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 SUBJ: IRAQ'S CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PROGRAM (U)
1. {U) BACKGROUND AND PERSPECTIVE
A. (U) SINCE THE INVASION OF KUWAIT BY IRAQI FORCES, THERE HAS
BEEN A GREAT CONCERN ABOUT THE USE AND CAPABILITIES OF IRAQI MADE
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. THIS REPORT WILL ATTEMPT TO
PROVIDE A- MORE IN-DEPTH AND REALISTIC VIEW OF THE STATEGIC WEAPON
IN IRAQ, IRAQ'S CHEMICAL PROGRAMS, THE PRODUCTION OF MUSTARD GAS
NERVE AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS, AND THE POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS TO U.S.
TROOPS DEPLOYED IN THE A.O.R,
B. THE MASSIVE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS DURING THE LATTER
STAGES OF THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR SHOCKED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
SINCE THAT TIME, A CAMPAIGN TO HALT THE PROLIFERATION OF THESE
WEAPONS HAS BEEN INITIATED BY THE UNITED STATES. HOWEVER, THE
DEVELOPMENT AND EVER INCREASING PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES OF IRAQ'S
FACILITIES INDICATE THAT THE U.S. INITIATED ACTIONS HAVE HAD
LITTLE EFFECTS.
C. IRAQ CONTINUES TO INVEST SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF RESOURCES
IN DEVELOPING ITS CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES. WHILE THE
MAJORITY OF THESE FACILITIES APPEAR TO BE LEGITIMATE, IT IS
APPARENT , AND NOT INCONCEIVABLE, THAT THESE FACILITIES ARE BEING
USED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY PRECURSORS FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS. IT HAS
BEEN A POLICY, AND AN APPARENT HOPE, THAT THE U.S. EFFORTS TO
RESTRICT IRAQ'S CW EFFORTS BY RELIANCE ON EXPORT CONTROLS OF KEY
PRECURROR ELEMENTS. HOWEVER, THIS POLICY WILL BE OF LITTLE VALUE
AS SOON AS IRAQ BECOMES INDEPENDENT OF FOREIGN SOURCES OF PRECURSOR
CHEMICALS.
D. 	BADUSH, BAIJI, AL QAIM, SAMARRA, AKASHAT, AL FALLUJAH,
BAGHDAD. SALMAN PAK, MUSAYYIB, AND BASRA ARE CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE RELATED LOCATIONS. THESE FACILITIES, AS A WHOLE.
GIVE IRAQ THE LARGEST. AND POSSIBLY THE MOST SOPHISTICATED CHEMICAL
WEAPONS PROGRAM IN THE THIRD WORLD.   SIGNIFICANTLY, IRAQ CONTINUES
TO EXPAND ITS CHEMICAL PRODUCTION OUTPUT. AND SUBSTANTIAL

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