Subject: IRAQI CBW STOCKPILE 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. MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: IRAQI CBW STOCKPILE CHEMICAL WE ESTIMATE THAT IRAQ HAD CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CURRENT CONFLICT. MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THIS AMOUNT PROBABLY REMAINS, DESPITE DAMAGE TO POSSIBLE CW BUNKERS. THE STOCKPILE PROBABLY IS FAIRLY EVENLY DIVIDED BETWEEN BLISTER AND NERVE AGENTS. THE MOST LIKELY AGENTS ARE THE BLISTER AGENT SULFUR MUSTARD AND THE NERVE AGENTS SARIN AND GF. WE ASSESS THAT MOST OF THE SARIN AND GF ARE WEAPONIZED IN BINARY FORM AND DO NOT SUFFER FROM THE LIMITED SHELF-LIFE PROBLEM PREVALENT DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR. IRAQ PROBABLY ALSO HAS SMALL QUANTITIES OF THE ADVANCED NERVE AGENT VX, AND MAY LEAVE LIMITED AMOUNTS OF OTHER AGENTS IN ITS STOCKPILE. IRAQ MOST LIKELY HAS WEAPONIZED THESE AGENTS IN AERIAL BOMBS, MORTAR ROUNDS, ARTILLERY SHELLS AND ROCKETS, AND MISSILE WARHEADS. WE BELIEVE THAT BOMBS AND ARTILLERY MAKE UP THE BULK OF IRAQ'S CHEMICAL ARSENAL. TO; GIVE AN IDEA OF THE QUANTITIES OF MUNITIONS AVAILABLE, ONE TON OF AGENT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO FILL ROUGHLY TEN 500-KG BOMBS, 150 122-MM ARTILLERY ROCKETS, OR 350 152-MM ARTILLERY SHELLS. BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS THESE AGENTS HAVE BEEN PLACED THE STOCKPILE OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS CONSIST OF DRIED ANTHRAX SPORES AND BOTULINUM TOXIN. AGENT WAS PRESENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT, AND MOST OF IT PROBABLY REMAINS IN TACT. WE ASSESS THAT THE LARGE MAJORITY OF IRAQ'S BW AGENTS ARE IN WEAPONS SUCH AS AERIAL BOMBS AND ARTILLERY, AND POSSIBLY MISSILE WARHEADS. A SMALL QUANTITY OF AGENT WOULD LIKELY REMAIN IN BULK FOR DISSEMINATION FROM SPRAY DEVICES. 75681-75681 1.5(C)First Page |Prev Page |Next Page |Src Image
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