Time: Sun Nov 03 06:54:41 1996
To: Nancy Lord, Electra
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: piml] WEAPONS (fwd)
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>Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 04:33:13 -0800 (PST)
>From: James Shannon <jamesjs@unixg.ubc.ca>
>To: PIML <piml@mars.galstar.com>
>Subject: piml] HACKERS DESTROY EVIDENCE OF GULF WAR CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (fwd)
>
>MORTALITY RATES SOMEWHAT.
>4. (U) ANECDOTAL INFORMATION - THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS NOT
>BACKED BY HARD EVIDENCE; HOWEVER IT IS SUGGESTIVE OF A HEALTH
>PROBLEM IN KUWAIT SOMEWHAT BROADER IN SCOPE THAN THAT PRESENTED
>AT THE CONFERENCE. IN ANY CASE, SOME OF THE HEALTH ISSUES
>DETAILED IN THIS SECTION MAY EVENTUALLY GAIN ENOUGH SIGNIFICANCE
>TO FORM THE BASIS FOR EXTENSIONS OF EXISTING CLINICAL RESEARCH
>PROGRAMS -
>A. (U) SADAFIYA (SOURCE; THE AL-HARBI RESEARCH GROUP, KUWAIT
>UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE) - MANY KUWAITI PHYSICIANS HAVE
>CONTACTED THE AL-HARBI GROUP AND REPORTED AN INCREASE IN
>PSORIASIS SINCE THE END OF THE WAR. THE RECENT CASES ARE
>PARTICULARLY SEVERE AND HAVE COME TO BE KNOWN AS "SADAFIYA"
>(SCALES IN ARABIC).
>B. (U) BIRTH DEFECTS (SOURCE; DR. MICHEAL ((MCCABE)), DIRECTOR,
>DEPT. OF MEDICAL LAB TECHNOLOGY, KUWAIT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF
>HEALTH SCIENCES). DR. MCCABE RELATES OCCURRENCE OF SEVERAL BIRTH
>DEFECTS AMONG UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS SINCE THE LIBERATION. IN
>EACH CASE, THE DEFECT INVOLVES A DEFORMITY RESULTING IN BLOCKAGE
>OF THE INFANT'S AIR PASSAGE. IN ONE CASE, THE AFFLICTED
>INDIVIDUAL WAS THE CHILD OF THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT.
>C. (U) MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY (SOURCE; DR. SABAH
>((AL-MUMIN)), PHD., RESEARCH SCIENTIST, BIOTECHNOLOGY DEPT,
>KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (KISR)). DURING THE
>FIVE DAY PERIOD GIVEN FOR THIS MISSION, ONLY ONE DOCUMENTED CASE
>OF MCS WAS FOUND. THIS INDIVIDUAL IS THE SISTER OF DR. AL-MUMIN.
>IT IS PERHAPS SIGNIFICANT THAT SHE SERVED AS AN INTERPRETER AND
>GUIDE WITH US FORCES DURING THE WAR AND WAS SUBJECTED TO THE SAME
>TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS. SHE WAS ADDITIONALLY GIVEN THE
>VACCINES AND ANTI-NERVE AGENT MEDICATION WHICH ALL US TROOPS WERE
>REQUIRED TO TAKE. ON 7 APRIL, DURING THE STRATEGY MEETING OF THE
>AL-HARBI RESEARCH GROUP, DR. AL-MUMIN CLAIMED TO HAVE IDENTIFIED
>ANOTHER POSSIBLE VICTIM OF MCS, CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED. IT WAS
>HER OPINION AT THE TIME THAT THERE MAY BE A LARGE NUMBER OF MCS
>CASES IN KUWAIT MISDIAGNOSED AS SUFFERING FROM OTHER DISORDERS.
>D. (U) GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING LATENT TOXIC EFFECTS
>(SOURCE; FATIMA KH. ((ABDALI)), PH.D., KISR) - DR. AHMED
>((AS-SHAATI)) OF THE KUWAIT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
>(EPD) IS CONDUCTING A STUDY ON INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED TO TOXINS
>DURING THE WAR AND OCCUPATION.
>5. (U) OBJECTIVE TWO (CONFERENCE; SUBJECT MATERIAL COVERED AND
>PRESENTATION GIVEN) - THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE
>EFFECTS OF IRAQI AGGRESSION ON THE STATE OF KUWAIT WAS GIVEN FROM
>2 TO 6 APRIL 1994 AT THE KUWAIT MERIDIEN HOTEL IN KUWAIT CITY.
