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Subject: IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE CAPABILIT

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.







NOV 90   CIA 349340







CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.







COUNTRY: IRAQ



SUBJ:          REPORT ON IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE

CAPABILITIES







SUMMARY: THIS REPORT FORWARDS LIMITED INFORMATION ON IRAQI CHEMICAL

WARFARE CAPABILITIES TO INCLUDE WEAPONS CAPABLE OF FIRING CHEMICAL

ROUNDS,          AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTION.







2. 

A NUMBER OF UNIDDENTIFIED CHEMICALS WERE

PRODUCED FOR MILITARY USE. THE PLANT WAS LOCATED IN TIKRIT PROVINCE.







3.          IN A PUBLIC STATEMENT IN 1989,

SADDAM HUSAYN CLAIMED THAT HE HAD THE CAPABILITY TO DESTROY ISRAEL BY

USING HIS NEW CHEMICAL WARHEADS.







4. DURING CHEMICAL DEFENSE TRAINING, SOLDIERS WERE TOLD THAT THE

IRAQI ARMY HAD TEAR AGENTS, BLOOD AGENTS, NERVE AGENTS, AND BLISTER

AGENTS. SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OR CAPABILITIES OF THE VARIOUS

AGENTS WERE NEVER DISCUSSED. DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURES USING

PERSONAL DECONTAMINATION KITS WERE COVERED. EACH IRAQI SOLDIER

CARRIED A PACKET TO REMOVE LIQUID BLISTER AGENTS (DISPERSED IN

DROPLET FORM) AND ONE ATROPINE INJECTION IN ADDITION TO HIS SOVIET-

MADE PROTECTIVE MASK.







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