IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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Subject: IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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.







SUBJ:          IRAQ'S

INTENTION TO USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST ISRAEL AND

TO DESTROY SAUDI OIL FIELDS IN THE EVENT OF WAR

DOI:          AUGUST 1990







IRAQI PRESIDENT ((SADDAM)) HUSAYN

HAS DECIDED THAT IF A WAR BREAKS OUT BETWEEN IRAQ AND WESTERN

FORCES POSITIONED IN THE GULF, IRAQ WILL IMMEDIATELY LAUNCH A

MASSIVE MISSILE ATTACK AGAINST ISRAEL AND WILL ALSO ATTACK

SAUDI OIL FIELDS IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE. THE MISSILES

INTENDED FOR ISRAEL WOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS.

SADDAM IS CONVINCED THAT THE UNITED STATES

INTENDS TO PROVOKE A WAR WITH IRAQ AND THERE IS NOTHING SADDAM

CAN DO TO SAVE HIS REGIME. THEREFORE, WITH THIS SENSE OF DOOM,

SADDAM WANTS TO GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE ONLY ARAB LEADER WHO

INFLICTED MAJOR DESTRUCTION ON ISRAEL AND INTERRUPTED WESTERN

OIL SUPPLIES.







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