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IRAQ: SITUATION UPDATE. (U)
Filename:71011699
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 11699
GENDATE:         950605
NNNN
TEXT:            
ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX171 MCN = 91218/30368 TOR = 912181949
OTTSZYUW RUEKJCS7894 2181948-    --RUEALGX.
ZNY 
HEADER O 061948Z AUG 91
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUFGAID/USEUCOM AIDES VAIHINGEN GE
RUEOFAA/COMJSOC FT BRAGG NC//J2//
RUWSMXI/MAC INTEL CEN SCOTT AFB IL//IN//
RHCGSRB/COMUSARCENT FT MCPHERSON GA//AFRD-DSO//
RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CARA//
RUEALGX/SAFE
O 061635Z AUG 91
FM DIA WASHINGTON DC//IRAQ WORKING GROUP//
TO DIACURINTEL
AIG 7033
RUFTIAA/CDR21STSUPCOM KAISERSLAUTERN GE
RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
RUEBFDA/4404TFWP//IN//
RUEOEEA/4409OSW
RHWZOSP/EASTPAC INTEL BCST
RHMPOSP/WESTPAC INTEL BCST
RHTMMCC/MMCC BCST
RUFTWSA/CTF PROVIDE COMFORT
RUEOEEA/USCENTAF FWD RIYADH
RUEBFDA/USCENTAF FWD DHAHRAN
XMT DEPT OF ENERGY HQ WASHINGTON DC
BT
CONTROLS 
PASS: [  (b)(2)  ]
SERIAL: DSA 528A-91
BODY SUBJ: IRAQ: SITUATION UPDATE. (U)
DOI: 6 AUG 91 (AS OF 0100 EDT)
MAJOR POINTS
1.        [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]
2.        FOR THE FIRST TIME, BAGHDAD HAS ADMITTED CONDUCTING
MILITARY BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
DISCUSSION
3.         [  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  ]
4.             [  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  ]
5.       [  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  ]
6.           [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] THAT BAGHDAD HAD 
CONDUCTED MILITARY BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH WITHIN A GENERAL RESEARCH 
FACILITY, PROBABLY THE SALMAN PAK CBW FACILITY (33-04N 044-36E). [ 
     (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] DENIED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY 
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS HAD BEEN
PRODUCED, CLAIMING THAT RESEARCH WAS HALTED IN THE SPRING OF 1990
DUE TO FEARS OF A POSSIBLE MILITARY STRIKE. [    b.2.    ] BAGHDAD 
MAY
BELIEVE THAT ITS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF A MILITARY BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
PROGRAM WILL EXPLAIN ANY EVIDENCE OF BW PRODUCTION [      (b)(1) 
sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] BAGHDAD PROBABLY CONDUCTED BW RESEARCH AND
PRODUCTION AT SEVERAL OTHER SITES, AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE FILLED
UNDETERMINED TYPES OF MUNITIONS WITH ANTHRAX SPORES AND BOTULINUM
TOXIN PRIOR TO THE COALITION AIR CAMPAIGN. IN ADDITIDN, RECENT
REPORTS SUGGEST THAT BAGHDAD DISPERSED AND CONCEALED BW AGENTS AND
PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT THAT SURVIVED THE AIR STRIKES, [      (b)(1) 
sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]
7.       [  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  ]
8.    [  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  ]
9.       [  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  ]
ADMIN PREP: [  (b)(2)  ]