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03          04       0716007  AUG 9O   PP                                               INOCW44413
    
NO
    

    
EXLUSIVELY IN DEFENSIVE MODE.  HOWEVER,  BTLEFIELD SUCCESSES

DEMONSTATED THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AND EVENTUALLY IRAQ BEGAN USING

CHEMICAL AGENTS IN OFFENSIVE MILITARY MANEUVERS.  IRAQI AERIAL

CHEMICAL ATTACKS DURING LATE NIGHT-EARLY MORNING HOURS TOWARD THE

END OF 1986 DEMONSTRATED IRAQ'S UNDERSTANDING OF METEOROLOGICAL    
        
 CONDITIONS FOR OPTIMUM AGENT PERSISTENCE...
    
              IRAQ  IS KNOWN TO POSSESS SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF

CHEMICAL AGENTS:  MUSTARD GAS - BLISTER AGENT, TABUN - NERVE AGENT,

AND SARAN - NERVE AGENT.

                                             [(b)(1) sec 3.4(b)(2)]













                  IRAQ IS KNOWN TO POSSESS SERVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF

                                            [b)(1) sec 3.4(b)(5a)]


DEBORAH A. SMITH, CAPT
TACOPS/INOCW, 44413

                     
      RICHARD K. WISNER, LT COL, INOC
                                                   CRC:  20776                                 071600ZAUG90

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