IRAQI BW

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Subject: IRAQI BW

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF A BRIEFING          FEBRUARY







RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCTION CAPABILITY IN THE

SPHERE OF BW AGENT.          THIS INSTALLATION WAS COMPLETELY

DESTROYED BY COALITION AIR ATTACK. WE BELIEVE THE FERMENTATION

EQUIPMENT FOR BW AGENTS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO LATIFIYA.

WE DO NOT KNOW IF THESE WERE THE SAME P-4 BUILDINGS CALLED E AND H.

THESE BUILDINGS WERE LOCATED EAST OF THE SOLID PROPELLANT PLANT AT

LATIFIYA. THERE WERE AT LEAST THREE BUILDINGS, PROBABLY MORE, AT THE

SITE. WE BELIEVE THE ENTIRE FACILITY WAS FOR BW PRODUCTION. THEY

ALL WERE ABOVE GROUND BUILDINGS,







ALTHOUGH COALITION EFFORTS HAVE DESTROYED ALL IRAQI KNOWN

BW SITES, WE BELIEVE THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT.

SO IRAQ PROBABLY STILL HAS THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE AND USE BW

WEAPONS. BW BOMBS DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE STORED IN COOLED

AREAS--ANTHRAX, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN BE STORED IN MISSILES FOR A LONG

TIME.







IRAQ--SPREAD OF UNKNOWN DISEASE.          WE HAVE

NO INFORMATION TO CONFIRM/REPUDATE THE RUMOR THAT A DISEASE BROKE OUT

NEAR A BW SITE AFTER A COALITION BOMBING OF THE SITE. IT IS

DIFFICULT TO TELL WHAT DISEASE THESE PEOPLE MAY HAVE CAUGHT FROM THE

PRESS REPORTS OF THE SYMPTOMS--THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE KNOW

ABOUT THE BW MADE AND STORED IN IRAQ.

TRANSFER OF ARSENAL OF CHEMICAL AND BW WEAPONS.

WE HAVE NO INFORMATION ON THIS QUESTION. HOWEVER, WE

BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IRAQ HAS TRANSFERRED SOME OF ITS CW AND

BW WEAPONS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN IRAQ.







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