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IIR 2 201 0688 92/ASSESSMENT OF ANTHRAX AND BOTULINUM
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SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 201 0688 92.
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PASS: (U) DIA FOR DB-8C, DAH-6 FOR INFO'
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COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).
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SUBJECT: IIR 2 201 0688 92/ASSESSMENT OF ANTHRAX AND BOTULINUM
PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES (U).
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WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASSIFIED
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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DOI: (U) 920000.
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REQS: (U) D-T5A-1610-02-90.
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SOURCE: //2 243 0834//[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ][
(b)(7)(D) ]
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SUMMARY: THIS REPORT CONTAINS AN ASSESSMENT OF IRAQ'S
CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE ANTHRAX AND BOTULINUM TOXIN - ENCLOSURE.
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TEXT: (U)
1. IRAQ'S CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE ANTHRAX AND BOTULINUM
TOXIN WAS ASSESSED WITH RESPECT TO THE FOLLOWING SIZE FERMENTERS
- 150 LITERS, 450 LITERS' AND 1850 LITERS. THESE FERMENTERS ARE
KNOWN TO HAVE 8EEN PROCURED FOR THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
PROGRAM.
2. FOR ANTHRAX, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THE SPORES WERE
HARVESTED AFTER FERMENTATION BY CENTRIFUGATION AND THEN EITHER
FREEZE DRIED OR SPRAY DRIED. FOR EACH CAPACITY FERMENTER, IT
WAS ASSUMED THAT THE WORKING VOLUME IS 75 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
VOLUME' THAT THERE ARE ABOUT THREE FERMENTATION CYCLES PER WEEK,
AND ABOUT 39 WORKING WEEKS PER YEAR. USING THESE ASSUMPTIONS,
IT WAS CALCULATED THAT THE 150 LITER FERMENTER COULD PRODUCE
ABOUT TEN TO THE SEVENTEENTH POWER SPORES PER YEAR, OR ABOUT 30
KILOGRAMS OF SPORES PER YEAR. FOR THE 450 LITER FERMENTER,
ABOUT THREE TIMES TEN TO THE SEVENTEENTH POWER SPORES PER YEAR'
OR ABOUT 90 KILOGRAMS PER YEAR COULD BE PRODUCED. FOR THE 1850
LITER FERMENTER, ABOUT TEN TO THE EIGHTEENTH POWER SPORES PER
YEAR, OR ABOUT 370 KILOGRAMS OF SPORES PER YEAR COULD BE
PRODUCED.
3' FOR BOTULINUM TOXIN, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT TYPE A
TOXIN WAS BEING PRODUCED BY FERMENTATION' TREATED BY ACID, AND
THEN THE PRECIPITATE DRIED BY EITHER FREEZE OR SPRAY DRYING. IT
WAS FURTHER ASSUMED THAT THE YIELD OF TOXIN PER GRAM OF DRY
POWDER WAS ABOUT FIVE PERCENT. OTHER ASSUMPTIONS FOR
CALCULATIONS INCLUDE 75 PERCENT FERMENTER WORKING VOLUME, ABOUT
TWO FERMENTATION CYCLES PER WEEK, AND ABOUT 39 WORKING WEEKS PER
YEAR. FOR THE 150 LITER FERMENTER, ABOUT 180 GRAMS OF TOXIN
COULD BE PRODUCED PER YEAR. FOR THE 450 LITER FERMENTER, ABOUT
550 GRAMS OF TOXIN COULD BE PRODUCED PER YEAR. FOR THE 18S0
LITER FERMENTER, ABOUT 2'2 KILOGRAMS OF TOXIN COULD BE PRODUCED
PER YEAR.
4. ((FIELD COMMENT) - DETAILS OF ALL OTHER ASSUMPTIONS
AND OF THE CALCULATIONS USED TO DETERMINE PRODUCTION QUANTITIES
ARE CONTAINED IN THE ENCLOSURE).
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COMMENTS: (U) ((FIELD COMMENT) - IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THIS
ASSESSMENT IS BASED ON PRE OR POST DESERT STORM CAPABILITIES).
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//IPSP: (U) PT 1610//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) 141//.
ADMIN
PROJ: (U) 202019.
INSTR: (U) US NO.
PREP: (U) 2-10479.
ENCL: (U) BOOKLET' "ASSESSMENT OF ANTHRAX AND BOTULINUM
PRODUCTION CAPABILITY IN 150, 450, AND 1850 LITER FERMENTORS,
, 1 COPY' 2 APR 92, 13 PAGES, .
ACQ: (U) ALEXANDRIA' VA (920402).
DISSEM: (U) FIELD: NONE, SENT TO: DIA-DSP-2B.
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WARNING: (U) REPORT CLASSIFIED
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