>PARTICIPANTS PRESENTED PAPERS DEALING WITH THREE BROAD CATEGORIES
>OF DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY THE COUNTRY AS A RESULT OF THE INVASION BY
>IRAQ IN 1990 AND THE SEVEN MONTH OCCUPATION WHICH FOLLOWED. EACH
>OF THESE THREE CATEGORIES FORMED THE BASIS FOR A SYMPOSIUM, ALL
>RUNNING CONCURRENTLY AT THE MERIDIEN. SYMPOSIUM A - POLITICAL
>AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES. SYMPOSIUM B - PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
>SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS. SYMPOSIUM C - ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH
>EFFECTS. THE FOLLOWING OFFICIAL RECORDS OF EACH SYMPOSIUM
>INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE ARE AVAILABLE AS FOLLOWS -
>A. (U) RECORD OF RESEARCH SUMMARIES - THIS 191 PAGE BOOKLET
>CONTAINS ABSTRACTS FOR EACH PRESENTATION GIVEN. THE PRESENTATION
>ON MCS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT DUE TO ITS INCLUSION ONLY
>FIVE DAYS SHORT OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE.
>B. (U) VIDEOTAPE RECORD - EACH SYMPOSIUM WAS FILMED. COPIES
>MAY BE OBTAINED BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE FOLLOWING
>INDIVIDUAL - MR. FAISEL ((AL-HAJI)), UNDERSECRETARY, KUWAIT
>INFORMATION MINISTRY, BOX 193 SAFAT, CODE 13002, STATE OF KUWAIT.
>TEL: 011 965 241-5301/242-7141/243-4512. FAX; 011 965 243-4511.
>C. (U) THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE, DR. IMAD ((AL-ATIQI)),
>ARRANGED FOR PRESENTATION OF THE MCS ISSUE AS PART OF SYMPOSIUM C
>ON MONDAY, 4 APRIL. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE REQUEST THAT
>THIS BE DONE WAS SUBMITTED TO DR. AL-ATIQI WELL PAST THE DEADLINE
>FOR APPLICATIONS. IN FACT, THE ENTIRE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM HAD
>BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE TIME THE REQUEST WAS MADE.
>6. (U) STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION - 15 MINUTES WERE ALLOTTED TO
>EACH SPEAKER AND THE FULL 15 WERE USED FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
>A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE MCS INFORMATION TO BE PRESENTED WAS
>BASED ON ANECDOTAL SOURCES AND AS SUCH DID NOT CONSTITUTE
>SCIENTIFIC DATA PER SE, BUT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL IMPORTANCE OF
>THE SUBJECT MATERIAL TO THE LONG TERM HEALTH OF THE POPULATION OF
>KUWAIT, WAS NONETHELESS A VALID SUBJECT FOR PRESENTATION. A
>GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF HEALTH PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED IN INCREASING
>FREQUENCY BY A SIGNIFICANT FRACTION OF GULF WAR VETERANS AND
>DISPLAYED THE 14 MAJOR SYMPTOM CATEGORIES WHICH THEY FELL INTO
>WAS DISCUSSED. FOLLOWING THIS, THE CORRELATION OF THESE
>OBSERVATIONS SHOWED WITH CLINICALLY DEFINED MCS PROVIDED A
>LISTING OF MCS SYMPTOMS FOR COMPARISON. NEXT, DRAWING ON A
>REPORT TO CONGRESS OF 5 MAY 1993, COVERED A SUMMARY OF TOXIC
>EXPOSURE (WELL FIRES EXCLUDED) UNIQUE TO MILITARY PERSONNEL,
>FOLLOWED BY A DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE MEDICAL TESTING
>PERFORMED ON AFFLICTED TROOPS. THE FINAL PORTION OF THE LECTURE
>WAS A DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH, INDICATING A POSSIBLE MECHANISM
>FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MCS INVOLVING IMPAIRMENT OF PRIVATE KINASE
>ACTIVITY AT LOW SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS.
>7. (U) REACTION TO PRESENTATION - CRITICISM WAS EXTREMELY HARSH
>AND BECAME SOMEWHAT EMOTIONAL. THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL TO COMMENT
>ON THE LECTURE CONTENT WAS DR. IBRAHIM ((AL-SAYAD)), MD, AN
>EGYPTIAN NATIONAL EMPLOYED AS A DERMATOLOGIST BY KUWAIT
>UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE. HE BEGAN BY LISTING ALL HIS
>DEGREES, HONORARIUMS, POSITIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS THEN REFUTED
>EVERY CLAIM MADE AND CHASTISED THE MCS PRESENTATION AS
>UNSCIENTIFIC. TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS (BOTH SENIOR RESEARCHERS AT
>KISR) DID APPROXIMATELY THE SAME THING. THE SUBSTANCE OF EACH
>ARGUMENT SEEMED TO BE THAT (DESPITE EVIDENCE PRESENTED
>UNCONTESTED IN PREVIOUS PAPERS), NO RESIDUAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
>DIRECTLY TIED TO TOXIC EXPOSURE EXISTED IN KUWAIT. FINALLY, DR.
