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Subject: IRAQI AIRCRAFT

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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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.







AUG 90     DIRECTOR 193416







DIRECTOR 193416







AIRCRAFT FLYING OUT OF

BASES IN NORTHERN IRAQ ARE CAPABLE OF DROPPING CHEMICAL BOMBS ON

TURKISH TARGETS. MOST LIKELY MUNITIONS INCLUDE 250KG AND 500KG BOMBS

CONTAINING NONPERSISTENT NERVE AGENT SARIN (GB), SEMIPERSISTENT NERVE

AGENT GF, OR PERSISTENT BLISTER AGENT SULFUR MUSTARD (HD). IRAQ MAY

HAVE NERVE AGENT WARHEADS FOR SCUD-TYPE BALLISTIC MISSILES, BUT THIS

IS NOT A CERTAINTY. IRAQ ALSO HAS SHORTER-RANGE CHEMICAL DELIVERY

SYSTEMS, SUCH AS ARTILLERY ROCKETS, ARTILLERY SHELLS, AND MORTAR

ROUNDS. 







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