IRAQ/BW CAPABILITY
Filename:050pgv.91p
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(5) ]
[ (b)(2) ]
15 JANUARY 1991
[ b.2. ]
SUBJECT: IRAQ/BW CAPABILITY
1. ON 6 JANUARY 1991, THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHED A REPORT
TITLED ARMY REPORTED READY FOR IRAQI GERM WARFARE'.
2. THE REPORT STATED THAT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE IRAQI
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROJECT, IRAQ APPARENTLY DEVELOPED
THE TOXIN RICIN AS A BIOL0GICAL WARFARE AGENT,
3. THE TOXIN RICIN IS PRODUCED FROM CASTOR BEANS AND IS
C0NSIDERED TO BE A LETHAL BWA.
4. [ b.2. ]
There is no evIdence to indicate that Iraq has
developed or is developing toxin ricin.
[ (b)(2) ]
[ (b)(6) ]
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