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Subject: IRAQ CW    
Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence    
    
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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.

A. WE BELIEVE CW CONTAMINATION AT SAMARRA TO BE MINIMAL.  CW 
AGENT PRODUCTION LINES PROBABLY WERE SHUT DOWN WELL IN 
ADVANCE OF COALITION AIRSTRIKES.  THE IRAQIS CLAIM TO HAVE 
DETECTED NO APPARENT LEAKAGE FROM THE REMAINS OF MUNITIONS 
DESTROYED IN THE WAR.  USE OF GAS MASKS AND POSSIBLY OTHER 
PROTECTIVE GEAR MAY BE ADVISABLE AROUND ANY FILLED MUNITIONS 
-- WHETHER DAMAGED OR NOT -- BECAUSE OF THE EVER-PRESENT 
CHANCE OF LEAKAGE.  MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOWEVER, THERE IS A 
CHANCE THAT WORK ON BW OCCURRED AT SAMARRA. 
 
B. WE DO NOT KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHICH AGENTS OR MUNITIONS 
WERE HANDLED IN EACH FILLING BUILDING.
IRAQ CLAIMS THAT ALL SEVEN PRODUCTION BUILDINGS (FOUR 
PRECURSOR AND THREE AGENT) WERE DESTROYED.  IN PARTICULAR, 
P7 (THE PRODUCTION BUILDING JUST SOUTH OF THE PRODUCTION 
BUNKERS) WAS NOT DAMAGED BY COALITION AIRSTRIKES, AND P4 
(THE PRODUCTION BUNKER JUST SOUTH OF THE "TOXIC EVALUATION 
SITE") RECEIVED WHAT APPEARS TO BE ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. 
 
 
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