IRAQI CW PRODUCTION

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Subject: IRAQI CW PRODUCTION

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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DIST:  1990







COUNTRY: IRAQ



SUBJ:  1. IRAQI CW PRODUCTION AND DEPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES

2. IRAQI MUNITIONS AND ARTILLERY PRODUCTION EFFORTS



DOI:          1990







TEXT: 1          VARIOUS IRAQI AIRFIELDS WERE EQUIPPED

WITH THE FOLLOWING CHEMICALS READY TO MIXED (SIC) FOR USE IN AERIAL

CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) MUNITIONS: MPF, ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL, CYCLO-

ALCOHOL, AND TRIMETHYLAMINE (FOR SARIN AND CYCLO-SARIN). THE AMOUNT

OF CHEMICALS DEPLOYED IS ENOUGH TO PRODUCE APPROXIMATELY 100 TONS OF

CW AGENTS.







2.          THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT HAS NO ADDITIONAL

CHEMICALS LEFT TO PRODUCE CW AGENTS. THE SHORTAGE OF MPF IS

PARTICULARLY ACUTE. IRAQ] SCIENTISTS ARE CONDUCTING RESEARCH TO

PRODUCE ADDITIONAL MPF FROM POL3: THE IRAQIS HAVE HUNDREDS OF TONS







3. IRAQI SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING TRIALS TO OVERCOME

TECHNICAL PROBLEMS IN THE PRODUCTION OF TABUN

 PRODUCTION OF MUSTARD

GAS CONTINUED IN THE SAMARRA CW FACILITY







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