Time: Sun Nov 03 06:53:52 1996
To: Nancy Lord, Electra
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: HACKERS DESTROY EVIDENCE OF GULF WAR CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (fwd)
Cc: 
Bcc: 

Don't feel bad, Nancy.
You should be flattered, 
actually.  

Flattery will get me everywhere,
yes?

Let's see:  let me count the ways ... :)

/s/ Paul Mitchell



>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)
>
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 04:22:59 -0800 (PST)
>From: James Shannon <jamesjs@unixg.ubc.ca>
>To: Lloyd Miller <Lloyd@a-albionic.com>
>Subject: HACKERS DESTROY EVIDENCE OF GULF WAR CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (fwd)
>
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Sat, 02 Nov 1996 17:05:39 -0800
>From: Wes Thomas <west@sonic.net>
>Subject: HACKERS DESTROY EVIDENCE OF GULF WAR CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS 
>
>==========================================
>                                          WESNET NEWS 
>==========================================
>
>EXCLUSIVE  Saturday, Nov. 2, 5:00 p.m. 
>
>
>HACKERS DESTROY EVIDENCE OF GULF WAR CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS 
>
>WASHINGTON DC -- Hackers broke into a Web site (http://insigniausa.com)
>containing suppressed evidence of Gulf War chemical and biological weapons
>Friday, erasing all files.
>
>"Someone hacked in Friday around 4 p.m. and completely trashed our
>machine," said Kenneth Weaver, webmaster of W3 Concepts, Inc.
>(http://ns.w3concepts.com) of Poolesville, Maryland (a suburb of Washington
>D.C.), which houses the site. 
>
>The Web site contained recently-released supressed Department of Defense
>documents exposing biological and chemical warfare materials that U.S.
>companies allegedly provided to Iraq before the war. 
>
>Bruce Klett, publisher, Insignia Publishing said they are now restoring the
>files. "We plan to be operational again Saturday evening or Sunday," he
>said. "We encourage anyone to copy these files and distribute them." There
>are over 300 files, requiring 50 MB of disk space.
>
>The Department of Defense has its own version of these files on its
>Gulflink Web site (http://www.dtic.dla.mil/gulflink/).
>
>Insignia plans to publish Gassed In the Gulf, a book on the government's
>coverup by former CIA analyst Patrick Eddington, in six to eight weeks,
>Klett added.
>
>Hackers also brought down SNETNEWS and IUFO, Internet mailing lists
>covering conspiracies and UFOs, on Oct. 25, according to list administrator
>Steve Wingate. He plans to move the lists to another Internet service
>provider be be back in operation soon.
>
>"We've seen this happen regularly when we get too close to sensitive
>subjects," Wingate said. "The election is Tuesday. This is a factor."
>
>He also said a "quiet" helicopter buzzed and illuminated his Marin County
>house and car Thursday night for several minutes.
>
>                                                   # # #
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>(c) 1996 Wesnet News Service   
>Wes Thomas, editor/publisher
>west@sonic.net   (707) 887-2228  fax: (707) 887-0698
>
>You are encouraged to forward this message in its entirety for
>non-commercial purposes only.
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>---end forwarded message ---
>
>The following files represent what I was able to download
>from the http://www.insignia.com site before it was shut down
>by CIA HACKERS on Saturday.  It is only a few files out of the 308 
>files that were available on the site, but it is enough to 
>show the intentions of the CIA and DoD to DECEIVE the public.
>
>Read the WALLNER MEMORANDUM at the beginning of this file and
>you will see clear evidence of their intentions to cover-up
>the fact that chemical and biological weapons were used in the
>Gulf War -- and that American and other coalition men and women
>who went to the Gulf, were exposed to these agents, and are now
>becoming sick and dying.
>
>The files provide proof of the immense stockpile of ANTHRAX
>and other chemical/biologicals that Saddam Hussein received 
>-- and of his capability to use them.  
