IRAQI CHEMICAL DEFENSE CAPABILITIES

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Subject: IRAQI CHEMICAL DEFENSE CAPABILITIES  
Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence 
 
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AT BATTALION LEVEL, THERE WAS USUALLY A SMALL BUILDING WITH 
 
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40 SMALL ROOMS FOR PERSONAL DECONTAMINATION. THIS BUILDING 
WAS NOT A PORTABLE BUILDING, BUT RATHER A PERMANENT 
STRUCTURE. IF THE BATTALION WAS TO MOVE OR IF THE BATTALION 
WAS A MANEUVER UNIT (I.E. A COMBAT ARMS BATTALION) TENTS THE 
SIZE OF A US ARMY GENERAL PURPOSE (GP) SMALL TENT WOULD BE 
USED. IN THE FIRST ROOM WAS A TECHNICIAN WITH AN 
UNIDENTIFIED BOX, PRESUMABLY FOR DECONTAMINATION. ON THE 
WALLS WERE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CONDUCT PERSONAL 
DECONTAMINATION.  IN THE SECOND ROOM WAS A SHOWER. NOT ALL 
UNITS HAS SMALL BUILDINGS FOR THIS PURPOSE--SOME HAD TENTS. 
 
4. AT DIVISION LEVEL, THERE WAS A MASH UNIT WITH ABOUT 20 
DOCTORS AND TWO TO EIGHT CBR TECHNICIANS. THE NUMBER OF 
TECHNICIANS USUALLY INCREASED WHEN IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM 
((HUSSEIN)) INTENDED TO      THE DIVISION MASH UNIT WAS 
USUALLY 10 TO 15 KILOMETERS TO THE REAR OF THE FRONT LINES. 
 
NOT FULLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE 
5. NO INFORMATION ON DECONTAMINATION OF VEHICLES OR PERSONAL 
EQUIPMENT.  LATE NOVEMBER 1990)  
 
 
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