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Subject: IRAQI CW

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

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REQUEST.







COUNTRY: IRAQ

SUBJ:  IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE DEVELOPMENTS







DOI:          1990







2. ALL IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE

(CW) FACILITIES WERE ON A HEIGHTENED STATE OF ALERT AND THE

HITTIN ESTABLISHMENT HAD INCREASED ITS PRODUCTION OF CW

BOMBS.          BETWEEN 50 AND 100 CW BOMBS CONTAIN-

ING THE NERVE AGENT SARIN AND "CYCLO-SARIN" HAD BEEN DEPLOYED

AT AN UNSPECIFIED AIR BASE. IN LATE JULY, SOME WORKERS FROM

THE SAMMARA CW COMPLEX WERE SENT TO AIR BASES NEAR BASRAH

AND HABBANIYAH TO PERFORM UNSPECIFIED DUTIES.

PRODUCTION AT THE SAMMARA FACILITY HAD CEASED.







4.          SOME ROCKETS WITH SARIN AND "CYCLO-SARIN"

CW WARHEADS HAD BEEN MOVED TO MUHAMMADIYAT THE ROCKETS ARE

BEING STORED IN A FACILITY NEAR A POLICE STATION IN MUHAMMADIYAT

(NFI).          THE EXACT LOCATION OF "MUHAMMADIYAT"

IS NOT KNOWN. IT MAY BE IDENTIFIABLE WITH AL-MAHMUDIYA

(33 03N 44 21 E).)







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