IRAQI RADIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

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Subject: IRAQI RADIOLOGICAL WEAPONS      
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DIRECTOR 462207 
 
SUBJECT: POSSIBLE IRAQI RADIOLOGICAL WEAPONS 
 
 
1.  FRAGMENTARY INFORMATION ABOUT THE IRAQIS POSSIBLY 
HAVING RADIOLOGICAL WEAPONS: 
--IN 1988, IRAQ REPORTEDLY TESTED AN AIR-DROPPED BOMB THAT 
CONTAINED RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS BUT WAS NOT AN ATOMIC BOMB. 
CONVERSATION 
TOUCHED UPON A POTENTIAL US ARMED CONFLICT WITH IRAQ 
STATED THAT, EVEN IF IRAQ CURRENTLY DOES NOT POSSESS A 
NUCLEAR WEAPON IN THE FORM OF A BOMB, IT MAY HAVE OTHER 
TYPES OF DELIVERY SYSTEMS THAT COULD DIRECT ôNUCLEAR 
RADIATION" AGAINST SELECTED TARGET AREAS. 
 
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