IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROGRAM

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Subject: IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROGRAM

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DIRECTORATE OF

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SAMARRA': THE PIERCED

HEART OF IRAQ'S CHEMICAL

WEAPONS PROGRAM







SAMARRA' CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION, FILLING, AND

STORAGE FACILITY



IRAQ HAS EMERGED FROM OPERATION EWEN STOM WITH ITS

CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) PROGRM GREATLY REDUCED.







NEVERTHELESS,

A LIMTED CW AGENT PRODUCTION AND STORAGE CAPABILITY

REMAINS AT SAMARRA' AND IRAQ PROBABLY WILL BE ABLE TO

MAINTAIN A VIABLE CHEMICAL WEAPONS STOCKPILE OVER THE

SHORT TERM. A RETURN TO THE PREWAR PRODUCTION CAPACITY AT

BOTH SAMARRA' AND AL HABBANIYAH WOULD REQUIRE EXTEN-

SIVE RESOURCES AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE, AND WOULD TAKE AT

LEAST SEVERAL YEARS TO COMPLETE.







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