IRAQI NBC CAPABILITY

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Subject = IRAQI NBC CAPABILITY                                            

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Folder Title = IRAQI NBC WARFARE CAPABILITY MESSAGES                                                           

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                               VI. IRAQI NBC CAPABILITY (U)



            (U)            IRAQ HAS AN EXTENSIVE OFFENSIVE CHEMICAL AGENT
           ARSENAL.   THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 6 TONS PER MONTH AND

           HAVE 1000 TONS IN STOCK.




                       THE PRIMARY SITE FOR IRAQI CHEMICAL AGENT PRODUCTION,

           WE4PONIZATION, AND STORAGE IS THE STATE ESTABT.-r'3.-----@'T FOR

           PEST:CIDE PRODUCTION, AT SAMARRA. THIS MAP SHOWS THE APPROXIMATE

           LOCATION OF THE FACILITY. THREE OTHER CHEMICAL-RELATE[


           FACILITIES ARE LOCATED A SHORT DISTANCE SOUTHWEST OF THE SAMARRA


           FACILITY AS SHOWN. THEY ARE REFERRED TO AS HABABNIYAH I, 11, AND

           III. SALMAN PAK IS A BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITY.



           (U)         THE IRAQIS ARE KNOWN TO POSSESS AND PRODUCE MUSTARD
           GAS, NERVE AGENTS, AND RIOT CONTROL AGENTS. THEY ARE PROFICIENT

           IN USING AERIAL AND ARTILLERY DELIVERY SYSTEMS, AND PAVE USED

           THEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AGAINST IRANIAN AND KURDISH TARGETS.


           BOTH NONPERSISTENT AGENTS AND SMOKE ARE GENERALLY EMPLOYED ALONG
           THE FEBA. @ONPERSIS-@ENT AGENTS ARE USED ALONG THE MAIN AXIS OF

           ATTACK. IRAQI GROUND FORCES ALSO HAVE k GOOD CHEMICAL DEFENSE

           CAPABI:,ITY. EACH IRAQI SOLDIER CARRIES A SOVIET PROTECTIVE

           NASK,PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, DETECTOR KIM@S, DECON EQUIPMENT, AND

           ATROPINE AMPOULES.



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