>JASSIM ((AL-HASSAN)) (CURRENTLY AT KUWAIT UNIVERSITY)
>DELIVERED A FINAL BARRAGE, BASICALLY REPEATING WHAT
>WAS SAID BY THE OTHER FOUR INDIVIDUALS; HOWEVER, PRIOR TO HIS
>DIATRIBE, HE STATED THAT HE WAS VERY SYMPATHETIC TO THE PLIGHT
>FACED BY US VETERANS; HOWEVER, HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE DID NOT
>BELIEVE THAT THE EFFECTS SEEN IN THE US HAD ANYTHING AT ALL TO DO
>WITH ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN KUWAIT AND SUGGESTED THAT A
>PROJECT INVESTIGATING THIS POSSIBILITY WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME.
>FOLLOWING THIS PHILLIPIC, DR. ((AL-HARBI)) ROSE AND DEFENDED THE
>BASIC CLAIMS OF THE MCS PRESENTATION, CITING EVIDENCE OF HIS OWN
>THAT MAJOR PROBLEMS TIED TO THE WAR (SUCH AS SADAFIYA) WERE
>EVIDENT IN KUWAIT AND AT VERY LEAST BORE FURTHER CONSIDERATION AS
>SUBJECTS FOR RESEARCH. HE WAS JOINED IN THIS DEFENSE BY DR.
>FATIMA ((AL-ABDALI)), WHO RELATED PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF A KUWAITI
>WITH MCS AND SUGGESTED THAT EVEN IF THE INCIDENCE OF MCS IN
>KUWAIT WERE NEGLIGIBLE AT PRESENT, THE PROBLEM SEEN IN US
>VETERANS WAS AMPLE REASON TO SUPPORT A STUDY IN KUWAIT IN
>ANTICIPATION OF DEVELOPMENT OF LONG TERM RESIDUAL EFFECTS.
>7. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
>
> ((SOURCE COMMENT) - REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS GROUP IS DR.
>SALEH AL-HARBI, MD, PHD. EDUCATED AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY, HE HAS
>SUCCESSFULLY PIONEERED APPLICATIONS OF IMMUNOTHERAPY IN TREATMENT
>OF AUTOIMMUNE PROBLEMS SUCH AS PSORIASIS. HE IS NONETHELESS
>DEEPLY RELIGIOUS AND COMMANDS THE RESPECT OF BOTH THE RELIGIOUS
>AND SECULAR COMMUNITIES IN KUWAIT. HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY
>ELIMINATED A GREAT DEAL OF CORRUPTION EXISTENT AT KUWAIT
>UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND AS SUCH GAINED ACCOLADES IN
>THE PRESS AND IS HELD IN HIGH FAVOR BY THE GOVERNMENT. HE HAS
>BEEN A LEADING PROPONENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIVE BIOTECHNOLOGY
>INDUSTRY FOR KUWAIT. FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTACTED, AN
>INVITATION WAS ISSUED TO THE NIH (NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH)
>MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A CASE DEFINITION OF GULF
>WAR SYNDROME).
>8. (U) KUWAIT MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONTACTS -
>A. (U) HEALTH MINISTER, DR. ((AL-FOZAN)) - DR. AL-FOZAN
>INFORMED SOURCE THAT HE KNEW OF NO HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG KUWAITIS
>RESEMBLING THE SYMPTOMS NOTED AMONG US VETS, HOWEVER HE WOULD DO
>HIS BEST TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE WOULD TRY
>TO MAKE IT TO THE PRESENTATION AND IF UNABLE TO DO SO WOULD SEND
>AN UNDERSECRETARY. NO MINISTRY OF HEALTH OFFICIALS WERE IN
>ATTENDANCE THE NEXT DAY.
>B. (U) UNDERSECRETARY, DR. EISSA ((AL-KHALISA)) - HE TOO WAS
>UNAWARE OF ANY TOXIN-RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG THE KUWAITI
>CIVIL POPULATION. NEVERTHELESS, HE SEEMED EXTREMELY RECEPTIVE
>WHEN IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE SYMPTOMS IN US TROOPS MIGHT BE THE
>EFFECT OF MORE THAN ONE TOXIN, WHICH IF TRUE, WOULD NOT RULE OUT
>THE POSSIBILITY THAT KUWAITIS MIGHT AT SOME POINT BEGIN SHOWING
>LATENT EFFECTS THEMSELVES. DR. AL-KHALISA AGREED TO ATTEND THE
>NIH CONFERENCE AND PLEDGED HIS FULL SUPPORT IN RECRUITMENT OF
>ASSISTANCE FROM WITHIN THE HEALTH MINISTRY.
>C. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>File 95071908.txt from http://www.insigniausa.com
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>IIR 2 201 0094 9I/DESERT SHIELD - DISEASE OCCURRENCE (U).
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>BODY OUNTRY: (U) SAUDI ARABIA (SA).
>SUBJ: IIR 2 201 0094 9I/DESERT SHIELD - DISEASE OCCURRENCE (U).
>WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
>INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASSIFIED
>X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
>X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>DOI: (U) 900913.
>REQS: (U) T-8C2-2650-0I-90; G-OSG-2520-25-90; (INITIATIVE).
