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P 070359Z NOV 90 
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC 
INFO RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC 
RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC 
RUEACMC/CMC WASHINGTON DC 
RUEDADA/AFIS AMHS BOLLING AFB DC 
RUFGAID/USEUCOM AIDES VAIHINGEN GE 
RUEKCCG/USDP-CCC WASHINGTON DC 
RUEHC  /SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC 
RUEAMCC/CMC CC WASHINGTON DC 
RUEOFAA/COMJSOC FT BRAGG NC//J2// 
RUQYSDG/FOSIF ROTA SP 
RHEPAAB/TAC IDHS LANGLEY AFB VA//IDHS// 
RUSNNOA/USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ2// 
RUFTAKA/USA INTEL CENTER HEIDELBERG GE 
RUFTAKC/UDITDUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE 
RHDLCNE/CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N24/N22// 
RHFPRWO/RWO RAMSTEIN AB GE//IN/IV/SP// 
RUDOGHA/USNMR SHAPE BE//SURVEY// 
RUEALGX/SAFE 
P 061742Z NOV 90 
FM CDRUSAOPSGP FT GEORGE G MEADE MD //IAGPC-CM// 
TO RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC //DC-4A/DAH-3/DAH-6/DB-8/OICC// 
RUEADWD/DA WASHDC //DAMI-POH/DAMI-FII// 
RUDHAAA/CDRINSCOM FT BELVOIR VA //IAOPS-H-C// 
RUFDAAA/CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE //AEAGB-PD-CURIN/ 
AEAGB-C-RE// 
RUDOECA/USAORG LINDSEY AS GE //ED// 
RUFGAID/USEUCOM AIDES VAIHINGEN GE 
RHIPAAA/USCINCCENT //CCJ2-CH/CCCS-F/J2/SUPR// 
RUCJAAA/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL //SOJ2-PP/SOJ2-O/SOJ2-MC// 
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]
RHEPAAB/TAC IDHS LANGLEY AFB VA //INPC// 
RUCJACC/USCENTCOM REAR MACDILL AFB FL //CCJ2-CH/JIC// 
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SECTION 01 OF 02 
SERIAL:   (U)  IIR 2 764 0055 91. 
 
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0-&3 02 RUEBJFI0280 
PASS:     (U)  [b.2.]
 
COUNTRY:  (U)  IRAN (IR); IRAQ (IZ). 
 
SUBJ:  IIR 2 764 0055 91/DESERT SHIELD--IRAN/IRAQ CHEMICAL WEAPON 
UTILIZATION DURING THEIR WAR (U). 
 
WARNING:  (U)  THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY 
EVALUATED 
INTELLIGENCE.  
 
                        --------------------- 
                        DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                        --------------------- 
 
DOI:      (U)  861000. 
 
REQS:     (U)  T-8C2-2650-01-90; C-SW9-1620-12-90; 
D-T5A-1620-04-90; U-UPH-1620-03-88; T-SCR-005-90; C-NEO-56157; 
C-NEO-57337; C-SW9-56157. 
 
SOURCE:  [b.1.  sec 1.5.(c)]  
 
 

 
SUMMARY:              DURING THE IRAN/IRAQ WAR, AHWAZ, IRAN 
SUFFERED THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES FROM IRAQI CHEMICAL ATTACKS. THE 
IRAQIS PRIMARILY USED SU-22 BOMBERS AS THEIR DELIVERY SYSTEM.  
IRAN POSSESSED AN INVENTORY OF CHEMICAL BOMBS BUT EXPERIENCED 
LEAKAGE 
PROBLEMS WITH ITS WEAPONS WHILE IN STORAGE. 
 
TEXT:  1.              BEGINNING IN 1984, THE AREA OF AHWAZ 
//3256N/6016E//, IR, WAS THE TARGET OF NUMEROUS IRAQI CHEMICAL 
ATTACKS.  DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE WAR, MOST CIVILIANS HAD 
EVACUATED THE REGION AND THE INJURED WERE PRIMARILY MILITARY 
PERSONNEL.  FROM 1984 TO 1986, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 15,000 
CASUALTIES.  OF THESE, 2,000 WERE CLASSIFIED AS SERIOUS AND 300 
CASUALTIES WERE SENT TO HOSPITALS IN EUROPE FOR TREATMENT. 
 
     2.              THE VICTIMS EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS OF BURNING 
OF THE EYES, BLISTERING, AND VOMITING.  IN ONE INSTANCE, PRESENCE 
IN 
THE AREA FOUR DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK RESULTED IN A BURNING 
SENSATION IN THE LUNGS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND ITCHING OF 
EXPOSED LIMBS. 
 
     3.              ALTHOUGH IZ HAS THE TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER THE 
WEAPONS VIA ARTILLERY, SU-22 BOMBERS WERE EMPLOYED AGAINST AHWAZ, 
IR, IN AIR-TO-GROUND ATTACKS.  TWO TYPES OF CHEMICAL BOMBS WERE 
USED-- ONE TYPE EXPLODED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND 
(PROXIMITY FUSE BOMB) AND THE OTHER EXPLODED UPON IMPACT. 
 
     4.  [b.1.  sec 1.5.(c)]
 
COMMENTS:              SOURCE KNOWS OF NO ANTICIPATED CHANGES IN 
IRAQI CHEMICAL TACTICS. 
 
     2. [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)] 
 
//IPSP:     (U)  PGW2650; PT 1620; PT 1620; PG 1620; PGT2900//. 
//COMSOBJ:  (U)  211; 141; 141; 143; 131//. 

PROJ:       (U)  213030. 
INSTR:      (U)  US  NO. 
PREP:       (U)  2-10633. 
COLL:       (U)  VC. 
ACQ:        (U)  [b.2.]
DISSEM:     (U)  NONE   FIELD:  NONE   SENT TO:  NONE. 
 
WARNING:  
 

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