Posted on 04/10/2006 11:17:03 AM PDT by jveritas
1999 Document: Chemical Platoons Applied Training In Chemical Laboratory to Detect Nerve Agents, VX Agents, Mustard Gas
Document BIAP 2003-003543 talks about the training of the Iraqi Chemical Platoon in Al Qadisya Air base. It contains training programs of 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1999.
In the Chemical training program of the year 1999, page 153 of the document, there is section concerning the “Field Chemical Laboratory”, and in this section listed the both “Theoretical Training Schedule” and “The Practical (Applied) Training Schedule” to Detection of Nerve Gas Agent, VX agent, Sulfuric Mustard Agent, and Agent that contains Cyanide.
Pages 101, 103 of the document deal with the 1996 Chemical training program and this documents it shows as well how to Detection of in the Laboratory Agent KS that contain Cyanide, Agent KS that contain Sulfuric Mustard, and Agent VX.
In the 1994 and 1996 Chemical training programs, I noticed that the TOP SECRET memos concerning these training programs were written on the back of papers that has English text in the front. The English texts were about standard construction information using water and cement, etc... If you open the document (start on page 77), you can notice the front page English text of the memo and the Top secret Arabic memo written on the back pages. This was clearly a deception scheme by the Iraqis to hide the information of Chemical training programs from UN inspectors, because in that period the UN inspectors were still in Iraq whereas in 1999 they were not there after they were kicked out by Saddam in 1998.
Most of the correspondences related to the Al Qadisya Air Base documents (spanning from 1988 to 2002) that I have read are related to the Chemical training programs and it looks like the Iraqis had an obsession with these types of training, one tournament after another, after another to train their Chemical Platoons and other members of the armed forces. They conduct many of these training programs each year and in many air force bases. From these documents, it appears to be that their air force bases whole existence was to conduct Chemical trainings.
Beginning of Partial translation of page 153 in Document BIAP 2003-003543 for Chemical Training Program in 1999
Details
4. Field Chemical Laboratory
First. Knowing the Field Chemical Laboratory
Number of Hours: Theoretical 1, Applied 1, Total 2.
B. Security measures when working in the Field Chemical
Number of Hours: Theoretical 1, Applied 1, Total 2.
C. Detection of the Nerve Agent via the Laboratory
Number of Hours: Theoretical 1, Applied 1, Total 2.
D. Detection of Agent K.S that contain the element Arsenic.
Number of Hours: Theoretical 1, Applied 1, Total 2.
E. Detection of the Sulfuric Mustard via the Laboratory.
Number of Hours: Theoretical 1, Applied 1, Total 2.
F. Detection of Agent K.S that contains Cyanide
Number of Hours: Theoretical 1, Applied 1, Total 2.
G. Detection of Tabun in the Laboratory.
Number of Hours: Theoretical 1, Applied 1, Total 2.
H. The method to examine the Decontamination Detergents via the Laboratory.
Number of Hours: Theoretical 1, Applied 1, Total 2.
Detection of the Agent V.X in the Laboratory.
Number of Hours: Theoretical 1, Applied 1, Total 2.
End of partial translation of page 153.
Beginning of Partial translation of pages 101 and 103 (1996 Chemical Training Program) of BIAP 2003-003543
Top Secret
Date 2/1/96
Hours 2, 3, 4
Organizing the paper work to fix the Chemical equipments and devices
Date 10/1
Hours 2, 3, 4
Detection of The Nerve Agents via the Field Laboratory
Date 28/1
Hours 2, 3, 4
Detection of KS agent that contain Cyanide
Date 29/1
Hours 2, 3, 4
Detection of the Sulfuric Mustard in the Laboratory.
Date 30/1
Hours 2, 3, 4
Detection of of Mustard and Sulfurs in the Laboratory
Date 13/2
Hours 2, 3, 4
Detection of the V.X Agents in the Laboratory
End of Partial Translation of Page 101 and 103.
Thank you for the support. I shall keep translating :)
Talk about too little too late.......
Am I the only one that gets angry reading these "smoking gun" documents now that the pooch, cattle and the neighbors canary has been screwed?
You DA MAN! JV!
There's no question that the guy was lying. And to me, the real killer is Tommy Franks's statement that he was informed personally by both Mubarak and King Hussein that Saddam had told them he had chems and would use them.
Now at that point, we have no choice. Because if Saddam was telling other Arab leaders that he really had WMD's, those leaders knew that we knew that, and we then backed down, all our credibility would have been in the crapper. Our threats would have been meaningless because we would have been seen as backing down. His own lies justified our actions.
Excellent work!
Drive on!
Thanks for the excellent response.
Thanks. I don't really doubt that he had them in substantial quantities, but it would be nice to have a smoking gun when arguing with libs.
Anthrax is probably not mentioned because nerve agents are chemical agents, while anthrax is a biological agent; different training syllabus
great bump!!
Hey FR Administrator - is FR archiving all the document translations that jveritas is doing? It would be a good idea I think.
Thank you, Race. I always get the difference between biological and chemical mixed up. I read the difference, understand it and a few months later forget again. It's a mental block or something.
Another good find. I'm sure the NY Times will be all over this in the morning.
Just click on Jveritas's name when he posts and you will find an entire list with links to the translations.
Ditto
Bookmarked , thank you once again Jveritas...
This document is not a smoking gun or anything that shows Saddam WMD stocks and these particular Chemical training exercises are "defensive in appearances and tactics" but most importantly it shows the beyond any doubt strategy of the Saddam Regime "Keep the Chemical Programs ready so when the opportune moment will come, they go into mass production again".
Thanks for the PING. Another interesting find by jveritas! Thanks for all your hard work--again! :^)
Amazing...thanks JV
BRAVO BUMP for your efforts to uncover the truth!
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