>SOURCE: //OTS 2 20I 0216 90//[ (b)(7)(D) ]
>SUMMARY: LESHMANIASIS IS BECOMING AN INCREASING
>PROBLEM IN SAUDI ARABIA DUE TO CHANGING ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGIC
>CONDITIONS.
>TEXT: (U)
>I. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, IN
>SAUDI ARABIA, REPORTED AS HAVING CUTANEOUS LESHMANIASIS DUE TO
>BETTER RECORD KEEPING AND ALSO THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF FOREIGN
>WORKERS APPEARING AT TREATMENT FACILITIES WHO HAVE CONTRACTED THE
>DISEASE. ZOONOTIC CUTANEOUS LESHMANIASIS (CL) IS FOUND IN FOUR
>WIDELY SEPARATED GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF THE KINGDOM.
>A. RIYADH - AL KHARJ AREA//GEOCOORDS 2408N--04724E//. THE
>DISEASE VECTOR IS P. PAPATASI WHICH IS NORMALLY FOUND ASSOCIATED
>WITH RODENT BURROWS. IN THIS CASE THE RESERVOIR OF THE DISEASE
>IS THE GERBIL, PSAMMOMY OBESUS. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT
>THERE IS A CLOSE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE GERBIL, PAPATASI, AND A
>DESERTIC BUSH KNOWN AS THE HALOPHILUS PLANT. THE GERBILS BUILD
>THEIR BURROWS BENEATH THE PLANT, EAT THE PLANT, AND THE PAPATASI
>SANDFLY LIVES ON THE PLANT.
>B. BISHA AREA//GEOCOORDS - 2001N--04239E//. THE MAJORITY
>OF THE INFECTIONS IN THIS AREA ARE OF THE CLASSICAL TYPE OF CL
>KNOWN AS DRY LESHMANIASIS, OR ANTHROPONOTIC CUTANEOUS
>LESHMANIASIS. THE PARASITE CAUSING THIS FORM OF CL IS VERY HARD
>TO TREAT AND THE CLINICAL PRESENTATION IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN
>THAT FOUND 1N ZOONOTIC CUTANEOUS LESHMANIASIS. SCAR RATES FOR
>THE POPULATION IN THIS AREA ARE 30 PERCENT. SIX POINT FIVE (6.5)
>PERCENT OF THE POPULATION HAVE ACTIVE LESIONS.
>C. TABUK AREA//GEOCOORDS - 2822N--03632E//. TABUK IS ON
>THE ROAD THAT RUNS FROM JORDAN TO MEDINA//GEOCOORDS -
>2430N--03935E//SAUDI ARABIA. INFECTIONS IN THIS AREA ARE
>CHARACTERIZED BY MULTIPLE LESIONS, BUT THOSE INFECTED ALL
>RESPONDED TO TREATMENT.
>D. AL HOFUF AREA//GEOCOORDS UNKNOWN//. THIS IS THE CAPITAL
>OF THE AL HASSA OASIS IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE OF THE KINGDOM.
>THERE HAD BEEN A RECENT OUTBREAK OF CL IN THIS AREA AMONG
>EUROPEANS, MOSTLY WORKERS, BUT NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS
>AVAILABLE. AMONG THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE REGION, OUT OF 171
>TESTED WITH THE LESHMANIA SKIN TEST, 65 PERCENT SHOWED POSITIVE
>REACTIONS FOR CL. THIS IS AN AVERAGE OF 65 PERCENT OF THE
>POPULATION HAVING BEEN EXPOSED TO THE DISEASE AT SOME TIME.
>P.PAPATASI IS AGAIN THE VECTOR.
>2. NEARLY ALL CL HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESERTIC
>AREAS OF THE KINGDOM. THE INCUBATION PERIOD FOR THE DISEASE IN
>THE AL HOFUF AREA HAS BEEN ANYWHERE FROM SEVERAL WEEKS TO TWO OR
>MORE MONTHS. THE AVERAGE HAS BEEN 8 WEEKS. IN ADDITION TO THE
>BISHA AREA, ANTHROPONOTIC CL IS ENDEMIC TO THE SOUTHWESTERN PART
>OF THE COUNTRY, MAINLY IN ABHA//GEOCOORDS - 1814N--04231E//SAUDI
>ARABIA. APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS AGO, THERE WERE SIX PEOPLE
>TREATED FOR CL FROM THE BORDER AREA BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAQ
>CENTERED ON THE TOWN OF NISAB//GEOCOORDS-- 29I4N--04442E//SAUDI
>ARABIA. THESE PEOPLE WERE ALL TREATED BY THE SAME DOCTOR AND IT
>IS BELIEVED THE OUTBREAK IS VERY LARGE.
