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File: 950719_60500007_91r.txt(U) IIR 6 050 0007 91/HEALTH CONDITIONS IN IRAQ (U) Filename:60500007.91r PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 12699 GENDATE: 950504 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX501 MCN = 91154/21957 TOR = 911541708 PTTCZYUW RUEKJCS1415 1541710- --RUEALGX. ZNY HEADER P 031710Z JUN 91 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEADWD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC RUCQVAB/USCINCSOC INTEL OPS CEN MACDILL AFB FL RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CARA// RHEPAAB/TAC IDHS LANGLEY AFB VA//IDHS// RUFTAKA/USAINTELCTRE HEIDELBERG GE RUFTAKC/UDITDUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE RUDOGHA/USNMR SHAPE BE//SURVEY// RUEALGX/SAFE P 031700Z JUN 91 FM JICEUR VAIHINGEN GE//DO// TO RUFTWSA/CTF PROVIDE COMFORT INCIRLIK AB TU//J2// RUEKJCS/DIA WASHINGTON DC//DAT-6/DAT-7// RHFQAAA/HQ USAFE RAMSTEIN AB GE//IN/INO// RUFDAAA/HQ USAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//AEBG// INFO RUFGAID/ USEUCOM AIDES VAIHINGEN GE RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC RUEKJCS/OCSA WASHINGTON DC RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC RUEACMC/CMC WASHINGTON DC RUEBJFA/MPC FT GEORGE MEADE MD RUEABOL/HQ AFOSI BOLLING AFB DC [ (b)(2) ] RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC RUWSMXI/MAC INTEL CEN SCOTT AFB IL//IN// RUFDAAA/USA INTEL CENTER HEIDELBERG GE RUFTAKC/UDITDUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE RUDOGHA/USNMR SHAPE BE//SURVEY// RUEALGX/SAFE RUEADDS/DITDS RUFHMD/USDAO MADRID SP RHFUMHE/BRFINK MHE BOERFINK GE RHDLCNE/CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N-2// RUCBSAA/FICEURLANT NORFOLK VA RUCBSAA/USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA RUCBSAA/CINCLANTFLT NORFOLK VA RUSNNOA/USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ2-OC// RHFQAAA/USAFE COIC RAMSTEIN GE//INRMH// RUFLFSA/16AF TORREJON SP//IN// RUFLFSA/AFOSI DIST 68 TORREJON AB SP//CC// RUFDAAA/CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GE//AEAGB-C-RE// RUFTAKA/USAINTELCTRE HEIDELBERG GE//AEAGB-PD-CUR// RUFHNA/USMISSION USNATO RUEOFAA/CMDRJSOC FT BRAGG NC//J-2// ZEN/FSTC INTEL OPS CHARL//AIFICB// RUDOECA/DET 3 FTD LINDSEY AS GE//CC// RUDOECA/USCINCEUR LINDSEY AS GE//ECJ1-SADEM// RUEHNC/USDAO NICOSIA CY RUFHRA/USDAO RABAT MO RUEHTU/USDAO TUNIS TS RUDMNIC/COMNAVINTCOM WASHINGTON DC//NIC-03// RUEORDA/CDR AFMIC FT DETRICK MD BT CONTROLS SECTION 001 OF 002 BODY MSGID/SYS.RRM/JICEUR// RMKS/SERIAL: (U) 6 050 0007 91 COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ) SUBJECT: (U) IIR 6 050 0007 91/HEALTH CONDITIONS IN IRAQ (U) WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. ------------------------------------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ----------------------------------------------------------------- DOI: (U) 910508 REQS: (U) [ (b)(2) ] SOURCE: (U) [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] SUMMARY: SOURCE WAS [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] TO ASSESS CONDITIONS THERE. SOURCE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]TRAVELED TO [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] TO ASSESS HEALTH CONDITIONS AND DETERMINE THE MOST CRITICAL MEDICAL NEEDS OF IRAQ. SOURCE OBSERVED THAT IRAQI MEDICAL SYSTEM WAS IN CONSIDERABLE DISARRAY, MEDICAL FACILITIES HAD BEEN EXTENSIVELY LOOTED AND ALMOST ALL MEDICINES WERE IN CRITICALLY SHORT SUPPLY. IN THE OPINION OF THE SOURCE, ENTERIC DISEASES, SPECIFICALLY GASTROENTERITIS, POSE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT COUNTRY-WIDE, ESPECIALLY AS THE WEATHER GROWS WARMER. TEXT: 1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ], SOURCE WAS [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] TO ASSESS HEALTH CONDITIONS IN IRAQ. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 2. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 3. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]. SOURCE ALSO STATED THAT ACCORDING TO [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] MORTALITY DATA COLLECTED BETWEEN 1990 AND 1991 SHOWED THAT CHOLERA AND TYPHOID HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ENDEMIC TO IRAQ AND THERE HAD BEEN REPORTS OF CASES IN BAGHDAD AND BASRAH. FOR THE FIRST TIME, HOWEVER, KVASHIORKOR HAD BEEN OBSERVED IN IRAQ, ALONG WITH EVIDENCE OF PROTEIN DEFICIENCY. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] FELT THAT TYPHOID WAS A PROBLEM, BUT GASTROENTERITIS WAS KILLING CHILDREN. THEY STATED THAT IN THE SOUTH, 80 PERCENT OF THE DEATHS WERE CHILDREN (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AL AMARAH, WHERE 60 PERCENT OF DEATHS WERE CHILDREN). THEY ALSO NOTED THAT IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS IN THE SOUTH, 50 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION WERE CHILDREN AND 30% WERE WOMEN. THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN, HOWEVER, WAS THAT THE COMING WARM WEATHER AND POTENTIAL BACTERIAL GROWTH IN THE WATER WOULD ACCELERATE THE SPREAD OF DISEASE. 4. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 5.[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 6. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 7. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 8. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 9. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 10. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] /IPSP: (U) PG2520; PT 1810./ /COMSOBJ: (U) [ b.2. ] ADMIN PROJ: (U) INSTR: (U) [ b.2. ] PREP: (U) [ (b)(6) ] ACQ: (U) [ (b)(2) DISSEM: (U) [ b.2. ] WARNING: (U) [ (b)(2) ] BT #1428 INFODATE: 0
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