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Subject: ALLEGED USE OF ANTHRAX

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.







SUBJECT:  REASONS FOR RECALL OF AN INTELLIGENCE REPORT

CONCERNING THE          ALLEGED USE OF ANTHRAX BY IRAQ







IN THE SUMMER OF 1995, AN INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

DEALING WITH THE          ALLEGED USE OF ANTHRAX BY IRAQ          WAS

RECALLED.



THE REPORT WAS RECALLED BECAUSE IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED

THAT THE SOURCE COULD NOT SUBSTANTIATE          CLAIMED ACCESS TO

THE INFORMATION AND MAY HAVE FABRICATED IT. IN ADDITION, BW

EXPERTS SHOWED THE INACCURACY OF THE REPORT'S CLAIM THAT

ANTHRAX IS TRANSMITTED FROM PERSON TO PERSON. THE ENTIRE

REPORT WAS JUDGED TO BE FALSE BASED ON THIS FUNDAMENTAL

INACCURACY.



FOLLOWING IS A SYNOPSIS OF THE ORIGINAL REPORT WHICH WAS

RECALLED IN THE SUMMER OF 1995:



IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSAYN RELEASED ANTHRAX BACTERIA

DURING THE PERSIAN GULF WAR IN 1991 AND THIS WAS THE CAUSE

OF THE GULF WAR SYNDROME WHICH AFFECTED UNITED STATES (U.S.)

SOLDIERS PASSED THE INFECTION ON TO THEIR FAMILIES.







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