>3. VISCERAL LESHMANIASIS IS ENDEMIC IN THE MOUNTAINOUS
>AREAS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE KINGDOM. THE VECTOR IS
>PHLEBOTOMIS ORIENTALIS. THERE HAVE BEEN SPORADIC REPORTS OF THE
>DISEASE OCCURRING IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE KINGDOM BUT IT IS
>NOT KNOWN WHERE THE ACTUAL CONTRACTION OF THE DISEASE OCCURRED.
>4. THE SAUDIS HAVE A PROGRAM TO STUDY LESHMANIASIS. THE
>POINT OF CONTACT IN COUNTRY FOR INFORMATION IS DR. ABDULAZIZ
>((AL-KHAWAJAH)), PHARMACOLOGY DEPARTMENT, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE,
>P.O. BOX 2114, DAMMAN - 31451, SAUDI ARABIA, TEL.
>8577000/8575307. ACCORDING TO SAUDI OFFICIALS, IN 1983 THEY HAD A
>TOTAL OF 18,000 CASES OF CL THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM. OVER THE
>LAST FEW YEARS THEY HAVE REPORTED 12,000-17,000 CASES OF CL PER
>YEAR AT KING FAHAD HOSPITAL ALONE.
>COMMENTS: (U) GEOCOORDS USED WERE FROM THE TIMES ATLAS OF THE
>WORLD, SEVENTH COMPREHENSIVE EDITION.
>//IPSP: (U) PGW2650; PG 2520//.
>//COMSOBJ: (U) 211; 170//.
>ADMIN PROJ: (U) 202019.
>INSTR: (U) US NO.
>PREP: (U) 2-10446.
>ACQ: (U) ALEXANDRIA, VA (901018).
>DISSEM: (U) NONE FIELD: NONE SENT TO: NONE.
>WARNING: (U)
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>SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 201 0340 91.
>
>COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).
>
>SUBJ: IIR 2 201 0340 91/DESERT SHIELD-POSSIBLE CHEMICAL LAND
>MINES. (U).
>
>WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
>INTELLIGENCE. [ b.2. ]
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> DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>DOI: 900824-901209 (U).
>
>REQS: T-8C2-2650-01-90 (U).
>
>SOURCE: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
>
>SUMMARY: (U) THIS REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON CHEMICAL LAND
>MINES BEING SHIPPED TO KUWAIT.
>
>TEXT: (U) METAL BOXES SAID TO CONTAIN CHEMICAL LAND MINES WERE
>SEEN BEING LOADED ONTO MILITARY TRANSPORT TRUCKS IN THE CITY OF
>MASUL, IRAQ. THE LARGE METAL CONTAINERS MEASURED ABOUT
>4'X4'X8'. THE CONTAINERS WERE TO BE SHIPPED TO KUWAIT. NO
>FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
>
>COMMENTS: (U) THIS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO THE SOURCE BY AN
>IRAQI FRIEND. THE VERACITY OF THE INFORMATION CAN NOT BE
>CONFIRMED; HOWEVER, MASUL IS KNOWN TO HAVE A CHEMICAL WEAPONS
>FACILITY.
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>There are 308 files in all - not just 249 in this index.
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> Index to GulfLINK files
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> 1. Iraqi Biological Warfare (BW) Developments
> 2. IIR 1 502 003 91/Liaison Translation of [(b)(1) sec*
> 3. IIR 1 517 0138 91/Iraqi Air Force Warfighting Issues -- Desert*
> 4. IIR 2 201 001 94/The Study of Clostridium Perfringens in
> 5. IIR 2 201 0022 92/Inspection of Chemical Warfare
> 6. IIR 2 201 0030 95/Gulf War Syndrome Investigations in*
> 7. IIR 2 201 0067 92/Possible Chemical/Biological Warfare*
> 8. IIR 2 201 0094 91/Desert Shield - Disease Occurrence (U)*
> 9. IIR 2 201 0243 92/New Mixture of Chemical Warfare (CW)*
> 10. IIR 2 201 0340 91Desert Shield-Possible Chemical Land
> 11. IIR 2 201 0507 93/ Iraqi Research on New Mycotoxicosis in*
> 12. IIR 2 201 0629 90/The Nuclear Research Center (NRC)(U)
> 13. IIR 2 201 0629 92Vaccine Procurement (U)>
> 14. IIR 2 201 0631 94/Hypothesis Regarding Possible Explanation/li>
> 15. IIR 2 201 0688 92/Assessment of Anthrax and Botulinum
> 16. IIR 2 201 0737 91/Description of Buildings and Activities
> 17. IIR 2 201 0741 91/Possible Biological Warfare (BW) Facility
> 18. IIR 2 201 0742 91/Possible Biological Warfare (BW) Facility
