Subject: IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE PLAN 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. DIRECTOR 196820 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. DIST: AUGUST 1990 COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: DEVELOPMENT IN IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE PROGRAM DOI: 1990 TEXT: 1. IN SPRING 1990, IRAQ SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A SURFACE-TO- SURFACE MISSILE THAT HAD BEEN FITTED WITH A BINARY CHEMICAL WARHEAD. THIS CAN BE ADDED TO THE BINARY 152-MM ARTILLERY SHELLS AND 122-MM ARTILLERY ROCKETS IT HAD PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED. 2. IN THE SPRING OF 1990, IRAQ WAS PRODUCING THE NERVE AGENTS SARIN AND GF, AS WELL AS MUSTARD GAS. THIS PRODUCTION HAD CEASED BY MID-SUMMER 1990. 3. BY MID-SUMMER 1990, ROCKETS FILLED WITH SARIN AND GF HAD BEEN MOVED TO A FACILITY NEAR MUHAMMADI. ALSO, AN ESTIMATED 75 BOMBS CONTAINING SARIN AND GF HAD BEEN DEPLOYED TO AN UNSPECIFIED AIR BASE. IRAQ HAS TESTED A CHEMICAL WARHEAD ON A SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE EARLIER THIS YEAR. IRAQ HAS BEEN PRODUCING THE NERVE AGENTS SARIN AND GF, AS WELL AS MUSTARD GAS. END OF MESSAGE 1.5 (e) 64998:64997First Page |Prev Page |Next Page |Src Image
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