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>GulfLINK Files (p1 of 14)
>
> The Missing GulfLINK Files
>
>
>   On July 19, 1995 The Department of Defense posted numerous files in
>   its GulfLINK Website. On November 3, 1995 Paul F. Wallner, Staff
>   Director, Senior Level Oversight Panel, Persian Gulf War Veterans'
>   Illnesses, wrote a memo ordering the flagging of "potential sensitive
>   reports or documents on GulfLINK. . . .to begin preparation of a
>   response on particular 'bombshell' reports."
>   To view this memo click here: View Wallner Memorandum
>
>   On February 8, 1996, DoD removed 308 files claiming that the files  
>   must undergo rigorous review for classified information despite their
>   earlier electronic publication. Under pressure from veterans groups  
>   and the raised visibility of front page coverage in the New York
>   Times, DoD returned 88 of these files to the website on August 30,
>   1996. The rest of the missing GulfLINK files remain hidden behind   
>   vague claims of national security.
>
>   ALL 308 of these files are republished here on this website.        
>   The files are presented here as they were on the GulfLINK website. The 
>   cryptic file names make it difficult for first time perusers to navigate 
>   the collection, however, partial document titles are provided to provide
>   some relief. Those files returned to the DoD GulfLINK website are
>   marked with an asterisk.
>   
>   To view an individual document, click on the file name below. You can
>   download individual documents from these pages. 
>   
>   To download the entire collection of Missing GulfLink Files in  
>   self-extracting pkzip format: click here[LINK] (Note: the download
>   will take time, about 5 minutes at 28.8 bps, depending on your modem
>   speed) If you receive a prompt that asks if you want to save the file
>   to disk, say YES. Then choose the directory you want to put the file
>   in. After the download, double click on the file Gulflink.exe. This  
>   file will inflate all of the GulfLINK documents to your disk. Disk 
>   space is 989K. 
>   
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>DOCUMENT TITLE: Wallner Memorandum
>
>OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301 
>
>3NOV 1995 MEMORANDUM FOR: SEE DISTRIBUTION
>
>SUBJECT: Identification and Processing of Sensitive Operational Records
>
>1. The DEPSECDEF and the ASD/HA have expressed concern about potential 
>sensitive reports or documents on GulfLINK. They have directed that 
>the declassifiers identify such documents and forward them to the 
>Investigation Team prior to release on GulfLINK. The purpose of this 
>procedure is not to stop any declassified or unclassified documents 
>from going on GulfLINK, but to allow the investigation Team time to 
>begin preparation of a response on particular "bombshell" reports. 
>These responses could be provided to Dr. White and Dr. Joseph, or 
>used in response to White House queries. 
>
>2. Realizing that a fair amount of judgment must be exercised by 
>your reviewers in this process, request you task your teams to use 
>the following criteria in selecting sensitive documents. 
>˙
>˙a. Documents that could generate unusual public/media attention. 
>
>˙b. All documents which seem to confirm the use or detection of 
>˙nuclear, chemical, or biological agents. 
>˙c. Documents which make gross/startling assertions, i.e., pilot's 
>˙report that he saw a "giant cloud of anthrax gas." 
>˙d. Documents contaning releasable information which could embarass 
>˙the Government or DoD. Statements such as "we are not to bring 
>˙this up to the press" fit this category. 
>˙e. Documents which shed light on issues which have high levels 
>˙of media interest, such as the November 1995, Life article on 
>˙birth defects among Gulf War Veterans' children. 
>
>All such reports should be flagged for the Investigation Team and 
>sent directly to them by the fastest avail means, e.g. E-mail, fax,
>mail, or/courier. 
>
>3. The Investigation Team will make two determinations on each flagged 
>record. One will be whether or not the subject requires further research,
>and the other will be who, if anyone, would receive the results of 
>the research. As soon as these steps are expedited, the Investigation 
>Team will notify the operational declassifier that they have completed 
>their part of the process and that the document can be forwarded 
>to DTIC for placement on GulfLINK. The Investigation Team will also 
>notify the declassifiers when particular incidents or units are no 
>longer considered potentially sensitive. In those cases, the declassifiers 
>should stop flagging or highlighting reports on that incident or 
>unit. The results of the Investigation Teams' investigations ultimately 
>will be put on GulfLINK. 
