IIR 2 340 2876 91/USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS BY THE IRAQI ARMY Filename:23402876.91a ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX494 MCN = 91065/15111 TOR = 910651231 OTTSZYUW RUEKJCS0304 0651229- --RUEALGX. 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SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 340 2876 91. BODY PASS: (U) COUNTRY: (U) KUWAIT(KU); IRAQ(IZ). SUBJ: IIR 2 340 2876 91/USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS BY THE IRAQI ARMY (U). WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASSIFIED --------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE --------------------------------------------------------------------- DOI: (U) 910306. REQS: (U) T-8C2-2650-01-90. SOURCE: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ][ (b)(7)(D) ] SUMMARY: CHEMICAL AGENTS BEING USED BY THE IRAQI'S, HOW THESE ARE DELIVERED, AND THE SYMPTOMS OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO MUSTARD GAS. CHEMICAL PLANT LOCATIONS. TEXT: 1. TYPES OF CHEMICALS - THE IRAQ ARMY USES FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHEMICAL AGENTS; THE FIRST IS MUSTARD GAS, THE SECOND IS A NERVE AGENT, THE THIRD IS CS, AND THE FOURTH IS MOZDAWAG - A BIOCHEMICAL AGENT. 2. METHODS OF EMPLOYMENT - THE CHEMICALS ARE EMPLOYED IN ONE OF TWO WAYS; THE FIRST IS BY AN UNK ROCKET WHICH HAS A RANGE OF 50 KM, AND THE SECOND IS BY AIR DROPPED BOMBS. WHEN THE ROCKET EMPLOYS A CHEMICAL WARHEAD, TWO ARROWS ARE PAINTED ON THE WARHEAD, AS OPPOSED TO NO MARKINGS FOR CONVENTIONAL WARHEADS. 3. PREVIOUS USE - IN JUNE OF 1987 ORDERS WERE GIVEN BY AL HASSEN ((MAJEED)) ((SOURCE COMMEMT) - MAJEED IS THE BA'ATH PARTY LEADER IN NORTHERN IRAQ) TO AN UNK UNIT TO USE MUSTARD GAS ON THE KURDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ. AFTER THE MUSTARD GAS WAS EMPLOYED IN THE AREA BY ROCKET, 500 OF THE SURVIVORS WERE PUT INTO A DETENTION CENTER FOR THREE DAYS WHILE WAITING TO BE RELOCATED. THE MAJORITY OF THE DETAINEES SHOWED SYMPTOMS FROM CHEMICAL WEAPONS, AND SINCE NO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WAS GIVEN, 15 OF THE 500 PEOPLE DIED. SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS OBSERVED WERE; BLOOD FROM THE EARS AND NOSE, VOMITING, AND OPEN LESIONS ON ANY SKIN EXPOSED DURING THE ATTACK. ON ONE OCCASION, THE IRAQIS MISJUDGED THE WIND AND KILLED SEVERAL OF THEIR OWN MEN. OTHER THAN USE AGAINST THE KURDS, IRAQ HAS USED CHEMICAL WARFARE IN THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR, THE MAJNON ISLANDS WAR, AND THE AL FAW WAR. 4. CHEMICAL PLANT LOCATIONS - THERE IS A LARGE CHEMICAL FACTORY PRODUCING THE BIOCHEMICAL AGENT MOZDAWAG 40 KM SOUTH OF BAGHDAD IN SALMAN BAK, IZ //GEO COORD: 3306N04435E//. THERE IS ANOTHER FACTORY BUILT UNDERGROUND APPROXIMATELY 30 KM WEST OF AL MAWSIL, IZ //GEOCOORD: 362000N0430800E//, AND ABOUT 10 KM NORTH OF MAHALABIYA (CNA). ((SOURCE COMMENT) - I TALKED TO A FRIEND ON THE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]AND HE TOLD ME THAT THIS FACTORY HAD ESCAPED THE BOMBING RAIDS. COMMENTS: (U) THE SOURCE WAS OF ABOVE AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE, AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT[ (b)(7)(D) ] HAS SEEN MANY UNNECESSARY DEATHS, IS VERY WILLING TO COOPERATE IN ANY WAY THAT WILL HELP DESTROY IRAQ'S WAR MACHINE. //IPSP: (U) PGW2650; PT 1620//. //COMSOBJ: (U) 111//. ADMIN PROJ: (U) INSTR: (U) US NO. PREP: (U) [ (b)(6) ] ACQ: (U) SAUDI ARABIA (910306). DISSEM: (U) FIELD: NONE. WARNING: (U) REPORT CLASSIFIED