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Subject: CW REQUIREMENTS RESPONSE Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. MAR 91 SUBJECT: CW REQUIREMENTS RESPONSE HAS NOT REPEAT NOT FOUND ANY CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL MUNITIONS STORED IN THE KTO, NOR WERE ANY CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL MUNITIONS WITH REPUBLICAN GUARD OR IRAQI ARMY UNITS OVERRUN/CAPTURED BY COALITION FORCES. REPORTING EARLY IN THE WAR OF CHEMICAL MINES AND BUNKERS PROVED FALSE ACCORDING TO CENTCOM AUTHORITIES. A MORE RECENT REPORT OF A POSSIBLE CHEMICAL STORAGE BUNKER IN KUWAIT CITY PROPER, NOT FAR FROM THE US EMBASSY, HAS PROVEN NEGATIVE AND THIS FACILITY IS SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION TODAY. MILITARY CHEMICAL EXPERTS REPORT THAT THE BUNKER MIGHT HAVE BEEN BUILT AS A CHEMICAL STORAGE FACILITY, BUT TESTS REVEALED NO TRACES OF CHEMICAL AGENTS. THERE HAS BEEN ONLY ONE INSTANCE IN WHICH A SOLDIER MAY HAVE BEEN, AND BY INDICATIONS WAS, EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL AGENTS. THIS OCCURRED THREE DAYS AGO IN THE AREA PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY IRAQI 52D INF DIV, VIC GEO COORD 2956N 04706E. CONFUSION AS TO THE EXACT CAUSE OF INJURY STEMS FROM THE SOLDIER USING THERMITE GRENADES TO DESTROY DAMAGED IRAQI EQUIPMENT. THE SOLDIER WAS NOT IN CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE GEAR, BUT DRESSED IN NOMEX. WHEN HE DISCOVERED THE BLISTER, A NEARBY FOX CHEMICAL DETECTION VEHICLE MADE AN IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT. THE FOX SNIFFER EQUIPMENT IDENTIFIED HD AND HQ (A MIXTURE OF HD AND Q AGENTS) PRESENT. A BUNKER IN THE VICINITY WAS INSPECTED AND HD VAPORS WERE DETECTED. SOAP POWDER ALSO WAS FOUND ON THE FLOOR, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED AS EITHER A DECONTAMINATION AGENT OR, EQUALLY POSSIBLE, AS THE BASE FOR MIXING WITH GASOLINE TO FORM FUGASSE/NAPALM FOR MOLOTOV COCKTAILS. NO CHEMICAL MUNITIONS WERE FOUND, AND, AT THIS TIME, THE INJURY IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CHEMICAL RESIDUALS IN THE AREA. INDIVIDUAL'S CLOTHING HAS BEEN SENT THROUGH MILITARY CHANNELS TO CRDEC (CHEMICAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION CENTER) FOR ANALYSIS. ASH SHUAYBAH IS NOT UNDER COALITION FORCES CONTROL. MILITARY CHEMICAL SPECIALISTS TRAVELED YESTERDAY TO AN NASARIYAH. ONE CAPTAIN REMARKED THAT HE HAD NEVER REALLY APPRECIATED THE EFFECTS OF PRECISION BOMBING UNTIL HE SAW THE BUNKERS. THEY WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND, FOR THIS REASON, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, INSULATION OR ANY SPECIFICS RELATING TO MARKINGS THE BUNKERS WERE "SO MUCH RUBBLE". SINCE NONE WERE OPERATIONAL, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE OPERATING TEMPERATURES. TESTS FOR CHEMICAL AGENTS WERE CONDUCTED (ON SITE TESTS WERE NEGATIVE, BUT SAMPLES HAVE BEEN SENT TO CONUS FOR FURTHER TESTING), SOIL SAMPLES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BUNKERS WERE TAKEN, AND THE SITE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED. WE EXPECT ESTIMATED DIMENSIONS OF THE BUNKERS TO BE REPORTED TO CENTCOM SOON. TALLIL. CENTCOM FORCES ARE SCHEDULED TO WITHDRAW FROM TALLIL AREA IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. WE HAVE EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF SENDING A CHEMICAL DETECTION TEAM IN TO INVESTIGATE BUNKERS THERE. HOPEFULLY, THE BUNKERS WILL BE INSPECTED NOT LATER THAN TOMORROW BEFORE THE FACILITIES AT TALLIL ARE DESTROYED BEFORE WITHDRAWAL. WE WILL ADVISE YOU OF REPORTS ON TALLIL IN A FOLLOW-UP MSG. CHEMICAL MUNITIONS MARKINGS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY AN EXTENSIVE REPORT INDICATED IRAQI CHEMICAL MUNITIONS ARE COLOR-CODED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS CONTAINED IN THE MUNITIONS. COLORED RINGS AROUND THE MUNITIONS DENOTE THE CHEMICAL TYPE. RED RINGS INDICATE NERVE AGENTS, YELLOW RINGS DENOTE BLISTER AGENTS, AND GREEN RINGS INDICATE CHOKING AGENTS. KNEW THAT NERVE AND BLISTER AGENT MUNITIONS WERE IN THE IRAQI INVENTORY BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN EMPLOYED IN THE IRAN/IRAQ WAR. END OF MESSAGE 1.5(c) 65230:65230
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