IRAQI CHEMICAL WEAPONS

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Subject: IRAQI CHEMICAL WEAPONS

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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2.          QUESTION: WHAT AGENTS, SPECIFICALLY, ARE HELD WITHIN

THE IRAQI INVENTORY? ARE ANY OF THE AGENTS COMBINED? WHAT

NERVE AGENTS, IF ANY, ARE INCLUDED IN THE STOCKPILE? PLEASE

DESCRIBE THE SIZE AND LOCATION OF THE IRAQI STOCKPILE.

RESPONSE:

THE ELEMENTS USED ARE MUSTARD, SOMAN, SARIN, TABUN,

PHOSGENE, C.S., LEWISITE, DIPHOSGENE,







NERVE AGENTS ARE AVAILABLE ACCORDING TO

INFORMATION: TABUN, SARIN, SOMAN.

3.          QUESTION: CW HAS BEEN WEAPONIZED FOR WHAT SYSTEMS?

WHAT IS THE MOST UTILIZED MEANS OF DELIVERY?

RESPONSE:

THE VARIOUS WEAPONS WHICH CAN USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND

SPECIAL MATERIAL:

1) MEDIUM AND LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY

2) AIRCRAFT

A) AIRCRAFT BOMBS OF VARIOUS KINDS

B) AERIAL SPRAYING BY AIRCRAFT

4.          QUESTION: WHAT QUANTITY OF CW FILL AND WEAPONS DO

THE IRAQIS HAVE? WHERE ARE THE STORAGE SITES LOCATED?

RESPONSE:

WITH REGARD TO CHEMICALS AVAILABLE FOR WAR, IT IS NOT

POSSIBLE TO EVALUATE THEM,

THE COMMAND CAN SECURE

LARGE QUANTITIES OF SPECIAL MATERIAL. AS FOR THE NUMBER OF

WEAPONS TO BE USED IN A CHEMICAL WAR WITH REGARD TO ARTILLERY,

USUALLY MEDIUM RANGE ARTILLERY ARE CHOSEN FROM THREE ARTILLERY

BATTALIONS OF ONE DIVISION. WITH REGARD TO THE HEAVY ARTILLERY

BATTALIONS, ON GENERAL COMMAND ORDERS, THEY ARE TASKED TO USE

SPECIAL MATERIAL. MOST OF THE ARTILLERY BATTALIONS FOR THE

REPUBLICAN GUARD ARE IN THE SAME POSITION. USUALLY, SPECIAL

MATERIAL IS USED BY THE 2ND BATTALION OF 1ST CORPS, I.E.

1ST BATTALION OF THE DIVISION. THERE IS ALSO THE CHAIN OF

COMMAND FOR THE OTHER BATTALIONS FOR ORDINARY MATERIAL AND

WEAPONS WHICH ARE NOT STORED IN A SPECIAL MANNER. THEY ARE

USED IN AN ORDINARY MANNER BUT THEY HAVE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.

THE SPECIAL MATERIAL IS CENTRALLY STORED.

THE AIRBASES DO NOT HAVE STORAGE FOR SPECIAL MATERIAL.

NEITHER DOES THE DIVISION. EVERYTHING IS CENTRALLY STORED IN

STACKED STORAGE BELONGING TO THE ARMED FORCES GENERAL COMMAND AND

IN LOCATIONS REMOVED FROM THE ORDINARY COMMAND.

THE COMMON IMPORTANT LOCATIONS:

A) SAMARRA NEAR PROJECT 922

B) BAGHDAD - AL-TAJI CAMP

C) BAGHDAD - AL-RASHID CAMP

D) BAGHDAD - TARIQ BIN ZIYAD CAMP (AL-RAMADI RD.)

E) AL-DIWANIYEH ON THE NASIRIYA RD.

F) AL-LAHIS (BASRA-NASIRIYA RD.)

G) AL-SHU'AYBAH - AL-BASRA







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