> 19. IIR 2 201 0743 91/Assessment of Iraqi Biological Warfare (BW)
> 20. IIR 2 201 0744 91/Transfer of Nuclear, Biological, and
> 21. IIR 2 201 0761 91/Comments on Iraq's Declarations to the
> 22. IIR 2 201 0762 91/Alleged Infant Formula Plant (U)
> 23 IIR 2 201 0766 91/Bunker with Chemical Weapons (U)
> 24. IIR 2 201 0768 91/Storage of Botulinum Toxin at Fallujah
> 25. IIR 2 201 0769 91/Chemical Warfare Agent Precursor
> 26. IIR 2 201 0772 91/Bomb Damage Assessment of Baghdad
> 27. IIR 2 201 0779 91/Soldiers Killed with Biological Warfare
> 28. IIR 2 201 0805 91/Chemical Warfare Facilities at Samarra
> 29. IIR 2 201 0824 93/Transactions of Iraqi Drug Industry (U)
> 30. IIR 2 201 0825 93/Baghdad Medical City (U)
> 31. IIR 2 201 0826 93/Salman Pak Biological Warfare (BW)
> 32. IIR 2 201 0828 92/Biological Warfare (U)
> 33. (U) Biological Warfare Production and Use
> 34. IIR 2 201 0910 94/Rusian Biological Warfare Technology*
> 35. IIR 2 201 0910 95/The International "Shoresh" Conference on*
> 36. IIR 2 340 0196 91/Cholera Epidemic in Kuwait (U)*
> 37. IIR 6 021 0001 91/General Mood and Situation
> 38. IIR 6 021 0003 92/[(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)] Suspect BW Sites in
> 39. IIR 6 021 0004 91/Condition of CW Storage
> 40. IIR 6 021 0006 91/Muthanna State Establishment
> 41. IIR 6 021 0007 91/[(b)(1) sec 1/3(a)(4)]
> 42. IIR 6 021 0008 91/[(b)(2)]Muthanna State Establishment
> 43. IIR 6 021 0010 91/Miscellaneous Facilities
> 44. IIR 6 021 0019 92/[(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)]
> 45. IIR 6 021 0020 92/[(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)] of Kamisiyah
> 46. IIR 6 021 0023 92/((b)(2))
> 47. IIR 6 021 0030 92/Chemical Munitions Located at
> 48. IIR 6 021 0060 91/General Observations [(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)]
> 49. IIR 6 021 0066 91/[(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)]
> 50 *IIR 6 021 0067 91/[(b)(1) sec.1.3(a)(4)]
> 51 *IIR 6 021 0071 91/[(b)(2)]
> 52 *IIR 6 021 0072 91/{(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)]
> 53 *IIR 6 021 0076 91/Statements on the Iraqi
> 54 *IIR 6 029 0408 91/Alleged Iraqi Chemical/Biological SCUD*
> 55. IIR 6 029 0425 91/Location of Suspected Iraqi Biological*
> 56 IIR 6 029 0508-91/Vaccinations Received in the Iraqi
> 57 IIR 6 029 0705 91/Chemical Munitions in the 20th Infantry*
> 58 IIR 6 029 0730 91/Iraqi Activities
> 59 50 007 91/Health Conditions in Iraq (U)*
> 60 64 306 91*
> 61 64 3083 /Chemical, Infantry, & Artillery Ob*
> 62 64 3085 /Chemical/Biological SCUD Warheads (U)*
> 63 64 31 /Infectious diseases and Tests (U)*
> 64 72 0019 /Source Debriefing*
> 65 72 002 /Source Debriefing [(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)]*
> 66 807 0058 94/Belgian Sailors Show No Signs of
> 67 807 0075 95/Iraq (U)*
> 68 824 0343 93/Detection of Chemical Agents by*
> 69 832 0872 90/[(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)] Views on Iraqi*
> 70 834 0046 /Iraqi Chemical Warfare Against*
> 71. IIR 6 834 0421 91/Iraqi Chemical Warfare*
> 72 836 0155 94/British Position on Chemical*
> 73 836 0502 94/Report of the Proceedings of the*
> 74 849 0031 /Disease Incidence and*
> 75 849 0043 /Iraqi Biological*
> 76 84 0080 90/Facilities and Agents for
> 77 84 0103 /Medical Report on the*
> 78 84 0911 /Possible Biological Warfare
> 79 84 0916 /Nuclear/Biolog cal/Chemical
> 80 84 0961 /Comments on Post-Desert
> 81 865 0056 94/Moroccan Chemical Warfare*
> 82 868 0009 95/Possible Treatment for
> 83 868 008 /Iraqi Chemical and
> 84 868 0588 /Dutch Airmen in Turkey*
> 85 872 0351 94/Gulf-War Syndrome (U)*
> 86 884 0054 93/Kuwaiti Land Forces Commander*
> 87 884 0068 94/Chemical Weapons in Saudi*
> 88 84 006 /Chemical Weapons in Saudi Arabia (U)
> 89 84 0825 90/Iraqi Corps Boundaries Identified*
