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P 080138Z MAR 90  
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC  
INFO RUEADWD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC  
RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC  
RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC  
RUEACMC/CMC WASHINGTON DC  
RUEDADA/AFIS AMHS BOLLING AFB DC  
RUFGAID/USEUCOM AIDES VAIHINGEN GE  
RUETIAQ/MPCFTGEORGEGMEADEMD  
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] 
RUEAMCC/CMC CC WASHINGTON DC  
RUCQVAB/USCINCSOC INTEL OPS CEN MACDILL AFB FL  
RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CARA//  
RUEOHNA/1 SFOD FT BRAGG NC//DF-SB/ASE//  
RUSNNOA/USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ2//  
RUFTAKA/USA INTEL CENTER HEIDELBERG GE  
RUFTAKC/UDITDUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE  
RHDLCNE/CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N24//  
RHFPRWO/RWO RAMSTEIN AB GE//IN/IV/SP//  
RUDOGHA/USNMR SHAPE BE//SURVEY//  
RUEALGX/SAFE  
P 061316Z MAR 90  
FM [b.1.  sec 1.5.(c)] 
TO AIG 9135  
RUESST/USDAO BAGHDAD IZ  
RUEHSG/USDAO SANTIAGO CI  
RUHGBAA/COMIDEASTFOR  
RHEPAAB/TAC IDHS LANGLEY AFB VA //INPC//  
RUEHC/STATE DEPT WASHDC //INR-IC-CD//  
RUEORDF/DIRAFMIC FT DETRICK MD //AFMIC-IC//  
BT  
 
 
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SERIAL:   (U)  IIR 2 762 0091 90.  
 
  
PASS:     (U)  [b.2.] 
  
COUNTRY:  (U)  IRAQ (IZ); CHILE (CI).  
  
SUBJ:  IIR 2 762 0091 90/IRAQI TESTING OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE  
AGENTS (U).  
  
WARNING:  (U)  THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED  
INTELLIGENCE.   
  
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                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE  
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DOI:      (U)  890600.  
  
REQS:     (U)  G-OSG-1610-19-88; K-DC4-00033.  
  
SOURCE:   [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)] 
 
 
SUMMARY:              THE MARSH LANDS SOUTH OF AL KABAISH, IRAQ,  
CONTINUE TO BE DESIGNATED AS A TEST AREA TO MEASURE THE EFFECTS OF  
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS ON MARINE AND PLANT LIFE.  IRAQI FORCES  
HAVE CLEARED THE AREA OF ALL ITS INHABITANTS AND CONDUCT PATROLS IN  
THE MARSH LANDS USING ONE-TO-TWO-MAN HOVERCRAFT.  ENCLOSURE.  
  
TEXT:  1.              IRAQ CONTINUES TO USE THE MARSH LANDS SOUTH  
OF AL KABAISH //305800N/0470030E//, IZ, AS A TESTING GROUND FOR  
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW) AGENTS (NFI).  THE TESTING AREA IS  
APPROXIMATELY 400 SQUARE KILOMETERS AND COVERS A PORTION OF THE AL  
HAMMAR LAKE (CNA), IZ.  THE PURPOSE OF THE TESTING IN THE LAKE AND  
MARSH AREAS IS TO MEASURE THE EFFECTS OF BW AGENTS ON MARINE AND  
PLANT LIFE.  THE IRAQIS MAY BE USING SOME KIND OF MISSILE TO  
DISPERSE THE BW AGENT (NFI).  
  
     2.              AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF IRAQI TROOPS ARE STATIONED  
IN AL KABAISH AND DAVE BEEN THERE SINCE MID-1989.  THE TROOPS HAVE  
CLEARED THE MARSH LANDS OF ITS INHABITANTS, MOST OF WHOM WERE  
LIVING IN HOUSEBOATS.  THE CITY OF AL KABAISH HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED  
BY THE BW TESTING AND HAS NOT BEEN CLEARED OF ITS INHABITANTS.  ONE  
OF THE REASONS THE AL KABAISH AREA WAS CHOSEN FOR THE BW TESTING IS  
DUE TO ITS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AN NASIRIYAH //310241N/0461621E//, IZ,  
WHICH CAN PROVIDE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.  
  
     3.              THE IRAQI TROOPS, WHO APPEAR TO BE IRAQI  
REGULAR ARMY TROOPS, PATROL THE MARSH LANDS USING ONE-TO-TWO-MAN  
HOVERCRAFT.  THE HOVERCRAFT ARE CHILEAN-MADE FLYCROSS S-500 HOVERCRAFT 
WHICH THE IRAQIS WERE SEEKING IN AUGUST OF 1989 FOR THE MARSH LANDS. 
 
[b. 1.  sec.  1.5.(c)] 
  
COMMENTS:  (U)  CITE IIR 2 762 0027 90/IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE  
PRODUCTION AND STORAGE FACILITIES AT SALMAN PAK, FOR RELATED  
INFORMATION ON BW TESTING IN IZ.  
  
//IPSP:     (U)  PT 1610//.  
//COMSOBJ:  (U)  141//.  
 
PROJ:       (U)  215132.  
INSTR:      (U)  US  NO.  
PREP:       (U)  2-10227.  
ENCL:       (U)  TO FOLLOW - ONE ENCLOSURE.  
HANDDRAWN SKETCH OF BW TEST AREA (U), ONE COPY, 900203, ONE PAGE  
(U).  
ACQ:        (U)  [b.2.] 
DISSEM:     (U)  DIA/RTS-2B; AFMIC  FIELD  NONE   SENT TO:  
DIA/RTS-2B; AFMIC.  
  
 
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