IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE

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Subject: IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE

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.







COUNTRY: IRAQ

SUBJ:          REPORT ON IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE

CAPABILITIES

DOI:  1990







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 UNIDENTIFIED CHEMICALS

WERE PRODUCED FOR MILITARY USE. THE PLANT WAS LOCATED IN

TIKRIT PROVINCE.







3. IN 1989, SADDAM HUSSEIN CLAIMED THAT HE HAD THE

CAPABILITY TO DESTROY ISRAEL BY USING HIS NEW BINARY 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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