>
>4. You are requested to ensure that your declassifiers follow the 
>FOIA standards in the review, redaction, and release of health-related 
>operational records. This will ensure that there is some consistency 
>in operational records of the services and commands that are being 
>made available to the public on GulfLINK. It also facilitates the 
>use of FOIA and privacy exemption codes in the redaction of documents. 
>
>PAUL F. WALLNER
>Staff Director
>Senior Level Oversight Panel
>Persian Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses 
>
>DISTRIBUTION:
>Chief of Military History, USA
>Director of Current Operation, J-33, JCS
>Deputy Directory, J-3, USCENTCOM
>Director of Plans, XOX, USAF Air Staff
>Director, Naval Historical Center
>Director, USMC Historical Center
>Air Force Declassification and Review Team 
>
>cc: DEPSECDEF
>ASD/HA
>USEC/Army
>PASD/AE
>DIA/DR
>PASD/IS/C3I 
>
>__________________________________________________________________________
>
>
>File 95071907.txt 
>
>
>IIR 2 201 0067 92/POSSIBLE CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
>
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>BODY
>PASS:  (U)  DIA FOR DB-8C, DAH-6 FOR INFO.
>COUNTRY:  (U)  IRAQ (IZ).
>SUBJ:   IIR 2 201 0067 92/POSSIBLE CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
>SPRAY TANK ON SU-22 AIRCRAFT  (U).
>WARNING:  (U)  THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
>INTELLIGENCE.  REPORT CLASSIFIED 
>X                     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>                          DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
>X                     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>DOI:  (U)  910300.
>REQS:  (U)  G-AIF-1620-01-90; C-SW9-1620-12-90: D-T5A-1610-02-90;
>G-OSG-1610-19-88.
>SOURCE:             //OTS 2 201 0246 91//[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 
>  & (b)(7)(D)  ]
>SUMMARY:          AN IRAQI SU-22 JET AIRCRAFT WITH A POSSIBLE
>CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL (C/B) SPRAY TANK WAS SEEN AT TALLIL AIR FORCE
>BASE, IRAQ - ENCLOSURES.
>TEXT:          A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE MULTINATIONAL
>INVASION OF IRAQ, AT AN AIRBASE APPROXIMATELY 10 KILOMETERS
>SOUTHWEST OF AN NASIRYAH, REVEALS A POSSIBLE CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL
>SPRAY TANK ON THE INBOARD PORT SIDE PYLON OF A PROBABLE SU-22
>AIRCRAFT.  THE JET AIRCRAFT BEARS AN IRAQI FLAG AND APPEARS TO
>HAVE BEEN EITHER HIT OR BLOWN IN-PLACE BY COALITION
>GUNFIRE/BOMBS.  ENLARGEMENTS OF THE ORIGINAL PICTURE REVEAL A
>POSSIBLE "AIR-SCOOP" ON THE TOP-FRONT OF THE TANK' THUS THE
>HYPOTHESIS OF A POSSIBLE C/B SPRAY TANK.  THIS TANK ALSO HAS AN
>ACCESS PANEL ON ITS PORT SIDE.  ADDITIONALLY DEPICTED ARE AN
>OUTBOARD FUEL TANK, A JACK HOLDING UP THE PORT SIDE WING, AND A
>BLOWN VEHICLE TO THE LEFT OF THE AIRCRAFT.
>COMMENTS:  (U)
>1.          ((FIELD COMMENT) - THE AIRBASE MENTIONED IS PROBABLY
>THE TALLIL AIR FORCE BASE AT GEOCOORD//4608E/3096N//.  THE RAM-AIR
>INTAKE OR SCOOP ON THE TOP-FRONT OF THE INBOARD PORT TANK WOULD BE
>CONSISTENT WITH THE US' TMU 28/B OR A/BY5Y3 BULK LIQUID AGENT
>TANK.  THE PRESENCE OF THE HINGED ACCESS PANEL IS NOT CONSISTENT
>WITH THIS TYPE OF TANK DUE TO LEAKAGE PROBLEMS, HOWEVER, IS
>CONSISTENT WITH THE US' AERO-2A OR A/B45Y-2 TYPE OF DRY-AGENT
>SPRAY TANK.  THE JACK HOLDING UP THE PORT WING MIGHT INDICATE THAT
>THE IRAQIS WERE TRYING TO REMOVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT UNDER THE
>WING.  THE BLOWN-UP VEHICLE TO THE LEFT OF THE AIRCRAFT DOES NOT
>RESEMBLE A STANDARD ARS-12/14 DECONTAMINATION TRUCK; HOWEVER, DOES
>CONTAIN HOSES AND TUBING WHICH COULD INDICATE A NON-STANDARD DECON
>VEHICLE FOR C/B MUNITIONS).
