- Khamisiyah
Khamisiyah ( _ar. بغداد "ArabDIN|Khamisiyah") is an area in southern
Iraq located approximately 350 km south east ofBaghdad , 200 km north-west ofKuwait City and 270 km north ofAl Qaysumah at lat 30.790013 and longitude 46.489149 and which falls under the province ofDhi Qar [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IZ/9/Al_Khamisiyah.html] . The area contains a few small towns, including Khamisiyah and Sahalat, with estimated a population of 8,500. It is most famous for the Khamisiyah Ammunition Storage Facility (also known as Tel Al Lahm Ammunition Storage Facility), a site of approximately 25 square kilometres consisted of two sections: one of 88 warehouses; the other of 100 hardened concrete bunkers. An earth berm and security fencing surrounded the latter. [http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/33518362-99D0-45DA-B410-E9E3075D25BB/0/gviu_khamisiyah_assess2005.pdf] Destruction of ordnance on this site is thought to have consequently releasednerve agent s into the atmosphere that drifted south and reached allied troops. Records show thatNuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) sensors monitoring the air soon reported traces of nerve agents. These NBC detection units were attached to a number of allied countries, including theUnited States ,United Kingdom , andPoland .2002 Department of Defense Reports on Khamisiyah
In April 2002, the
United States Department of Defense released several reports saying that had "released today two reports relating to the events at Khamisiyah during theGulf War . The first report is a final version of its case narrative "U.S. Demolition Operations at Khamisiyah." The second, "Modeling and Risk Characterization of U.S. Demolition Operations at the Khamisiyah Pit," is a technical report detailing the modeling and risk characterization of possible chemical-warfare-agent exposure in the Gulf War. [http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=3322]ee also
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Gulf War syndrome
*Chemical warfare
*Weapon of mass destruction
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