Subject: BW CAPABILITIES IN IRAQ 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. DEC 87 CIA 784284 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FULLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE CAPABILITIES IN IRAQ TWO IRAQI FACILITIES PROBABLY INVOLVED IN MILITARY-RELATED BIOLOGICAL WARFARE RESEARCH ARE THE SALMAN PAC-EL HAZAN FACILITY AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL INSTITUTE-AL HEITHAM. THERE IS VERY LITTLE BASIC BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN IRAQ, THE MAJORITY OF THE EFFORTS ARE APPLIED TOWARD SHORT TERM MILITARY USES. BW RESEARCH IN IRAQ IS PRIMITIVE BY WESTERN STANDARDS. SOPHISTICATED RESEARCH EQUIPMENT IS PROBABLY FOR USE BY FOREIGN RESEARCHERS IN IRAQ IN SUPPORT OF THE CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS. THERE ARE NO EVIDENT POLITICAL OR PHILOSOPHICAL INHIBITIONS IN IRAQ CONSTRAINING THE POSSIBLE USE OF BW TOXINS. 6. THERE ARE NO EVIDENT POLITICAL OR PHILOSOPHICAL INHIBITIONS IN IRAQ CONSTRAINING THE USE OF BW TOXINS. IF IRAQ HAD THE CAPABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY EMPLOY BW THEY WOULD MOST CERTAINLY USE IT; CHOLERA IN THE WATER SUPPLY WOULD BE A LIKELY AND EFFECTIVE SCENARIO WHICH COULD BE USED BY IRAQ. THE USE OF BW AGENTS WOULD PROBABLY BE USED "AT THE BORDER" RATHER THAN USED IN URBAN AREAS. VACCINE DEVELOPMENT OR PURCHASE AS PROTECTION AGAINST BW AGENTS WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE USED FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION BUT FOR THE MILITARY. REGARDING THE PROBABILITY OF IRAQ EMPLOYING STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIM. ADDED THAT THIS WOULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE IN INCAPACITATING LARGE NUMBERS OF TROOPS END OF MESSAGE 1.5 (c) 74620:74620First Page |Prev Page |Next Page |Src Image
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