>2.          ((FIELD COMMENT) - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE
>AVAILABLE - REQUEST EVALUATION AS TO WHETHER THIS ITEM SHOULD BE
>PURSUED).
>//IPSP:  (U)  PT 1620; PT 1620; PT 1610; PT 1610//.
>//COMSOBJ:  (U)  141; 141; 141; 141//.
>ADMIN
>PROJ:  (U)  202029.
>INSTR:  (U)  US  NO.
>PREP:  (U)  2-10463.
>ENCL:  (U)  TO FOLLOW - 3 ENCLOSURES
>1.  PHOTOGRAPHY, "IRAQI SU-22 WITH POSSIBLE CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL
>WARFARE SPRAY TANK", (U)' 910300' 1 COPY, COLOR, (U).
>2.  PHOTOGRAPHY' "ENLARGEMENT OF PHOTO 1", (U), 910300, 1 COPY,
>COLOR' (U).
>3.  PHOTOGRAPHY, "FURTHER ENLARGEMENT OF PHOTO 1", (U), 910300, 1
>COPY, COLOR, (U).
>ACQ:  (U)  ALEXANDRIA, VA (911005).
>DISSEM:  (U)  FIELD:  NONE, SENT TO:  DIA: RTS-2B.
>WARNING:  (U) 
>
>_______________________________________________________________________ 
>
>
>File 95071915.txt from http://www.insigniausa.com
>
>
>IIR 2 201 0688 92/ASSESSMENT OF ANTHRAX AND BOTULINUM
>
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>BODY
>PASS:  (U)  DIA FOR DB-8C, DAH-6 FOR INFO'
>COUNTRY:  (U)  IRAQ (IZ).
>SUBJECT:  IIR 2 201 0688 92/ASSESSMENT OF ANTHRAX AND BOTULINUM
>PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES  (U).
>WARNING:  (U)  THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
>INTELLIGENCE.  REPORT CLASSIFIED 
>X                    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
>X                    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>DOI:  (U)  920000.
>REQS:  (U)  D-T5A-1610-02-90.
>SOURCE:             //2 243 0834//[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ][  
>(b)(7)(D)  ]
>
>
>SUMMARY:          THIS REPORT CONTAINS AN ASSESSMENT OF IRAQ'S
>CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE ANTHRAX AND BOTULINUM TOXIN - ENCLOSURE.
>TEXT:  (U)
>1.          IRAQ'S CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE ANTHRAX AND BOTULINUM
>TOXIN WAS ASSESSED WITH RESPECT TO THE FOLLOWING SIZE FERMENTERS
>- 150 LITERS, 450 LITERS' AND 1850 LITERS.  THESE FERMENTERS ARE
>KNOWN TO HAVE 8EEN PROCURED FOR THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
>PROGRAM.
>2.          FOR ANTHRAX, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THE SPORES WERE
>HARVESTED AFTER FERMENTATION BY CENTRIFUGATION AND THEN EITHER
>FREEZE DRIED OR SPRAY DRIED.  FOR EACH CAPACITY FERMENTER, IT
>WAS ASSUMED THAT THE WORKING VOLUME IS 75 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
>VOLUME' THAT THERE ARE ABOUT THREE FERMENTATION CYCLES PER WEEK,
>AND ABOUT 39 WORKING WEEKS PER YEAR.  USING THESE ASSUMPTIONS,
>IT WAS CALCULATED THAT THE 150 LITER FERMENTER COULD PRODUCE
>ABOUT TEN TO THE SEVENTEENTH POWER SPORES PER YEAR, OR ABOUT 30
>KILOGRAMS OF SPORES PER YEAR.  FOR THE 450 LITER FERMENTER,
>ABOUT THREE TIMES TEN TO THE SEVENTEENTH POWER SPORES PER YEAR'
>OR ABOUT 90 KILOGRAMS PER YEAR COULD BE PRODUCED.  FOR THE 1850
>LITER FERMENTER, ABOUT TEN TO THE EIGHTEENTH POWER SPORES PER
>YEAR, OR ABOUT 370 KILOGRAMS OF SPORES PER YEAR COULD BE
>PRODUCED.
