D. Key Analysis Topics in Agency Level Documents
(U) The topics in the below table represent the major analytical themes that Committee staff summarized from the IC's agency level analysis covering 1991 until 2003.
| Topics | Comments |
| WMD capabilities | This complex topic appeared often in agency level analysis products and was the focus of coordinated IC-level assessments. |
| History of aggression & use of WMD in the region | These topics received little analytical emphasis over the entire period of 1991 through 2003, but still appeared to be an important consideration in threat assessment for all IC analysts. |
| Conventional capabilities | This received significant analytical attention and focused on numerous issues, such as the impacts of UN sanctions and Coalition containment actions on military capabilities. |
| Provocative actions inside Iraq, against regional states and ethnic groups | Analysts focused heavily on issues that included violations of No-Fly/No-Drive Zones, Kurdish infighting and Iraqi & Iranian support for opposition groups. |
| Topics | This topic received uneven attention following 1996 and full implementations of Northern & Southern No-Fly and No-Drive zones. |
| Reaction of neighbors | Analysts periodically assessed attitudes of Iraq's neighbors, indicating their wariness about Iraq and their dependence on U.S. forces as a security guarantor. Analysts also highlighted attempts by neighbors to improve relations with Iraq. |
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