IRAQ-KUWAIT: CHEMICAL WARFARE DUSTY AGENT THREAT.

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SERIAL:  DSA 350-90

SUBJECT:  IRAQ-KUWAIT:  CHEMICAL WARFARE DUSTY AGENT THREAT.
 
DOI:  10 OCT 90
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MAJOR POINT
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1.            IRAQ PRODUCED AND USED A CHEMICAL WARFARE DUSTY AGENT
DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR.(b.1. sec. 1.5.a., c.)
DISCUSSION
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2.            IRAQ HAS PREVIOUSLY USED MUSTARD AND NERVE (TABUN,
SARIN, AND GF) AGENTS AND HAS DEVELOPED A V-SERIES NERVE AGENT (VX)
WHICH IS PROBABLY AVAILABLE IN LIMITED QUANTITIES.  IN ADDITION,
IRAQ DELIVERED MUSTARD IN A PARTICULATE AEROSOL FORM (DUSTY MUSTARD)
DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR.  IRAQ HAS THE TECHNICAL CAPABILITY TO
PRODUCE A DUSTY NERVE AGENT, BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT IT HAS
DONE SO.
(b.1. sec. 1.5.a., c.) 

6.            DUSTY MUSTARD IS EVALUATED AS A NONPERSISTENT AGENT
UNDER THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS PRESENT IN THE GULF.  DECONTAMINATION
OF BOTH PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH STANDARD
PROCEDURES.
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OUTLOOK
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7              WHILE EMPHASIZING THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT IRAQ
HAS DEVELOPED A DUSTY V-AGENT, FATALITIES  (b.1. sec. 1.5.a., c.)                                       ARE PROJECTED (b. 1. sec. 1.5.a., c.)   IF SUCH AN AGENT WERE USED.  (b. 1. sec. 1.5.a.)