>3'            FOR BOTULINUM TOXIN, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT TYPE A
>TOXIN WAS BEING PRODUCED BY FERMENTATION' TREATED BY ACID, AND
>THEN THE PRECIPITATE DRIED BY EITHER FREEZE OR SPRAY DRYING.  IT
>WAS FURTHER ASSUMED THAT THE YIELD OF TOXIN PER GRAM OF DRY
>POWDER WAS ABOUT FIVE PERCENT.  OTHER ASSUMPTIONS FOR
>CALCULATIONS INCLUDE 75 PERCENT FERMENTER WORKING VOLUME, ABOUT
>TWO FERMENTATION CYCLES PER WEEK, AND ABOUT 39 WORKING WEEKS PER
>YEAR.  FOR THE 150 LITER FERMENTER, ABOUT 180 GRAMS OF TOXIN
>COULD BE PRODUCED PER YEAR.  FOR THE 450 LITER FERMENTER, ABOUT
>550 GRAMS OF TOXIN COULD BE PRODUCED PER YEAR.  FOR THE 18S0
>LITER FERMENTER, ABOUT 2'2 KILOGRAMS OF TOXIN COULD BE PRODUCED
>PER YEAR.
>4.          ((FIELD COMMENT) - DETAILS OF ALL OTHER ASSUMPTIONS
>AND OF THE CALCULATIONS USED TO DETERMINE PRODUCTION QUANTITIES
>ARE CONTAINED IN THE ENCLOSURE).
>COMMENTS:  (U)  ((FIELD COMMENT) - IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THIS
>ASSESSMENT IS BASED ON PRE OR POST DESERT STORM CAPABILITIES).
>//IPSP:  (U)  PT 1610//.
>//COMSOBJ:  (U)  141//.
>ADMIN
>PROJ:  (U)  202019.
>INSTR:  (U)  US  NO.
>PREP:  (U)  2-10479.
>ENCL:  (U)  BOOKLET' "ASSESSMENT OF ANTHRAX AND BOTULINUM
>PRODUCTION CAPABILITY IN 150, 450, AND 1850 LITER FERMENTORS,
>      , 1 COPY' 2 APR 92, 13 PAGES,       .
>ACQ:  (U)  ALEXANDRIA' VA (920402).
>DISSEM:  (U)  FIELD: NONE,  SENT TO: DIA-DSP-2B.
>WARNING:  (U)  REPORT CLASSIFIED
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>File 95071927.txt  from http://www.insigniausa.com
>
>
>IIR 2 201 0779 91/SOLDIERS KILLED WITH BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
>
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>SERIAL:  (U)  IIR 2 201 0779 91.
>BODY
>PASS:  (U)  DIA FOR DT-5A.
>COUNTRY:  (U)  IRAQ (IZ); EGYPT (EG).
>SUBJ:   IIR 2 201 0779 91/SOLDIERS KILLED WITH BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
>(BW)  (U).
>WARNING:  (U)  THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
>INTELLIGENCE.  REPORT CLASSIFIED 
>X                     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>                          DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
>X                     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>DOI:  (U)  910209.
>REQS:  (U)  D-T5A-1610-02-90: G-OSG-1610-19-88: G-OSG-43304.
>SOURCE:             //2 243 0834//[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
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>
>SUMMARY:          THIS REPORT IS A TRANSLATION OF AN ARTICLE FROM
>THE EGYPTIAN NEWSPAPER AL HAKIKA, 09 FEB 91, ON IRAQI CASUALTIES
>DUE TO BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW).
