IRAQ AIRFIELDS EQUIPPED W/CW MUN

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Subject: IRAQ AIRFIELDS EQUIPPED W/CW MUN

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SEP 90      CIA 256643







"THE IRAQI'S HAVE EQUIPPED VARIOUS IRAQI

AIRFIELDS          WITH CHEMICAL PRECURSORS WHICH ARE REPORTEDLY

READY TO MIX AND USE IN AERIAL CW MUNITIONS.

THE CHEMICALS BEING DEPLOYED ARE THE FINAL PRECURSORS

USED TO MAKE THE CW NERVE AGENTS SARIN AND PROBABLY GF.

EVIDENCE STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT THESE PRECURSORS ARE PROBABLY

BEING USED AS COMPONENTS IN BINARY CHEMICAL MUNITIONS. THE

AMOUNTS WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO CHARGE AN ESTIMATED ONE THOUSAND

25OKG BOMBS,







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