IIR 6 021 0076 91/STATEMENTS ON THE IRAQI
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ORIGINATOR: (U) [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
SERIAL: (U) IIR 6 021 0076 91.
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BODY COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).
SUBJECT: IIR 6 021 0076 91/STATEMENTS ON THE IRAQI
CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) PROGRAM (U).
WARNING: [ (b)(2) ]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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DOI: (U) 9109
REQS: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
SOURCE: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
SUMMARY: IRAQI OFFICIALS STATED
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
THEIR CW PROGRAM WAS ENTIRELY CIVILIAN AND
THAT IRAQ HAD NEVER USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
TEXT: 1. IRAQ'S CW PROGRAM WAS
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]TO BE A CIVILIAN VENTURE.
IRAQ DECIDED TO PRODUCE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AS A CHALLENGE
TO SEE IF THEY COULD UNDERTAKE SUCH A PROGRAM. IRAQI
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS STUDIED SOVIET AND AMERICAN
OPEN-SOURCE LITERATURE CONCERNING THESE NATIONS' CW
PROGRAMS. AFTER EVALUATION OF BOTH PROGRAMS, THEY
DEVELOPED THEIR OWN CW PROGRAM.
2. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AL
HUSSEIN CHEMICAL WARHEADS HAVE NEVER BEEN FLIGHT TESTED.
THREE CHEMICAL WARHEADS WERE TESTED USING A HYDROCARBON
SIMULANT (NFI). APPROXIMATELY 15-TO-16 PERCENT OF THE
OTHER CHEMICAL MUNITIONS WERE USED IN TESTING. TO
CONDUCT THE TESTS, THE CIVILIAN STAFF OBTAINED THE
NECESSARY HARDWARE FROM THE MILITARY. SINCE ALL
CIVILIANS IN THE PROGRAM HAVE PRIOR MILITARY EXPERIENCE,
NO MILITARY PERSONNEL ARE NEEDED TO OPERATE THE MILITARY
HARDWARE. TESTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED IN A TEMPORARY
FACILITY IN THE WESTERN DESERT, 80 KILOMETERS SOUTHWEST
OF MUHAMMADIYAT //GEOCOORD:3315N04241E//.
3. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] NO
KNOWLEDGE OF THE IRAQI CW
PROGRAM [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
AL MUTHANNA STATE
ESTABLISHMENT
//GEOCOORD:3351N04349; [ (b)(2) ] // WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR ALL CW RELATED AMMUNITION.
4. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
COMMENTS (U): NONE.
//IPSP: (U) PT 1610//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) [ b.2. ]
ADMIN PROJ: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
INSTR: [ (b)(2) ]
PREP: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
ENCLS: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
ACQ: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
DISSEM: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
WARNING: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
DECL:[ (b)(2) ]
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