IRAQI CHEMICAL WEAPONS

File: cia_65145_65145_01.txt
Page: 01
Total Pages: 1
Subject: IRAQI CHEMICAL WEAPONS

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN

REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN

TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF

THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON

REQUEST.







FEB 91







SUBJECT.

CHEMICAL WEAPONS          IRAQI







QUESTIONS:   ARE THERE ANY CONTINGENCY PLANS IN THE EVENT

OF ACCIDENTAL AGENT RELEASE? ARE SPECIAL TROOPS OR EQUIPMENT

DEDICATED TO THIS TYPE OF CONTINGENCY?

RESPONSE: THERE ARE CENTRAL PLANS ON THE LEVEL OF THE ARMY

COMMAND ISSUED BY THE CHEMICAL BRANCH DIRECTORATE EACH YEAR CLASSI-

FIED "TOP SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL." THEY ARE PASSED DOWN TO THE

CORPS COMMANDS WHICH LIKEWISE UNDERTAKE CENTRAL PLANS FOR THE CORP

AND DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE DIVISION SO THAT A CENTRAL PLAN IS PREPARED

FOR THE DIVISION BY THE BRANCH COMMAND. THE DIVISION HAS A COMMAND

AND A CHEMICAL STAFF OFFICER "COMPARED" TO THE MODERN DIVISION WHICH

DOES NOT HAVE A BRANCH COMMAND. THE PLAN IS DRAFTED PERSONALLY BY

THE DIVISION COMMANDER, CLASSIFIED "TOP SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL."

THE PLAN INCORPORATES THE LOCATIONS OF THE BRIGADE AND DIVISION

DECONTAMINATION STATIONS, THE PLAN OF ACTION, CHEMICAL WARNINGS, AND

HOW TO CONDUCT PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND DECONTAMINATION WHEN THE

CHEMICAL DIVISION IS EXPOSED, WHAT PARTIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ORDER-

ING THE WITHDRAWAL OF UNITS EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL STRIKES TO ENTER

DECONTAMINATION STATIONS, WHAT THE CHAIN OF PRIORITIES REGARDING

THE INDIVIDUAL UNIT IS, AND THE PRIORITIES REGARDING THE DIVISION'S

UNITS, THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR EXAMING CONTAMINATED UNITS AND

REPORTING THE DEGREE OF CONTAMINATION, AND WHETHER IT IS NECESSARY

FOR SPECIALIZED DECONTAMINATION, "THE 3RD DIVISION," BY THE CHEMICAL

UNITS OR IF BASIC FLUID DECONTAMINATION MEASURES ARE SUFFICIENT USING

THE (UNCLEAR WORD) AND DETERGENTS OF THE ORDINARY PLATOON.

DECONTAMINATION STEPS



FIRST STEP

INDIVIDUAL DECONTAMINATION AND FIRST AID KIT (E.G., THIS IS AT

THE LEVEL OF EACH SOLDIER BECAUSE THE SOLDIER ADMINISTERS THE DECON-

TAMINATION HIMSELF).

SECOND STEP



PRELIMINARY DECONTAMINATION STATION ON THE LEVEL OF THE NON-CHEMICAL

UNIT REGIMENT/BATTALION. DECONTAMINATION CONSISTS OF BARRELS OF WATER,

BEDS,POWDERS,DETERGENTS. USED FOR DECONTAMINATION OF EQUIPMENT AND

PERSONNEL. THE UNIT ADMINISTERS THE DECONTAMINATION WITH THE HELP OF A

CHEMICAL GUIDE.

THIRD STEP



DECONTAMINATION STATION AT THE BRIGADE/DIVISION LEVEL. THE DECON-

TAMINATION STATIONS ARE OPENED BY CHEMICAL UNITS UPON ORDERS OF THE

BRIGADE OR DIVISION COMMANDERS. AT THE BRIGADE LEVEL, THERE IS A

CHEMICAL STAFF OFFICER; CHEMICAL PLATOON COMMAND. DIVISION LEVEL:

A CHEMICAL COMPANY COMMANDER.

