Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] INTSUM--MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA 500-91/28
JUN 91
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BODY SUBJ: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] INTSUM--MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
500-91/28 JUN 91
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(U) [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
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IRAQ: CHEMICAL WEAPONS. (U)
AS OF 27 JUN 91
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MAJOR POINT
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1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] ANALYSIS THAT IRAQ HAD
SIGNIFICANT
SHELF LIFE PROBLEMS WITH ITS NERVE AGENT. INCONSISTENCIES WITH
PREVIOUS IRAQI DECLARATIONS WERE ALSO NOTED.
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DISCUSSION
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2. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
3. THE PRODUCTION OF THE NERVE AGENT SARIN (GB), AS
DESCRIBED BY THE IRAQIS, IS WELL BELOW WESTERN STANDARDS COMMONLY
RECOGNIZED IN THE 1950'S. THE PRODUCT WAS ONLY 40 TO 60 PERCENT
PURE. DIA HAD ESTIMATED A SHELF LIFE BASED ON A MINIMUM PURITY OF
70 PERCENT. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
4. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
5. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
6. FOUR OF EIGHT CRUCIFORM BUNKERS AT SAMARRA WERE STILL
INTACT. OF THE REMAINING FOUR, ONE WAS DESTROYED AND THREE HAD
BEEN
BREACHED. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
THE CONCLUSION THAT THE INFERIOR STATE OF THE IRAQI CW PROGRAM
COULD NOT SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF AGENTS WITH LONG SHELF LIFE.
7. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
AGENT FILLING EQUIPMENT
WAS PROBABLY DESTROYED IN THE THREE FILLING BUILDINGS.
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