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	VII CORPS CHEMICAL COMMAND REPORT

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]








         
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]









DIA estimates that 100 percent of Iraqi nerve agent stocks are 
perishable.  Mustard stocks are also perishable but have a 
slightly longer shelf life.  The latest assessment is that nerve 
agent stocks will be out of date 31 March 1991.  [   (b)(2)   ]   
    ; [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
indicates that the capability of Iraqi units to operate in an NBC 
environment may have been degraded. [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]


                                           The masks, when 
compared to a US M17A1 mask, have a few disadvantages such as no 
drinking system, no hood and no separate optical insert 
capability, the lack of a complete overgarment may make Iraqi 
soldiers vulnerable to their own use of chemical/biological 
weapons.  Further, the 7O percent expirated NBC decontamination 
kits could make Iraqi soldiers [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
vulnerability to their own CW agents.  This information could then 
be used to convince the Iraqi soldier that Saddam considers him 
expendable.  The equipment captured to date suggests that the 
ability of the Iraqis to fight in a CW environment has been 
degraded [   (b)(2)   ]                             [   (b)(1) sec 
1.3(a)(4)   ]






	
 



 

 

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