IRAQI NBC CAPABILITY

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Subject = IRAQI NBC CAPABILITY                                            

Box ID = BX001093

Folder Title = IRAQI NBC WARFARE CAPABILITY MESSAGES                                                           

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Parent Org = VII  CORPS  


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             (U)-@@ IRAN SUFFERED A HIGH L@UMBER OF CASUALTIES AS A RESULT

             OF @HE SLO14 DONNING OF EQUIPME.N'T, POORLY FITTING PROTECTIVE

             EQUIPMENT SUCH AS MASK AND SUITS, AND INEFFECTIVE DECONTAMINATION

             OF PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT.


             (U)-t&7WI4- CHEMICAL WARFKRE IS ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF IRAQI

             MILITARY DOCTRINE. THE IRAQIS USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AS A FORCE

             MULTIPLIER. THEY INTEGRATE CHEMICAL FIRES INTO CONVEN'!--ONAL FIRE

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             CHEMICAL AGENTS, SMOKE AND HE. THIS COMPLICATES THE DETECTIOR;,

             IDENTIFICATION, AND TREATMENT OF THESE AGENTS. DURING THE

             IRAN/IRAQ WAR, IRAQ REGULARLY USED CHEMICAL AGENTS ON THEIR Ohl!

             POSITIONS AS AN ASSAULT BREAKER.



             (U)-0;9&@ THE IRAQT'S ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AND USING DUSTY

             SULFUR MUSTARD AGENTS, ALTHOUGH VIRTUALLY ANY AGENT CAN BE

             DISSEMINATED THIS WAY. THE TERM "DUSTY AGENTS" REFERS TO SOLID

             AGENTS WHICH CAN BE DISSEMINATED AS AN








             AGENTS ARE DIFFICULT TO DETECT AND ARE MORE EFFECTIVE IHAN LIQUID

             AEROSOLS. DUSTY AGENT PARTICLES ADHERE TO LARGER PARTICLES,

             REDUCING REAEROLIZATION - WHICH MEANS THE AGENT CAN LIE DOP@MANT

             IN SAND UNTIL AGITATED BY GROUND TRAFFIC, ROTOR WASH OF STROTIG

             WINDS. INITIAL SYMPTOMS OF MUSTARD AGENT CONTAMINATIONIARE

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