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Subject: SADDAM HUSSEIN     
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.  
       

AUG 90

SUBJECT: 
                                                        IRAQI FUEL AIR EXPLOSIVES

A. IRAQ HAS A FUEL AIR WEAPON WHICH USES URANIUM 235 AND
SULFURIC POWDER.  THE WEAPON IS AIR EXPLODED CREATED A
RADIATION EFFECT AND CONTAMINATING THE AREA OF THE BLAST.
DID NOT KNOW HOW THE WEAPON WAS EXPLODED
B.         ALSO CLAIMED IRAQ HAS A SECOND WEAPON WHICH
CONTAINS POLYMERS, URANIUM AND PURE IRON ORE 
IRON ORE WAS PURE AND NOT AN OXIDE).  THIS
       WEAPON, WHEN EXPLODED, CONTAMINATES THE BLAST AREA WITH RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND THE POLYMERS PREVENT IT BEING WASHED AWAY ONCE IT ENTERS THE SOIL.
C. CLAIMS SADDAM HUSSEIN WOULD ONLY USE THESE WEAPONS INSIDE KUWAIT BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT RISK CONTAMINATING IRAQI TERRITORY.


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