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Subject: IRAQI BW

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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MAR 91         DIRECTOR 582460







SUBJECT: HEREWITH SUPPORT CABLE FOR EAST ASIA BRIEF







1. IRAQ-          : SITUATION REPORT







1. IRAQ-          : SITUATION REPORT

PLUNDERED EQUIPMENT WITH BW PRODUCTIONS APPLICATIONS

IRAQI FORCES REMOVED STATE-OF-

THE-ART FERMENTATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FROM THE KUWAITI

INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING A 1,500-LITER FERMENTER,

CENTRIFUGE, AND SPRAY DRYER; AN UNIDENTIFIED ARABIC NEWSPAPER

REPORTEDLY CARRIED AN ADVERTISEMENT SEEKING A BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEER

TO START UP THE EQUIPMENT IN BAGHDAD

THE EQUIPMENT, IF IT SURVIVED COALITION AIRSTRIKES,

WOULD ENABLE IRAQ TO PRODUCE MILITARILY SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS IN A SHORT TIME







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