>TEXT:  (U)
>1.  (U)  TITLE--DISEASE EPIDEMICS OVERWHELM IRAQI CITIES.  FIFTY
>SOLDIERS WERE KILLED BY THEIR OWN BIOLOGICAL WEAPON.
>2.  (U)  FIFTY SOLDIERS DIED FROM SPORULATED ANTHRAX (SPORES)
>EXPOSURE DUE TO THE DESTRUCTION OF ONE OF THE MICROBIOLOGICAL
>DEPOTS IN THE "BAGHDAD" MILITARY AREA THAT DOES DEVELOPMENT AND
>PRODUCTION OF BW, FOLLOWING BOMBARDMENT WITH 2,000 POUND BOMBS
>FROM B-52'S.
>3.  (U)  THE IRAQI AUTHORITIES TOOK ABOUT A HUNDRED SOLDIERS TO A
>HOSPITAL IN BAGHDAD WHERE DOCTORS FAILED TO TREAT THEM (THE
>MEDICAL TREATMENT FAILED).  AN EGYPTIAN PHYSICIAN TOLD AL HAKIKA,
>FOLLOWING HIS ESCAPE FROM THE HOSPITAL AND CROSSING THE SYRIAN
>BORDER, THAT THE MICROBE IS STILL AT THE HOSPITAL AND EFFORTS IN
>ERADICATING (DECONTAMINATING) THE AREA HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
>HE ADDED "THE IRAQI SOLDIERS THAT DIED UPON ARRIVAL AT THE
>HOSPITAL WERE THE ONES GUARDING THE FACILITY.  THIS EXPLAINS THEIR
>EXPOSURE TO LARGE DOSES OF THE ORGANISM THAT CAUSED ACUTE
>PULMONARY INFLAMMATION (INFECTION) AND BLOOD POISONING AND
>INTESTINAL POISONING.  ALL EFFORTS TO TREAT THEM FAILED".
>4'  (U)  THIS PHYSICIAN ASSERTED THAT A LOT OF DISEASES HAVE
>SPREAD IN THE IRAQI CITIES OF BASRA, BAGHDAD, MOSUL AND TIKRIT.
>HE SUSPECTS THAT THESE DISEASES ARE RESULTING FROM DESTRUCTION OF
>FACILITIES THAT DEAL IN THE ARENA OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
>(PRODUCTION) OF BW; THE MAJORITY OF THESE FACILITIES ARE LOCATED
>IN THE SUBURBS OF BAGHDAD.
>COMMENTS:
>1.       ((SOURCE COMMENT) - THE AL HAKIKA NEWSPAPER IS AN
>OPPOSITION PAPER IN EGYPT).
>2.       PUBLICATION OF THIS REPORT WAS COORDINATED WITH AFMIC AND
>DIA.
>//IPSP:  (U)  PT 1610; PT 1610: PT 1610//.
>//COMSOBJ:  (U)  141; 141: 140//.
>ADMIN
>PROJ:  (U)  202029.
>INSTR:  (U)  US NO.
>PREP:  (U)  2-10463.
>ENCL:  (U)  EGYPTIAN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, "DISEADE EPIDEMICS
>OVERWHELM IRAQI CITIES.  FIFTY SOLDIERS WERE KILLED BY THEIR OWN
>BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS," EGYPTIAN NEWSPAPER "AL HANKIKA," 09 FEB 91, 1
>COPY, 1 PAGE, ARABIC (U).
>ACQ:  (U)  ALEXANDRIA, VA (910626).
>DISSEM:  (U)  DIA:  RTS-2B' FIELD:  NONE, SENT TO:  NONE.
>WARNING:  (U)
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>PASS:  (U)  DIA FOR CH-6, DO-6 FOR INFO.
>COUNTRY:  (U)  KUWAIT (KU).
>SUBJ:  IIR 2 201 0030 95/GULF WAR SYNDROME INVESTIGATIONS IN
>KUWAIT (U).
>WARNING:  (U)  THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
>INTELLIGENCE.  REPORT CLASSIFIED
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>                          DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
>X                     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>DOI:  (U)  940402-940407.
