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|000037d0| 54 4f 20 50 52 4f 54 45 | 43 54 20 44 55 47 2d 49 |TO PROTE|CT DUG-I|
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|000037f0| 20 32 2e 20 55 53 49 4e | 47 20 43 48 45 4d 49 43 | 2. USIN|G CHEMIC|
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|00003810| 41 4e 44 41 52 44 20 4f | 50 45 52 41 54 49 4e 47 |ANDARD O|PERATING|
|00003820| 20 50 52 4f 43 45 44 55 | 52 45 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 | PROCEDU|RE..... |
|00003830| 20 20 20 33 2e 20 54 41 | 4e 4b 20 47 55 4e 4e 45 |   3. TA|NK GUNNE|
|00003840| 52 53 27 20 41 4e 44 20 | 41 52 4d 4f 52 45 44 20 |RS' AND |ARMORED |
|00003850| 55 4e 49 54 53 27 20 43 | 4f 4d 4d 55 4e 49 43 41 |UNITS' C|OMMUNICA|
|00003860| 54 49 4f 4e 53 20 41 52 | 45 20 50 4f 4f 52 2e 0d |TIONS AR|E POOR..|
|00003870| 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 34 | 2e 20 41 52 54 49 4c 4c |...    4|. ARTILL|
|00003880| 45 52 59 20 41 4e 44 20 | 52 4f 43 4b 45 54 53 20 |ERY AND |ROCKETS |
|00003890| 41 52 45 20 49 52 41 51 | 27 53 20 4d 4f 53 54 20 |ARE IRAQ|'S MOST |
|000038a0| 4d 4f 44 45 52 4e 20 41 | 4e 44 20 43 41 50 41 42 |MODERN A|ND CAPAB|
|000038b0| 4c 45 0d 0a 47 52 4f 55 | 4e 44 20 57 45 41 50 4f |LE..GROU|ND WEAPO|
|000038c0| 4e 53 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 | 20 20 20 35 2e 20 53 41 |NS..... |   5. SA|
|000038d0| 44 44 41 4d 27 53 20 41 | 49 52 43 52 41 46 54 20 |DDAM'S A|IRCRAFT |
|000038e0| 41 52 45 20 4e 4f 54 20 | 57 45 4c 4c 20 4d 41 49 |ARE NOT |WELL MAI|
|000038f0| 4e 54 41 49 4e 45 44 2c | 20 41 4e 44 20 4d 4f 53 |NTAINED,| AND MOS|
|00003900| 54 20 4f 46 0d 0a 48 49 | 53 20 50 49 4c 4f 54 53 |T OF..HI|S PILOTS|
|00003910| 20 41 52 45 20 42 41 44 | 4c 59 20 54 52 41 49 4e | ARE BAD|LY TRAIN|
|00003920| 45 44 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d | 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d |ED......|........|
|00003930| 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d | 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d |........|........|
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