Scenario 5

Chemical Attack –

Blister Agent

Casualties	150 fatalities; 70,000 hospitalizations
Infrastructure Damage	Minimal
Evacuations/Displaced Persons	More than 100,000 evacuated 15,000 seek shelter in immediate area (decontamination required)
Contamination	Structures affected
Economic Impact	$500 million
Potential for Multiple Events	Yes
Recovery Timeline	Weeks; many long-term health affects

Scenario General Description

Agent Yellow, which is a mixture of the blister agents sulfur mustard and lewisite, is a liquid with a garlic-like odor. Individuals who breathe this mixture may experience damage to the respiratory system. Contact with the skin or eye can result in serious burns. Lewisite or mustard-lewisite also can cause damage to bone marrow and blood vessels. Exposure to high levels may be fatal.

In this scenario, the Universal Adversary (UA) – represented by EZ, the Harakat Al Jihad Al Telameeth (HJT), and an American Radical Islamic Convert (ARIC) – uses a light aircraft to spray chemical agent Yellow into a packed college football stadium. The agent directly contaminates the stadium and the immediate surrounding area and generates a downwind vapor hazard. The attack causes a large number of casualties that require urgent and long-term medical treatment, but few immediate fatalities occur.