>REQS:  (U)  G-OSG-2520-01-92.
>SOURCE:             //2 243 1022//[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) & 
>(b)(7)(D)   ]
>SUMMARY:  (U)  THIS REPORT CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT MEDICAL
>INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE KUWAITIS AND OTHERS ON THE
>MEDICAL PROBLEMS KNOWN AS "GULF WAR SYNDROME.
>TEXT:  (U)
>1.          IN MARCH OF 1994, A PROPOSAL WAS PRESENTED TO THE
>PEROT GROUP OF DALLAS TEXAS, SUGGESTING THAT VALUABLE INFORMATION
>ON MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY (MCS) EPIDEMIOLOGY COULD BE
>GAINED BY LINKAGE OF THE ONGOING STUDIES OF US AND BRITISH
>VETERANS WITH SIMILAR RESEARCH BEING CONDUCTED ON THE KUWAITI
>CIVIL POPULATION.  TO THIS END IT WAS DECIDED TO SEND A
>REPRESENTATIVE TO A CONFERENCE HELD IN KUWAIT FROM 2 TO 6 APRIL
>1994 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSESSING THE LONG TERM DAMAGE RESULTING
>FROM THE IRAQI OCCUPATION OF THE COUNTRY AND THE WARS OF INVASION
>AND LIBERATION.  THIS CONFERENCE WAS SPONSORED BY KUWAIT
>UNIVERSITY.  FORTUITOUSLY, A US UNIVERSITY IS CONDUCTING A
>COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH THE AL-HARBI RESEARCH GROUP AT KUWAIT
>UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE INVOLVING VARIABLE EXPRESSION OF
>TWO CELL SURFACE ANTIGENS (ADENOSINE DEAMINASE AND CD26) WHICH
>CORRELATE STRONGLY WITH MCS DEVELOPMENT.  TRAVEL EXPENSES WERE
>PROVIDED BY THE PEROT GROUP, HOTEL AND OTHER EXPENSES BY KUWAIT
>UNIVERSITY.  IN THE TIME SINCE THE LIBERATION OF KUWAIT FROM
>IRAQI FORCES IN MARCH OF 1991, LARGE NUMBERS OF US MILITARY
>VETERANS OF THE CONFLICT HAVE SUFFERED INCREASINGLY SEVERE
>DETERIORATION OF GENERAL HEALTH.  VICTIMS MANIFEST SYMPTOMS MOST
>CLOSELY RESEMBLING MCS, A DISORDER SEEN HERETOFORE PRIMARILY IN
>INDIVIDUALS ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSED TO HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF
>ORGANIC TOXINS.  THE US VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER
>GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
>EXISTENCE OF WAR RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG THOSE WHO SERVED
>IN THE GULF, HENCE COLLECTION OF DATA ON THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN
>LEFT TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND CONCERNED MEMBERS OF THE US
>SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.
>2.  (U)  OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE WERE - (1) OBTAIN ANY
>INFORMATION AVAILABLE CONCERNING ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OBSERVED
>TO DEVELOP IN THE POPULATION OF KUWAIT DURING AND AFTER THE IRAQI
>OCCUPATION; (2) ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE
>EFFECTS OF IRAQI AGGRESSION ON THE STATE OF KUWAIT.  DURING THIS
>CONFERENCE, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE HEALTH RELATED PROBLEMS MANI-
>FESTED BY US MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO SERVED IN OPERATION DESERT
>SHIELD/DESERT STORM WAS PRESENTED; AND (3) IDENTIFY ANY MEMBERS
>OF THE KUWAITI SCIENTIFIC/MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT WHO WOULD BE
>WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ONGOING LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF GULF
>WAR SYNDROME (GWS) CURRENTLY BEING PURSUED IN THE UNITED STATES.
>THIS CONTRIBUTION TO INCLUDE EITHER INITIATION OF A PARALLEL
>STUDY IN KUWAIT AND/OR LINKAGE TO ANY EXISTENT RESEARCH ALREADY
>UNDERWAY IN KUWAIT.
