MUSTARD GAS USED BY IRAQ IN WAR WITH IRAN

File: cia_62649_61898_01.txt
Page: 01
Total Pages: 1
Subject: MUSTARD GAS USED BY IRAQ IN WAR WITH IRAN 
Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence 
 
TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN 
REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN 
TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF 
THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON 
REQUEST. 
 
 
 
 
 
                       DIRECTOR 223720 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
              CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
DIST: 1         1990 
 
COUNTRY: IRAQ/IRAN 
 
SUBJ: 1. PROPERTIES OF MUSTARD GAS USED BY IRAQ IN WAR WITH 
IRAN 
2. ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTIVENESS OF IRAQI MUSTARD GAS 
 
DOI: 
 
                        THE IRAQI ARMY USED AN UNIDENTIFIED-
SILICA COMPOUND IMPREGNATED WITH MUSTARD GAS ON IRANIAN 
TROOPS.  THE IRAQI ARMY DELIVERED THE MUSTARD GAS               
WHITE PHOSPHOROUS SHELLS.                       WHILE THE 
USE OF SILICA IN THE SHELLS REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF MUSTARD 
GAS THAT COULD BE LOADED INTO THE WARHEAD, IT ACTUALLY 
DECREASED THE EFFECTIVE DOSE RATE THEREBY INCREASING BY FIVE 
TIMES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE  MUSTARD GAS DELIVERED. 
                 IT WAS ALSO NOTICED THAT IRANIAN SOLDIERS 
EXPOSED TO MUSTARD GAS SUFFERED UNUSUALLY HIGH AMOUNTS AND 
NUMBERS OF RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS FOLLOWING EXPOSURE WHILE 
DISPLAYING LESS THAN EXPECTED AMOUNTS OF BLISTERED SKIN 
DAMAGE. 
 
        ACQ:          1990) 
 
        END OF MESSAGE  
 
 
                           1.5(c) 
                          62649:61898