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Subject: IRAQI BW

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

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REQUEST.







MAR 91          CIA 582462







SUBJECT: EAST ASIA BRIEF



CONTENTS

1. IRAQ-          : SITUATION REPORT







1. IRAQ-          : SITUATION REPORT

PLUNDERED EQUIPMENT WITH BW PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS

IRAQI FORCES REMOVED STATE-OF-

THE-ART FERMENTATION AND 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 QUANTITIES OF

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS IN A SHORT TIME.







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