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               IRAQ HAS PRODUCED, STOCKPILED AND WEAPONIZED AT LEAST
  TWO BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS, ANTHRAX AND BOTULIN TOXIN. IN
  ADDITION, THE IRAQIS ARE ASSESSED TO BE INVESTIGATING NUMER0US
  ADDITIONAL AGENTS, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE DISSEMINATED BY COVERT OR
  NON-TRADITIONAL MEANS. [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)]

  WHILE THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO FIRM INDICATIONS THAT IRAQ
  INTENDS TO USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS, THEY HAVE SHOWN A WILLINGNESS TO USE
  CHEMICALS PREEMPTIVELY IN THEIR OWN MAJOR OFFENSIVES. FINALLY, WHILE
  IRAQ HAS SHOWN IT CAN AND WILL USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS, BAGHBAD'S
  REACTION TO AN UNAMBIGUOUS SIGNAL FROM WASHINGTON THAT CHEMICAL AND
  BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS USE WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE CANNOT BE ACCURATELY
  ASSESSED.
                                                                    

                                    

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