IRAQI CW WARHEADS

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Subject: IRAQI CW WARHEADS

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8. SADDAM PROBABLY CONSIDERS CHEMICAL WEAPONS HIS ACE IN THE

HOLE, AND WE BELIEVE HE WOULD USE THEM TACTICALLY IF HIS HOLD ON

KUWAIT WAS JEOPARDIZED. CORPS-LEVEL COMMANDS PROBABLY RETAIN SOME

CONTROL OVER IRAQI CHEMICAL WEAPONS, BUT SADDAM WOULD AUTHORIZE THEIR

USE HIMSELF. HE COULD ORDER A DEMONSTRATIVE USE OF THEM TO PUT TEETH

IN HIS THREATS AND TO SHAKE SAUDI RESOLVE TO HOST THE MULTI-NATIONAL

FORCE. SOME OF SADDAM'S CHOICES WHEN DESPERATE (E.G., IF THE REGIME

OR HIS HOLD ON POWER ARE THREATENED) WOULD BE TO ORDER A MAJOR USE OF

CW, THE KILLING OF HOSTAGES, OR A MAJOR PUSH INTO SAUDI ARABIA.

SOME CW EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN

BROUGHT INTO KUWAIT,

WE BELIEVE THAT CW WARHEADS ARE AVAILABLE FOR

IRAQI SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES,







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