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Subject: IRAQI CW

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.







SUBJECT:          -OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR

DEVELOPMENT OF IRAQI CHEMICAL WEAPONS







ACCORDING TO SUBJECT, OFFICIALLY THIS FACTORY

IS SUPPOSED TO PRODUCE FERTILIZERS. HOWEVER, IN REALITY, IT

IS A CHEMICAL FACTORY, PRODUCING THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHEMICALS,

INCLUDING THE CHEMICAL NEEDED FOR MUSTARD GAS. THE FACTORY IS

LOCATED NORTHWEST OF BAGHDAD.







SOLD THE FOLLOWING CHEMICALS TO IRAQ:

--5,400 TONS OF PHOSPHORUS 3 CHLORIDE

--PHOSPHORUS OXYCHLORIDE (AMOUNT UNKNOWN)

--THIONYL CHLORIDE (AMOUNT UNKNOWN)

--PHOSPHORUS SULFUR (AMOUNT UNKNOWN)

--SODIUM CYANIDE (AMOUNT UNKNOWN)

--1,000 TONS OF CYAINIDE







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