IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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Subject: IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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.







JAN 91







SUBJECT: CALL-IN WITH ALLEGED INFO RE IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS

AND C/W PRODUCTION FACILITY.







A CHEMICAL WEAPONS FACTORY IN IRAQ LOCATED

UNDERGROUND APPROXIMATELY 100 KM NORTHEAST RPT 100 KM NORTHEAST

OF THE CITY OF RUTBAH IN WESTERN IRAQ.







"LARGE

QUANTITIES" OF POISON GASES WERE BEING PRODUCED AT THIS FACTORY

FOR IRAQI MILITARY USE.







IRAQ REPORTEDLY HAD IN ITS POSSESSION

APPROXIMATELY 300 RPT 300 NUCLEAR WARHEADS MADE ORIGINALLY IN

OR OBTAINED          WHICH HAD BEEN

RECONFIGURED AS BOMBS FOR AERIAL DEPLOYMENT.

THE IRAQI MILITARY HAD AVAILABLE APPROXIMATELY 45

RPT 45 FIGHTER BOMBERS ESPECIALLY ALTERED FOR EXTENDED RANGE

AND CAPABLE OF DELIVERING SOME OR ALL OF THE 300 WARHEADS.

AT LEAST SOME OF THE 45 FIGHTER BOMBERS

WERE          MIG-21'S.







TARGETTING PLANS OF THE IRAQI MILITARY FOR DELIVERY OF THESE

NUCLEAR WEAPONS INCLUDED, IN ORDER OF PRIORITY, THE TARGETS:

TEL AVIV, UNSPECIFIED EGYPTIAN TARGETS, UNSPECIFIED AIRFIELDS

IN SAUDIA ARABIA, AND AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CARRIERS CURRENTLY

DEPLOYED IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

"KNOWLEDGE" OF

THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THEIR TARGETTING WAS OBTAINED THROUGH

HEARSAY WHILE          KNOWLEDGE OF THE C/W

PLANT CAME FROM HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE







WE DEFER

REGARDING THE VALUE OF ABOVE VOLUNTEERED "INFORMATION."







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