IRAQI NBC CAPABILITY

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Subject = IRAQI NBC CAPABILITY                                            

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Folder Title = IRAQI NBC WARFARE CAPABILITY MESSAGES                                                           

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             WH:LE CLASSIC LIQUID MUSTARD A-uEtl-               PROCEEDS FROM

             REDDE!;II:G 07 THE SKIN TO BLISTER FOFZ@',;,-LICI@, OUS-'L' I-,-LTSTARD

             COIITA.MINATICI; APPEARS IN RASH-T:KE RED DOTS WHICH PROCEED TO

             BLISTER FORMATION. WE ASSESS THE IRAQIS CAN DELIVER DUSTY AGENTS

             IN ARTILLERY MUNITIONS AS WELL AS IN 250 POUND BOMBS. WE DO NOT

             KNOW WHA@. PERCENTAGE OF THE IRAQ! CHEMICAL ARSENAL IS FILLED WITH

             DUSTY AGENTS.




                 @@IJS'-"Y AGr'N'- COUtITER14Ek'@'URES INCLUDE REDUCED EXPOSUEL -1@- THE

             WIND, AND POSSIBLY THE ADDITIONA:, PROTECTION OF WEARINC RAINING

             GEAR OVER CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE OVERGARMENT, WITH ALL ENCLOSURES

             TAPED SHUT. THESE COUNTERMEASURES WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE A

             SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN CLIMATE. WHEN

             CONDUCTING THEIR MOPP kNALYSIS, CO',@U4MDERS AND  NBC OFFICERS

             WILL HAVE TO WEIGH THE DANGER OF BLISTERS AGAINST THE INCREASED

             DANGER OF HEAT RELATED INJ-URIES, AND CONSIDER THE ACTIVITY LEVEL

             REQUIRED FOR THEIR PAR-.ICULA.R MISSION. SOLDIERS SHOULC BE

             CONFIDENT THEIR CHEMICAL PROTECTION OVERGARMENTS WITHOUT RAIN

             SUIT WILL PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION IF WORN PROPERLY -

             PROVIDED INDIVIDUAL DECONTAMINATION PRO@-'EDURES ARE FOLIOWED.












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