ASSEMBLED GAS CENTRIFUGES IN CAVES

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Subject: ASSEMBLED GAS CENTRIFUGES IN CAVES

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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IRAQ HAS

ASSEMBLED GAS CENTRIFUGES IN CAVES SECURE

FROM AIR ATTACK







DESCRIBED AS PREMATURE CLAIMS THAT IRAQ'S

NUCLEAR PROGRAM HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY U.N COALITION

BOMBING.          ASSERTED THAT IRAQ DECIDED DURING THE

EARLY 1980'S TO ACHIEVE ITS NUCLEAR GOALS VIA URANIUM

ENRICHMENT RATHER THAN REPROCESSING, AND HAS ASSEMBLED LARGE

NUMBERS OF GAS CENTRIFUGES IN DEEP CAVES WHICH ARE LARGELY

IMPERVIOUS TO AIR ATTACKS.







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