THE PLAN IS KNOWN AS THE CHEMICAL CHAIN OF COMMAND WHICH EXISTS IN

EACH UNIT. IT IS APPLIED, DRILLED, AND EXAMINED BY THE MOST HIGHLY

PLACED REVIEWERS.

TYPES OF DECONTAMINATION AVAILABLE



(1) ORDINARY WATER BY THE BARREL WITH THE USE OF DECONTAMINATION

POWDERS SUCH AS BLEACH (?) AND THALNIN SALT (?), ETC. IF THESE ARE

NOT AVAILABLE, DETERGENTS LIKE "TIDE" AND "SUMER" ARE USED.

(2) THERE ARE IMPORTED DECONTAMINANT LIQUIDS CALLED "KARSHER"

SOLUTION WHICH IS USUALLY USED WITH "KARSHER" WEST GERMAN DECONTAMINA-

TION EQUIPMENT. IT IS A LIQUID PUMP WHICH PUMPS HOT LIQUID QUICKLY

AND AT HIGH PRESSURE. IT IS MODIFIED AND USED WITH THE EQUIPMENT

CONTAINED IN THE SOVIET VEHICLE ARS-14, ARS-12, AND THE SOVIET VEHICLE

DDA-53 OR DDA-58.

IMPORTANT OBSERVATION:



THE IRAQI ARMY RELIES ON NUMEROUS MEANS TO INVESTIGATE CHEMICAL

STRIKES, THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH ARE (1) ON THE LEVEL OF NON-

CHEMICAL UNITS --THEY ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE "CHEMICAL GUIDE" USUALLY

WHETHER WITH CHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE EQUIPMENT, GERMAN RECONNAISSANCE

EQUIPMENT, OR GERMAN SEARCH EQUIPMENT. THIS IS EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF

INVESTIGATING THE PRESENCE OF A CHEMICAL STRIKE, THE DEGREE OF DANGER,

AND PROVIDING THE "CHEMICAL GUIDE" DIRECTLY WITH A PRELIMINARY REPORT,

COMMUNICATING WITH THE DIVISION'S CHEMICAL BRANCH COMMAND OR THAT OF

THE BRIGADE'S CHEMICAL PLATOON SO THAT A SOVIET CHEMICAL RECONNAIS-

SANCE VEHICLE CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE SCENE. IT IS A WAZ WHICH HAS

ADVANCED MODERN EQUIPMENT INCLUDING EQUIPMENT FOR THE MECHANICAL

HALF OF THE BBCHR, THE EXAMINATION EQUIPMENT, THE CHEMICAL FIELD

LABORATORY, ATMOSPHERIC EQUIPMENT, CHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE

EQUIPMENT, WARNING FLARE LAUNCHERS, WARNING SIRENS, AND GSP 12 M

AND GSP 11 M EQUIPMENT, ADVANCED EQUIPMENT TO MEASURE THE LEVEL

OF CONTAMINATION, AND DEGREE OF RISK. THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED

WITH ADVANCED LONG-RANGE RADIO, AMD THE FOUR-MAN CREW, INCLUDING

THE DRIVER, WEAR PROTECTIVE SUIT "LI " FOR CHEMICAL ATTACKS.

ANOTHER SOVIET ARMORED VEHICLE WITH THE SAME EQUIPMENT IS THE

BRDM 2.

A CHEMICAL WARNING FLARE IN THE VEHICLE WARNS SECTORS OF THE

EXISTENCE OF A CHEMICAL ATTACK. IT IS A RED FLARE WHEN FIRED.

RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH THIS FLARE. IN ADDITION,

ALL NON-CHEMICAL UNITS ARE EQUIPPED WITH IT SINCE IT CAN BE HAND-

LAUNCHED BY THE CHEMICAL "GUIDE."







END OF MESSAGE







1.5 (c)

65145-65145