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P 260739Z NOV 87  
FM JCS WASHINGTON DC  
INFO RUEADWD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC  
RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC  
RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC//XO-CTC//  
RUEDADA/AFIS AMHS BOLLING AFB DC  
RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC//XO-CTC/XOXX//  
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] 
RUEHC  /SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC  
RUEAMCC/CMC CC WASHINGTON DC  
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] 
RUEACMC/CMC WASHINGTON DC  
RUCLAKA/CDR4THPSYOP GP FT BRAGG NC//AFVS-POG-E-SSD//  
RUETIAQ/MPC FT GEORGE G MEADE MD  
RUEALGX/SAFE  
P 241630Z NOV 87  
FM [b.1.  sec 1.5.(c)] 
TO AIG 9135  
RUEOAYB/CDRFSTC INTEL OPS CHARLOTTESVILLE VA //AIFICB//  
RUEHAD/USDAO BAGHDAD IZ  
RUCIAEA/FTD WPAFB OH //XOQR//  
RUEHC/STATE DEPT WASHDC //INR-IC-CD//  
RUEHSA/USDAO PRETORIA SF  
BT  
 
 
QQQQ  
SERIAL:   (U)  IIR  2 762 0018 88  
 
  
PASS:     (U)  NSACSS FOR ZKZK PP DXD DE FOR INFO  
  
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                        DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE  
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WARNING:  (U)  THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED  
INTELLIGENCE.   
  
  
  
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COUNTRY:  (U)  IZ;  UR;  SF;  IR  
  
SUBJ:     (U)  USE OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE BY IZ.  
  
DOI:      (U)  870630  
  
REQS:     (U)  C-GI3-40475;  A-FSC-43427  
  
SOURCE:    
		[b.1.  sec 1.5.(c)] 
 
 
  
SUMMARY:               THIS REPORT PROVIDES LIMITED INFORMATION  
CONCERNING IRAQI USE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP  
THE IRANIAN ADVANCES DURING KARBALA OPERATIONS EIGHT AND NINE.  
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE TEN TO FIFTEEN SOVIET ADVISORS NOW IN IZ  
PROVIDING TRAINING IN BIOLOGICAL WARFARE TACTICS TO SELECTED  
COMMANDERS OF THE IRAQI PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS.  
 
TEXT:              1.  DURING THE IRANIAN KARBALA EIGHT AND NINE  
OFFENSIVES, IZ DROPPED BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS FROM HELICOPTERS (NFI) IN  
THE AREA OF FISH LAKE, SOUTHEAST OF AL BASRAH //303245N/0474810E//,  
IZ, TO STOP THE IRANIAN ADVANCES.  TO DATE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS WERE  
ONLY USED THIS ONE TIME ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS.  ACCORDING TO  
IRAQI OFFICIALS, THE EXPERIMENT WAS NOT ENCOURAGING RELATIVE TO  
NUMBER OF IRANIAN CASUALTIES; HOWEVER, IT DID ACHIEVE THE IRAQI AIM  
OF STOPPING THE ADVANCE.  THE BIOLOGICAL WARFARE WEAPONS ARE COMING  
FROM SOUTH AFRICA.  
  
     2.              DURING LATE 1986, TEN TO FIFTEEN SOVIET  
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE SPECIALISTS ARRIVED IN BAGHDAD, IZ.  THESE  
SOVIETS ARE TEACHING IN BIOLOGICAL WARFARE TACTICS TO SELECTED  
COMMANDERS OF THE ELITE IRAQI PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS AT A SECRET  
LOCATION IN EITHER CAMP TAJI //333140N/0441620E//, OR CAMP ABU  
GHARIB //331930N/044000E//, IN BAGHDAD, IZ.  
  
COMMENTS: [b.2.] 
 
  
  
  
  
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//COMSOBJ:  (U)  104//.  
 
PROJ:       (U)  215132.  
COLL:       (U)  NO  
INSTR:      (U)  US: NO  
PREP:       (U)  2-10205  
ACQ:        (U)  [b.2.] 
DISSEM:     (U)  NONE  FIELD:  NONE  SENT TO:  NONE  
  
WARNING:   
 
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