Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
IIR 2 201 0828 92/BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (U).
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SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 201 0828 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 0828 92/BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (U).
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WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT' NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE' REPORT CLASSIFIED
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DOI: (U) 920000.
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REQS: (U) D-T5A-1610-02-90: G-OSG-1610-19-88.
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SOURCE: //2 243 0834//[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ][
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SUMMARY: THIS REPORT CONTAINS AN [ (b)(7)(D) ]
ASSESSMENT OF CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS AS A BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW)
AGENT' AND IRAQ'S PRODUCTION CAPABILITY - ENCLOSURE'
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TEXT: (U)
1' THE ASSESSMENT NOTES THAT CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE
A (ONE OF FIVE TYPES, A-E) CAUSE DISEASE IN HUMANS, PRODUCING GAS
GANGRENE AS A RESULT OF CONTAMINATION OF OPEN WOUNDS' AND CHRONIC
DIARRHEA AS A RESULT OF FOOD POISONING. THE ORGANISM' A
BACTERIUM' GROWS ANAEROBICALLY (WITHOUT AIR) AND PRODUCES SPORES.
2. ALTHOUGH CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS PRODUCE A WIDE RANGE
OF TOXINS' THE USE OF THESE TOXINS AS BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW)
AGENTS IS ASSESSED TO BE UNLIKELY: THEIR TOXICITY IS LOW, AND THEY
ARE PROTEINS WHICH ARE READILY INACTIVATED BY HEAT.
3. USE OF CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS SPORES IN POWDER FORM
AS A BW AGENT IS ASSESSED TO BE MORE REASONABLE. THE SPORES ARE
HEAT STABLE. ORAL INGESTION OF 4 - 6 X 10 EXP (EXPONENTIAL) 9
BACTERIA CAUSES DIARRHEA AND SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAINS WITHIN NINE
HOURS, WITH THE DIARRHEA CONTINUING FOR 4-21 HOURS
4. IRAQI PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES FOR CLOSTRIDIUM
PERFRINGENS, USING FERMENTATION EQUIPMENT KNOWN TO BE AVAILABLE,
WAS ASSESSED. FOR 150, 450' AND 1,850 LITER FERMENTORS' EXPECTED
PRODUCTION WAS SIX' 18, AND 74 KG BIOLOGICAL POWDER PER YEAR,
RESPECTIVELY'
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COMMENTS: (U) NONE.
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//IPSP: (U) PT 1610: PT 1610//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) 141; 141//.
ADMIN
PROJ: (U) 202019.
INSTR: (U) US NO.
PREP: (U) 2-10479
ENCL: PAPER' "ASSESSMENT OF POSSIBLE USE OF CLOSTRIDIUM
PERFRINGENS AS A BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT' AND PRODUCTION
CAPABILITY IN 150, 450' AND 1,850 LITER FERMENTORS", (U)' 1 COPY'
5 PAGES' 920402' .
ACQ: (U) ALEXANDRIA' VA (920801).
DISSEM: (U) FIELD: NONE' SENT TO: DIA-DSP-2B.
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WARNING: (U) REPORT CLASSIFIED
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