> 90 91 0078 94/Syrian Medical Experience in*
> 91 98 0092 92/Chemical Munition Causes*
> 92 98 04 /Status of Disease at Refugee*
> 93. 6 899 0046 93/Regional Disease*
> 94 99 0076 91/Iraqi Nuclear and Chemical*
> 95 99 0200 91/Iraq Chemical Agent Production*
> 969 0253 /Iraqi chemical Weapons Employment
> 979 1098 90/[(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)] Assessment of Iraqi*
> 98 905 0110 91/Iraqi Development of Non-Conventional Warheads*
> 99. Chemical Weapons Used Near Qarah Anjir*
> 100. Iraq: Situation Update (U)
> 101. IR Readdressal (U)DIA
> 102. *Iraq: Situation Update (U)
> 103. Iraq: Compliance with UNSCR 687
> 104. Request for Information (U)*
> 105. Iraq: Situation Update (U)
> 106. Request for Information (U)
> 107. Iraq-Kuwait: Situation Update
> 108. Daily BDA Status Update No. 91-42 (U)
> 109. Daily BDA Status Update No. 91-41 (U)
> 110. Iraq-Kuwait: Situation Update*
> 111. Daily BDA Status Update No. 91-37 (U)
> 112. DIA [(b)(2)] INTSUM -- Middle East/Africa 198-91/23 FEB 91*
> 113. Daily BDA Status Update NO. 91#35 (U)
> 114. Daily BDA Status Update No. 91-34 (U)*
> 115. Daily BDA Status Update No. 91-33 (U)
> 116. Daily BDA Status Update No. 91-31 (U)
> 117. Daily BDA Status Update No. 91#32 (U)
> 118. Daily BDA Status Update No. 91-31 (U)
> 119. Daily BDA Status Update No. 91- 0 (U)
> 120. Daily BDA Status Update No. 91-29 (U)
> 121. DIA Middle East-Africa INTSUM 147-91/15 FEB 91 (U)
> 122 Destroyed CW Bunkers at Kirkuk, BW Bunkers at Tikrit, and CW at
> 123 *Military Situation Summary as of 141900Z FEB 91 (U)
> 124 Samarra Production CW Facility
> 125 -Kuwait: Situation Update
> 126 *Iraq's Capability to Produce Chemical Warfare (CW) Agents Now Has
> 127 Moscow Radio Reports Disease Outbreak from Bombed*
> 128 Report on Susp BW Fac Latafiya, CW Fac Habbaniyah, and Samarra
> 129
> 130 Iraq-Kuwait: Situation Update
> 131 *Iraq's Biological and Chemical Production Capability has been*
> 132 Daily BDA Status Update No. 91-20
> 133 18
> 134 Iraq: Potential for Chemical Weapon Use
> 135 29 JAN 91
> 136 IA Middle East-Africa INTSUM 70-91/23 JAN 91 (U)*
> 137 NADA INTSUM 102-91/DIA Wash DC/23 JAN 91*
> 138 IA [(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)] INTSUM -- Middle East/Africa*
> 139 Iraq-Kuwait: Situation Update
> 140 Military Situation Summary as of 221900Z JAN 91 (U)*
> 141 Military Situation Summary (DOD-JIC) as of 221900Z JAN 91*
> 142 *Phase 3 12-Hour Assessment No. 11
> *143 Defense Intelligence Executive Highlights 14-91 (U)*
> 144 Phase 3 12-Hour Assessment No. 9 (U)
> 145 Special Intelligence Problem Cable 17-02 JAN (U)*
> 146 Iraq: Habbaniyah CW Training Site
> 148 Update and Clarification on Material Sent 10 January (U)
> 149 Defense Intelligence Executive Highlights 168-90 (U)
> 150 Iraq-Kuwait: Situation Update
> 151 DIA Asia Pacific INTSUM 372-90\/17 SEP 90
> 152 Defense Intelligence Terrorism Summary (U)*
> 153 DOD Military Situation Summary (U)
> *154 Several Explosions Occurred at Chemical Plant
> 155 Aziz States Baghdad will not use Chem Weapons*
> 156 -Kuwait: Situation Update
> 157 Bomb Damage Assessment Cable 29-04 Jan 91
> 158 Report on Questions Regarding CW Production Capabilities
> 159 [(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)] INTSUM -- Middle East/Africa 500-91/28
> 160 INTSUM 341-91/7 May 91 (U)*
> 161 's Chemical Warfare (CW) Capability
> 162 Bombing Campaign Against Iraq's Chemical and Biological Targets
> 163 Report on CW Facilities at Samarra and Habbaniyah
> 164 Iraq's Chemcial Warfare (CW) Capability including the Production
> 165 Salman Pak BW Storage
> 166 [(b)(1) sec 1.3 (a)(4)] INTSUM -- Middle East/Africa 245-91/7
> 167 Possible Intent of Iraqi Military to Use Chemical Weapons
> 168 NADA INTSUM 262-91/DIA Wash DC/2 Mar 91
