IRAQI CHEMICAL DEFENSE CAPABILITIES

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Subject: IRAQI CHEMICAL DEFENSE CAPABILITIES  
Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence 
 
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TE CIA 435460 
 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
 
NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE  
 
 
DECEMBER   1991 
 
COUNTRY:  IRAQ 
 
SUBJ: REPORT ON IRAQI CHEMICAL DEFENSE CAPABILITIES. 
 
2. AT BATTERY OR COMPANY LEVEL, THERE WERE USUALLY TWO 
COMBAT MEDICS AND ONE CHEMICAL DEFENSE WARRANT OFFICER.  THE 
WARRANT OFFICER WENT TO A ONE-MONTH CHEMICAL DEFENSE SCHOOL.    
IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE WAR, THERE WAS LESS EMPHASIS ON 
CHEMICAL TRAINING; BECAUSE OF THE WAR EXPERIENCES, HOWEVER, 
MORE IMPORTANCE WAS ATTACHED TO CHEMICAL DEFENSE.  THE-
WARRANT OFFICER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TEACHING CBW 
MEASURES DURING THE SOLDIERS' NORMAL TRAINING.