DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL

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Subject: DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL  
Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence 
 
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CITE CIA 719580 
 
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
                                                       
NOT FULLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE  
 
OCTOBER 1987 
 
COUNTRY: IRAQ 
 
SUBJ: IRAQI ACQUISITION OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IN 
DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS 
 
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TEXT: 1.               COMMENT: THIS REPORT PROVIDES 
CLARIFICATION AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO A PREVIOUSLY 
PUBLISHED REPORT        TECHNICIANS AND SCIENTISTS FURNISHED 
TECHNICAL ADVICE IN 1986 TO IRAQ IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE 
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. 
 
2. IN 1986 IRAQ HAD PRODUCED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THE 
BOTULINUN TOXIN.  IRAQ ALSO HAD PRODUCED MICROORGANISMS FOR 
DEPLOYMENT 
COMMENT: IT IS NOT KNOWN WHICH MICROORGANISMS IRAQ HAS 
PRODUCED BUT  IT IS BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD BE THE SPORE FORM 
OF BACILLUS ANTHRACIS (ANTHRAX) OR VIBRIO CHOLERAE.) 
 
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