>3.  (U)  OBJECTIVE ONE (IDENTIFICATION OF POSTWAR HEALTH PROBLEMS
>IN KUWAIT) - THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED AT THE
>CONFERENCE -
>A.  (U)  RESIDUAL ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION EFFECTS -
>(SOURCE; "IMPACT OF PAST OIL FIRES ON ATMOSPHERIC RESPIRABLE
>PARTICULATES IN KUWAIT", AL-SUDAIRAWI ET AL, SUMMARY CL.3, PAGE
>134).  THIS PRESENTATION REPORTS THAT APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILLION
>BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE BY THE
>FIRES, GENERATING SOME 1500 TONS OF PARTICULATES.  NOTE - 727
>WELLS WERE OBSERVED TO BE ABLAZE ON 17 FEBRUARY 1991.  THE LAST
>OF THESE FIRES WERE EXTINGUISHED ON 6 NOVEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR.
>MAJOR HAZARDS ARE POSED BY PARTICLES LESS THAN 10 MICRONS IN
>DIAMETER CAPABLE OF DEEP PENETRATION INTO THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM,
>THUS INCREASING RISK OF DISEASE.  MEASUREMENTS TAKEN AT THREE
>LOCATIONS IN KUWAIT, INDICATE THAT AS LATE AS MARCH 1993,
>PARTICLES IN THE HAZARDOUS DIAMETER CATEGORY WERE STILL PRESENT
>AT LEVELS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN PREWAR VALUES.
>B. (U)  CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SMOKE AND ILLNESS - (SOURCE; "THE
>OIL WELL FIRES OF KUWAIT; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OIL SMOKE
>POLLUTANTS AND ACUTE ILLNESS".  AL-OWAISH ET AL, SUMMARY C2.1,
>PAGE 137).  DURING 1991, THE MOST COMMONLY DIAGNOSED CONDITIONS
>AT KUWAITI PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CLINICS WERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY
>ILLNESS, HEADACHES, SKIN AND EYE IRRITATIONS.  ADDITIONALLY,
>SYMPTOMS OF RESPIRATORY MORBIDITY WERE NOTED AT LEVELS
>SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN POSTWAR SAMPLE GROUPS THAN IN A CONTROL
>GROUP OF UNEXPOSED PERSONNEL DATING FROM 1987.  THESE SYMPTOMS
>VARIED WITH SAMPLE LOCATION AND WERE FOUND TO BE CONSIDERABLY
>HIGHER IN CHILDREN AGED ONE TO 12 YEARS THAN IN OTHER AGE
>CATEGORIES.
>C.  (U)  SPECIFIC EFFECTS SEEN ON CHILDREN - (SOURCE; "THE EFFECT
>OF AIR POLLUTION DURING KUWAIT OIL WELL FIRES ON CHILDREN'S
>CHEST".  AL-GHAWABY ET AL, SUMMARY C2.2, PAGE 139).
>40 PERCENT OF 4398 PEDIATRIC CASES SEEN AT AL-JARA HOSPITAL FROM
>AUGUST TO OCTOBER 1991 HAD SOME FORM OF RESPIRATORY DISORDER.
>THESE DISORDERS AND THOSE MEASURED FROM AUGUST TO OCTOBER 1992
>SHOWED STRONG CORRELATION WITH OBSERVED LEVELS OF NITROUS OXIDE,
>NITROGEN DIOXIDE AND CARBON MONOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS.
>D.  (U)  AIR POLLUTION IMPACT ON MORTALITY - (SOURCE; "THE
>INFERNAL SMOKE; THE IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION UPON MORTALITY IN
>KUWAIT".  ABDALI ET AL, SUMMARY CLL.1, PAGE 183).  DAILY
>MORTALITY AND DAILY ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENT DATA FROM PREWAR
>(1989) AND POSTWAR (1992) COMPARISONS INDICATED AN INCREASE OF 58
>PERCENT FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASES, 54 PERCENT FOR UNSPECIFIED LUNG
>DISEASES AND 43 PERCENT FOR HEART FAILURE BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS.
>EVIDENCE EXISTS THAT PREVAILING WIND PATTERNS HAVE DECREASED
>
      


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