STATUS OF IRAQ'S WMD

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Subject: STATUS OF IRAQ'S WMD

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IRAQ: SADDAM'S GULF CRISIS--THE VIEW FROM BAGHDAD







TWO KEY FACTORS IN

SADDAM'S THINKING ARE THE STATUS OF IRAQ'S DEVELOPMENT OF WEAPONS OF

MASS DESTRUCTION--NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL--AND HIS

PERCEPTION OF THE UNITED STATES. SINCE THE INVASION, SADDAM HAS

THREATENED TO USE BINARY CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN WHAT HE CLAINS WILL BE

"THE MOTHER OF ALL WARS."







IRAQ'S INFANTRY,







HAVE DUG NUMEROUS CHEMICAL WARFARE DECONTAMINATION TRENCHES TO

IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO SUPPORT THEIR

GROUND FORCES.







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