> 169 Military Situation Summary as of 011900z Mar 91 (U)
> 170 DIA Middle East-Africa INTSUM 182-91/27 Feb 91 (U)*
> 171 Bomb Damage Assessment Cable 19-02 Feb 91, Second*
> 172 DIA Middle East-Africa INTSUM 145-91/14 Feb 91 (U)
> 173 [(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)] INTSUM -- Middle East/Africa 170-91/14
> 174 NADA INTSUM 180-91/DIA Wash DC/8 Feb 91
> 175 NADA INTSUM 174-91/DIA Wash DC/7 Feb 91
> 176 Bomb Damage Assessment Cable 04-05 Feb 91' Second
> 177 Military Situation Summary as of 041900z Feb 91 (U)
> 178 BDA Status Report on Iraq's Biological and Chemical Production
> 179 Report on Salman Pak Biological Warfare Plant
> 180 Bomb Damage Assessment Cable 26-01 Jan 91, Second
> 181 Bomb Damage Assessment Cable 23-08 Jan 91
> 182 Phase 3 12-Hour Assessment No. 13
> 183 DIA Middle East-Africa INTSUM 65-91/21 Jan 91 (U)*
> 184 NADA INTSUM 55-91/DIA Wash DC/15 Jan 91
> 185 Iraq-Kuwait: Situation Update
> 186 DIA Middle East-Africa INTSUM 37-91/13 Jan 91 (U)
> 187 Iraq-Kuwait: Situation Update
> 188 No Subject Line Found
> 189 [(b)(2)] INTSUM 17-91/DIA Wash DC/5 Jan 91
> 190 Iraq-Kuwait: Situation Update
> 191 [(b)(2)] INTSUM 15-91/DIA Wash DC/4 Jan 91
> 192 [(b)(2)] INTSUM -- Middle East/Africa 13-91/4 Jan 91
> 193 DIA Middle East-Africa INTSUM 91/4 Jan 91
> 194 [(b)(2)] INTSUM 11-91/DIA Wash DC/4 Jan 91
> 195 Military Situation Summary as of 261900z Dec 90 (U)
> 196 Iraq-Kuwait: Situation Update
> 197 [(b)(2)] INTSUM 752-90/DIA Wash DC/21 Dec 90
> 198 DIA Middle East-Africa INTSUM 572-90/13 Dec 90 (U)
> 199 No Subject Line Found
> 200 Report on Samarra
> 201 Habbaniyah
> 202 Iraq-Kuwait: Situation Update*
> 203 Possible Decontamination Trucks
> 204 Possible CW Production Activity at Habbaniyah I and II
> 205 Military Situation Summary as of 182100Z Nov 90 (U)
> 206 Sumarra Report
> 207 Continuing Activity at the Samarra CW Research and Storage Site
> 208 Military Situation Summary as of 151900Z Oct 90 (U)
> 209 Military Situation Summary (U)
> 210 Correction of Defense Special Assessment Iraq-Kuwait*
> 211 Military Situation Summary (U)
> 212 Samarra Report
> 213 Military Situation Summary as of 111900Z Oct 90
> 214 Iraq-Kuwait: Chemical Warfare Dusty Agent Threat*
> 215 No Subject Line Found
> 216 Military Situation Summary as of 091900Z Oct 90
> 217 Report on Samarra
> 218 Habbaniyah Poss CW Prod Facility
> 219 Samarra CW Rsch Prod a Stor Fac/[(b)(2)]
> 220 [(b)(2)] INTSUM -- Middle East/Africa 471-90/5 Oct 90
> 221 DIA [(b)(2)] INTSUM -- Middle East/Africa 469-90/5 Oct 90
> 222 Military Situation Summary as of 041900Z Oct 90 (U)
> 223 DIA Middle East-Africa INTSUM 379-90/2 Oct 90
> 224 CW Production
> 225 Habbaniyah Poss CW Prod Facility II/[(b)(2)]
> 226 Iraqi Chemical Munition Characteristics Baseline, Corrected*
> 227 No Subject Line Found
> 228 Samarra CW Rsch Prod a Stor Fac/[(b)(2)]
> 229 Samarra CW Rsch Prod A Stor Fac/[(b)(2)]
> 230 23 Sep 90
> 231 Persian Gulf: Situation Report
> 232 Samarra Report
> 233 Report on Samarra
> 234 Report on Samarra
> 235 CW Transportation Observation
> 236 NADA INTSUM 464-90/DIA Wash DC/20 Sep 90
> 237 Vehicles at CW Production Facility
> 238 Stake-bed Truck at CW Production Location
> 239 Preparation of Chemical Decontamination Site
> 240 DOD Military Situation Summary as of 171900Z Sept 1990
> 241 Forklift and Stake-bed Truck at CW Disposal Area
> 242 Second Chemical Decontamination Site Identified
> 243 OD Military Situation Summary (U)
> 244 [(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)] INTSUM -- Middle East/Africa 406-90/15
> 245 Activity at CW Storage Bunker
> 246 Stake-bed with Possible CW Departs to CW Bunker Area
> *247. CW Transhipment Observations
> 248. Crates at Northeast Corner of Compound
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