IRAQ KUWAIT SITUATION UPDATE AS OF 18 SEP 90

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Subject: IRAQ KUWAIT SITUATION UPDATE AS OF 18 SEP 90                    

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 US 522(b)(1)
         CHEMICAL         5 USC 522(b)(1@
                                   my                who defected in early
        -Septer,iber toldii        iefers the Iraqis have five types of
         chemical agents: tabun,   "Al Zuman" and "Lzarin" (possibly soman
         and sarin), blister agents "mixed with mustard gas" and
         unspecified asphyxiating gases. The chemicals are delivered by
         helicopter or fighter bombs, or artillery. Treatment includes
         cleaninq burns, administering atropine, and transfusing blood.
                    said that Corps commanders have the authority to use
         chemical weapons when the army retreats. He didn't know anything
         about bacteriological weapons.

         9. 1!gp.wlq@us

                                                    nary chemical-weapons
         increase the sh f i e o       e mltn  ons and reduce safety and
         logistic requirements. However, because binary munitions are
         partly -Filled with mixers and require a chemical reaction in
         +light, they are less effective than unitary munitions. Iraq   has
         chemical weapons for their 250 and 500 KS aerial bombs and may
         have a binary chemical weapon +or their SCUDS.

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         11.          The Republican Guards have been ordered to prepare
         +or no-notice chemical attacks.


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