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061896_cia_65058_65057_01.txt

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Subject: IRAQI BW
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.
MAR 91           CIA 582453
SUBJECT:  MIDDLE EAST BRIEF
CONTENTS
1.  IRAQ-          : SITUATION REPORT
1. IRAQ-         : SITUATION REPORT
PLUNDERED EQUIPMENT WITH BW PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS
IRAQI FORCES REMOVED STATE-OF-
THE-ART FERMENTATION AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FROM THE KUWAITI
INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING A 1,500-LITER FERMENTER,
CENTRIFUGE, AND SPRAY DRYER; AN UNIDENTIFIED ARABIC NEWSPAPER
REPORTEDLY CARRIED AN ADVERTISEMENT SEEKING A BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEER
TO START UP THE EQUIPMENT IN BAGHDAD
COMMENT: THE EQUIPMENT, IF IT SURVIVED COALITION AIRSTRIKES,
WOULD ENABLE IRAQ TO PRODUCE MILITARILY SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS IN A SHORT TIME.
END OF MESSAGE
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