Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
IIR 2 201 0769 91/CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT PRECURSOR
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SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 201 0769 91.
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BODY PASS: (U) DIA FOR DT-5A.
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COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ); JORDAN (JO); FRANCE (FR).
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SUBJ: IIR 2 201 0769 91/CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT PRECURSOR
PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT (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) 9200 0-910000.
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REQS: (U) C-SW9-1620-12-90: G-AIF-1620-02-90: M-5AX-1620-03-90:
G-AIF-1620-01-90; INITIATIVE; G-OSG-43304.
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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 PROVIDES INFORMATION ON IRAQI
EFFORTS TO PRODUCE AND PROCURE CHEMICAL WARFARE PRECURSOR
CHEMICALS.
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TEXT: (U)
1. IRAQ HAS ALREADY PROCURED 3,000 METRIC TONES (MT)
OF CYCLOHEXANOL, A PRECURSOR FOR THE NERVE AGENT GF. PLANS HAD
BEEN MADE TO PRODUCE CYCLOHEXANOL AT THE RATE OF 53,000 MT PER
YEAR BY SOMETIME IN 1993. THIS PRODUCTION CAPABILITY WAS TO BE
PART OF A CAPROLACTAM PLANT TO BE BUILT IN OR NEAR MUSAYIB. THIS
MAY BE PART OF A PETROCHEMICAL PROJECT IDENTIFIED ELSEWHERE AS
PC-2. CYCLOHEXANOL IS USED TO MAKE CAPROLACTAM WHICH IS USED IN
THE PRODUCTION OF VARIOUS POLYMERIC FIBERS. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF
ANY OF THE 53,000 MT CAPACITY WOULD BE DIVERTED TO THE CHEMICAL
WARFARE (CW) AGENT PROGRAM.
2. JORDAN WAS TO IMPORT 30 MT OF IBUPROFEN, THE ACTIVE
INGREDIENT IN MEDICATIONS SUCH AS ADVIL AND MOTRIN. IT IS THOUGHT
THAT THE IBUPROFEN IS INTENDED FOR IRAQ WHERE IT COULD BE USED IN
THE FIRST STEP IN A THREE STEP PROCESS TO MAKE AN ANALOG OF THE
INCAPACITANT AGENT BZ. ((FIELD COMMENT) - IT IS SOURCE'S OPINION
THAT THIS AMOUNT IS TOO MUCH FOR USE BY JORDAN'S LIMITED
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY).
3. IRAQ REPORTEDLY IMPORTED APPROXIMATELY 100 MT OF
AEROSIL DURING THE LAST 8 TO 9 YEARS. AEROSIL IS A FORMULATION OF
ALUMINUM OR SILICON OXIDES USUALLY IN THE FORM OF A FINE POWDER'
AEROSIL COULD BE USED FOR IRAQ'S CW PROGRAM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
"DUSTY AGENTS".
4. THE STATE ESTABLISHMENT FOR PESTICIDE PRODUCTION
(SEPP), WHICH IS PART OF THE IRAQI CW PROGRAM, PURCHASED TON
QUANTITIES OF TRIETHANOLAMINE. TRIETHANOLAMINE HAS MANY
LEGITIMATE USES BUT CAN ALSO BE USED TO MAKE THE BLISTER AGENT
NITROGEN MUSTARD.
5. THE FRENCH FIRM "PROTEC" WAS INVOLVED IN THE SALE
OF A PHOSPHORUS TRICHLORIDE (P-CL (SUB 3)) PLANT TO IRAQ. PCL3 IS
A KEY PRECURSOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF NERVE AGENTS. ((FIELD
COMMENT) - SOURCE BELIEVED THAT THIS PLANT (HABBANIYAH II) WAS
INSTALLED AT THE HABBANIYAH (FALLUJAH) CW PRECURSOR FACILITY WHICH
WAS DESTROYED BY COALITION BOMBING).
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COMMENTS: (U) NONE'
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//IPSP: (U) PT 1620; PT 1620; PT 1620: PT 1620: PT 1620//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) 141; 141: 143; 140: 140//.
ADMIN PROJ: (U) 202029.
INSTR: (U) US NO.
PREP: (U) 2-10463.
ACQ: (U) ALEXANDRIA, VA (910626).
DISSEM: (U) NONE FIELD: NONE SENT TO: NONE.
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