Subject: IRAQ BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. MSR SUBJ: STATUS AND BACKGROUND ON IRAQ BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM PAGE 001 FEB 92 CIA 252025 ------------------------------------------------------- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY --------------------------- NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. FEBRUARY 1992 COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: STATUS AND BACKGROUND ON IRAQ BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM ------------------------------------------------------------ 92 7384010 MSR FEB 92 CIA 252025 ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. IRAQ HAS CURRENTLY STOPPED ITS BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW) PROGRAM AND, AS OF EARLY FEBRUARY 1992, HAS NO SPECIFIC PLANS TO RESTART THE PROGRAM. ALSO, IRAQ CURRENTLY HAS NO PLANS TO EITHER RECONSTRUCT FACILITIES FORMERLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE BW PROGRAM OR BUILD NEW BW SITES. 3. THE THREE BW AGENTS INTO WHICH IRAQ CONDUCTED RESEARCH ARE CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM A TOXIN, BACILLUS ANTHRACIS, AND CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS. COMMENT: THE ORGANISM CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS NOT ITS TOXIN WAS USED IN RESEARCH.) ALL RESEARCH TOOK PLACE AT SALMAN PAK BUT THE LOCATION OF THE PRODUCTION SITE IS UNKNOWN. IRAQ WAS THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF RESEARCH IN REGARDS TO EACH AGENT: A. CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM A TOXIN: PRODUCTION OF THE EXOTOXIN; CONCENTRATION TO ABOUT 10 FOLDS, STORAGE, EFFECT ON ANIMALS AND MEANS OF APPLICATION. B. BACILLUS ANTHRACIS: GROWTH OF THE ORGANISM; OPTIMAL MEDIA AND CONDITIONS FOR SPORULATION; CONCENTRATION; STORAGE AND EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS. C. CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS: SUITABLE MEDIA AND CONDITIONS FOR SPORULATION; AND EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS. THERE WAS NO RESEARCH INTO TOXIN PRODUCTION 4. RESEARCH FOR IRAQ'S BW PROGRAM BEGAN AT THE IBN AL- HAITHAM IN BAGHDAD WHILE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAD BEEN DEVOTED TO THE PROGRAM ALL EFFORTS AT THIS FACILITY WERE STOPPED RESEARCH WAS RESUMED AT AL-MUTHANA AND WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO SALMAN PAK. WORK ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF CLOSTRIDIA WAS BEGUN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD. PRODUCTION OF BW AGENTS WAS ACHIEVED IN LATE 1989. COMMENT: IT IS BELIEVED THAT SEVERAL THOUSAND LITERS OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUMFirst Page |Prev Page |Next Page | Src Image
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