IIR 6 946 0019 96/NBC WARFARE PREPAREDNESS IN

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SERIAL:  (U)  IIR 6 946 0019 96.


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COUNTRY:  (U)  KUWAIT (KU); IRAQ (IZ)

SUBJECT: IIR 6 946 0019 96/NBC WARFARE PREPAREDNESS IN
KUWAIT (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)  9511.

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DR. ABDUL RAHMAN SALAH AL MUHATLIN  ASKED IF THERE HAS POSSIBLY A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE "GULF WAR SYNDROME" SUFFERED BY SOME U.S
SERVICEMEN AND AN UNKNOWN IRAQI BIOLOGICAL ATTACK. THE BRIEFERS ASSURED HIM THAT THERE HAS NO INDICATION THAT SUCH AN ATTACK HAD OCCURRED. THE MINISTER THEN ASKED IF THERE WAS A LINK BETWEEN THE VACCINES AND OTHER
PROTECTIVE MEASURES TAKEN BY COALITION FORCES AND THE SYNDROME. HE WAS ASSURED BY THE BRIEFERS THAT THERE WAS NO CONCEIVABLE CONNECTION. THE MINISTER THEN EXPLAINED THAT HIS PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD NOTED, RECENTLY, AN INCREASE IN CASES OF MORE "VIGOROUS" CANCER AND "STUBBORN" VIRAL INFECTIONS AND, ALTHOUGH AS YETSTATISTICALLY UNSUBSTANTIATED, THE APPARENT CHANGE IN LOCAL DISEASE PATTERNS IN KUWAIT HAD CAUSED SOME
SPECULATION ON THE POSSIBLE USE OF A BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT IN KUWAIT. OTHER THAN THIS RECENT DEVELOPMENT, KUWAITI MEDICAL AUTHORITIES HAD NOT NOTED ANY CLINICAL CORRELATIONS WITH ANY OF THE SYNDROME'S SYMPTOMS IN
KUWAIT AND WERE SIMPLY WONDERING IF ANY OF THIS MIGHT BE RELATED TO IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAMS.

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