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BDA STATUS REPORT ON IRAQ'S BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTION 
CAPABILITIES.
Filename:72927138
SUBJECT: BDA STATUS REPORT ON IRAQ'S BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL 
PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES.
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 27138
GENDATE:         950605
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TEXT:            
ENVELOPE OATMZYUW YEKDQA 2472 0300406-    --YEKDQX
ZNY       SECTION 02 IN TWO PARTS DUE TO LENGTH
ZKZK OO SOA DSH DE
HEADER O 300200Z JAN 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
COMUSNAVCENT
SSO CINCSOC
SSO USEUCOM
SSO SAC
SSO TAC
FICPAC
SAFE
FICUERLANT
SSO USAFE
[   (b)(2)   ]
CNO
CMC
CINCLANTFLT
CINCPACFLT
SSO PACAF
USN 448
[   (b)(2)   ]
MARCENT REAR
USN 447
SSO AFSPACOM
CENTAF FWD //IN//
CINCCENT //CCJS-IW//
SSO USAREUR
WHITE HOUSE
ZEN/SSO USAF //IN//
ZEN/SSO DA //DAMI-POI//
NDHQ //CIS/DIALO//
USCINCLANT
OSD //USD-P/ISA//
JCS //DJS/J-2/J-3/J-4/J-5/J-6//
COMNAVSECGRU
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
ZEM
[   (b)(2)   ]
SECTION 02B OF 03
BODY B.        BIOLOGICAL: NO CHANGE SINCE BDA STATUS 11-91.
WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL PROCESSING CAPABILITIES AT ABU GHARIB
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW) PRODUCTION FACILITY, ALONG WITH THE
COMPLETE NEUTRALIZATION OF THE TAJI BW PRODUCTION FACILITY,
IRAQ'S PRODUCTION CAPABILITY HAS BEEN REDUCED 40-50 PERCENT.
SEVEN OF 19 KNOWN REFRIGERATED 12-FRAME BUNKERS CAPABLE OF
STORING BIOLOGICAL AGENTS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
C.        CHEMICAL: NO CHANGE SINCE BDA STATUS 11-91. TWO
CHEMICAL PRECURSOR PRODUCTION FACILITIES AT HABBANIYAH PROBABLY
HAVE SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE. ONE OF THE 22 KNOWN OPERATIONAL
S-SHAPED CHEMICAL STORAGE BUNKERS PROBABLY HAS SUSTAINED
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. IRAQ HAS LIKELY DISPERSED ITS CHEMICAL
WEAPONS TO INCREASE THEIR SURVIVABILITY. OVERALL, IRAQ'S
CHEMICAL AGENT PRODUCTION CAPABILITY HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 40-50
PERCENT, AND TWO-THIRDS OF THE CAPACITY FOR FILING MUNITIONS HAS
BEEN ELIMINATED. OWING TO IMPURITIES, IRAQI CHEMICAL WEAPON
AGENTS DETERIORATE AND BECOME INCREASINGLY LESS EFFECTIVE. AFTER
4-6 WEEKS, IRAQI NERVE AGENTS DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ENOUGH TO BE
CONSIDERED NO LONGER LETHALLY TOXIC. ITS MUSTARD AND BINARY
AGENTS HAVE A LONGER SHELF LIFE. IRAQ PROBABLY COMPLETED ITS
LAST CHEMICAL WEAPON REFILLING IN MID-JANUARY.
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
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