Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) CAPABILITY
Filename:72723466
SUBJECT: IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) CAPABILITY
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 23466
GENDATE: 950605
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TEXT:
ENVELOPE OATMZYUW YEKDQA 2637 0742147-MRXA--YEKDQX
ZNY MMRXA
ZKZK OO SOA DE
HEADER O 140205Z MAR 91 ZYH
FM SSO DIA
TO SSO CINCCENT
INFO NAVCENT DFH
NAVCENT ASU
STATE/RCI
SOCCENT FWD //G2//
[ (b)(2) ]
CMO 18 ABC F //G2//
[ (b)(2) ]
AFIA IDHS
ARCENT MAIN //G2//
USCINCPAC
SSO CINCSOC
SSO USEUCOM
SSO SAC
SSO TAC //IDHS//
FICPAC
SAFE
FICEURLANT
SSO USAFE
[ (b)(2) ]
CNO
CMC
CINCLANTFLT
CINCPACFLT
SSO PACAF
CDRS IO
[ (b)(2) ]
CG I MEFMAIN
SSO AFSPACOM
HILRA
DORAL
CENTAF FWD //IN//
CINCCENT //CCJS-IW//
SSO USAREUR
WHITE HOUSE
ZEN/SSO USAF //IN//
ZEN/SSO DA //DAMI-POI/FIT//
SSO INSCOM
[ (b)(2) ]
[ b.2. ]
USCINCLANT
OSD //USD-P/ISA//
COMNAVSECGRU
NAVSTKWARCEN
[ (b)(2) ]
USSPACMD J20 //DIA REP//
USCINCSPACE //J2/DIA REP//
DIO
SSO JSOC
SSO USTRANS
SSO FORSCOM
TAWC CAEWIS
SSO REDSTONE
SSO ITAC
ZEM
SECTION 13B OF 24
BODY B. (U) CHEMICAL:
1. IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) CAPABILITY
INCLUDED THE PRODUCTION OF NERVE AGENTS AND MUSTARD DELIVERABLE BY
AERIAL BOMBS, SPRAY DEVICES, AIR-TO-GROUND ROCKETS, TUBE AND
ROCKET
ARTILLERY, AND A LIMITED NUMBER OF MISSILE WARHEADS. CW AGENTS
WERE
SYNTHESIZED AT THE ONLY KNOWN PRODUCTION FACILITY AT SAMARRA WHERE
MUNITIONS WERE ALSO FILLED AND STORED. THE IRAQIS WERE
AGGRESSIVELY
STRIVING FOR A SELF-SUFFICIENT CW PRODUCTION CAPABILITY BY
BUILDING
THREE CW AGENT PRECURSOR PLANTS AT HABBANIYAH. BY EARLY 1990 ONE
OF
THE PLANTS WAS PRODUCING THE NERVE AGENT PRECURSOR PHOSPHORUS
TRICHLORIDE. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
ADMIN #2637
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