Subject: IRAQ'S 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. CIA 189120 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. DIST: JANUARY 1992 COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: 1. BACKGROUND ON IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE RESEARCH CARRIED OUT BY MICROBIOLOGISTS AT AL-SALKAN (SALMAN PAK) 2. WEAPONIZATION OF BW PRODUCTS 3. COMMENTS ON IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW) RESEARCH WAS CARRIED OUT BY MICROBIOLOGISTS AT "AL-SALMAN" (SALMAN PAK). 2. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES SUPERVISED BY THE MICROBIOLOGIST INCLUDED: A. PRODUCTION OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULIMM A TOXIN. INCLUDING THE MOST SUITABLE MEDIUM, CONDITIONS, STORAGE, CONCENTRATION, APPLICATION, EFFECT ON LABORATORY ANIMALS, AND SPORULATION OF THE BACTERIUM. B. PRODUCTION OF CLOSTRIUM PERFRINGENS (WELCHII) SPORES: THE PROPER MEDIA AND CONDITIONS FOR SPORULATION AND CONCENTRATION AND STORAGE. C. PRODUCTION OF BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES, MEDIA, CONDITIONS. CONCENTRATION, DRYING, EFFECT ON LABORATORY ANIMALS. APPLICATION OF A AND B ABOVE THROUGH INGESTION, INJECTION, AND INHALATION; "ALSO THROUGH THE USE OF AIR BOMBS AND MISSILES WITH BOOSTERS AND DOUBLE FUSES." APPLICATION OF C WAS IN CLOSED CHAMBERS. AL-SALMAN PRODUCED A LOT OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM A TOXIN AND BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES, FILLING AIR BOMBS CALLED BADR 50 AND MISSILES OF 150 LITER CAPACITY WITH CONTACT AND PROXIMITY FUSES. THESE BW AGENTS WERE PRODUCED OUTSIDE BAGHDAD, NOT AL-SALMAN OR AL-HAKAM. EQUIPMENT FOR THE BW RESEARCH WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED IRAQIS PRODUCED MUSTARD GAS AND SARIN AT AL-MUTHANNA NEAR SAMARRA. SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS HIDDEN 1.5 (c) 74621:74621First Page |Prev Page |Next Page |Src Image
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