IIR 1 517 0628 91/MEDICAL TREATMENT/CHEMICAL WARFARE

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ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX135 MCN = 91081/03805 TOR = 910810154
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MINIMIZE CONSIDERED

SERIAL: (U) IIR 1 517 0628 91.

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BODY COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).

SUBJECT: IIR 1 517 0628 91/MEDICAL TREATMENT/CHEMICAL WARFARE
EQUIPMENT --OPERATION YELLOW RIBBON -- (U).



WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE' 



DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
DOI: (U) 910312.



       [b.1. sec. 1.5. (c)]


SUMMARY:        REPORT DETAILS [b.1. sec. 1.5.(a), (c), b.6.] AN
OBSERVATION OF
IRAQI ARMY PERSONEL WITH CHEMICAL WARFARE MASKS ALONG THE
IRAQI-SYRIAN BORDER.

TEXT: (U)
 
            [b.1. sec. 1.5.(a), (c), b.6.]









5.        EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS-- ON 22 JAN [b.1. sec.
1.5.(a), (c)]  AT
"THE GENERAL'S HOUSE". A COMPOUND IN
WESTERN IRAQ (b.1. sec. 1.5. (a), (c)]  (FIELD COMMENT-- PROBABLY
IN
THE TOWN OF KRABILAH //GEOCOORD: 342345N/0405920E//). SOURCE
OBSERVED THAT ALL OF THE IRAQI PERSONNEL HERE CARRYING THEIR GAS
MASKS. LOOKED LIKE WORLD WAR I-ERA GAS MASKS, WITH THE RUBBER TYPE
FACE
WITH LITTLE HOLES FOR EYES, AND SCREW-ON FILTERS. THE ONLY PLACE
SOURCE SAW THESE WERE IN THE AREA [b.1. sec. 1.5.(a), (c)] . HE
DID NOT OBSERVE ANY CHEMICAL WARFARE SUITS OR OTHER ASSOCIATED
EQUIPMENT.

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MINIMIZE CONSIDERED
DECL: OADR
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