number =         32

Box ID = BX000294



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                                                       5 USC 552 (b)(1)



              DEPLOYED NORTH OF BASRAH.





              CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION UNIT CONSISTING OF SEVEN DDA-68, TWO
              DDP-2, FOUR ARS-14, FIVE PROB BPDM RXH, AND 14 UAZ-489 WERE NOTED

              APPROXIMATELY 16 KM NW OF BASRAH AT 304145NO474330E. THIRTEEN
              TENTS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 20 KM NW OF AL BASRAH AT
              30430ON0474230E. FIVE BMP-S, TWO TANKS, (ONE POSS T-72, ONE POSS

              T-55), AND FOUR SMALL TENT@P WERE DEPLOYED APPROXIMATELY 20 KM NNW

              OF BASRAH AT 30433ON0474230E (DIA 09233OZ APR 91
                                                               5 USC 552 (b@(1)



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              VII CORPS COMMENT: REFUGEES HAVE MADE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
              GOVERNMENT CHEMICAL USE IN AL BASRAR AND OTHER LOCATIONS IN
              SOUTHEASTERN IRAQ SINCE EARLY MARCH; HOWEVER, NONE HAVE BEEN
              CORROBORATED THROUGH OTHER SOURCES. NUMEROUS REFUGEE REPORTS OF


              MUSTARD USE MAY BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO 'DIBAZ-, A SMOKE AGENT
              COMPOSED OF HYDROCHLORIC AND SULFURIC ACIDS WHICH IS BELIEVED TO

              HAVE BEEN USED BY THE IRAQIS IN COUNTER-INSURGENCY OPERATIONS.
              THE DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT MAY BE PRESENT FOR 'DIBAZ'
              DECONTAMINATION OPERATIONS ALTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE
              EQUIPMENT COULD BE USED TO DECONTAMINATE OTHER AGENTS AS WELL.
                   C. (U) CENTRAL IRAQ:                       5 USC 552 (b)(1)







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