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File: 961031_950719_72723466.txtIRAQ'S CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) CAPABILITY Filename:72723466 SUBJECT: IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) CAPABILITY PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 23466 GENDATE: 950605 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE OATMZYUW YEKDQA 2637 0742147-MRXA--YEKDQX ZNY MMRXA ZKZK OO SOA DE HEADER O 140205Z MAR 91 ZYH FM SSO DIA TO SSO CINCCENT INFO NAVCENT DFH NAVCENT ASU STATE/RCI SOCCENT FWD //G2// [ (b)(2) ] CMO 18 ABC F //G2// [ (b)(2) ] AFIA IDHS ARCENT MAIN //G2// USCINCPAC SSO CINCSOC SSO USEUCOM SSO SAC SSO TAC //IDHS// FICPAC SAFE FICEURLANT SSO USAFE [ (b)(2) ] CNO CMC CINCLANTFLT CINCPACFLT SSO PACAF CDRS IO [ (b)(2) ] CG I MEFMAIN SSO AFSPACOM HILRA DORAL CENTAF FWD //IN// CINCCENT //CCJS-IW// SSO USAREUR WHITE HOUSE ZEN/SSO USAF //IN// ZEN/SSO DA //DAMI-POI/FIT// SSO INSCOM [ (b)(2) ] [ b.2. ] USCINCLANT OSD //USD-P/ISA// COMNAVSECGRU NAVSTKWARCEN [ (b)(2) ] USSPACMD J20 //DIA REP// USCINCSPACE //J2/DIA REP// DIO SSO JSOC SSO USTRANS SSO FORSCOM TAWC CAEWIS SSO REDSTONE SSO ITAC ZEM SECTION 13B OF 24 BODY B. (U) CHEMICAL: 1. IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) CAPABILITY INCLUDED THE PRODUCTION OF NERVE AGENTS AND MUSTARD DELIVERABLE BY AERIAL BOMBS, SPRAY DEVICES, AIR-TO-GROUND ROCKETS, TUBE AND ROCKET ARTILLERY, AND A LIMITED NUMBER OF MISSILE WARHEADS. CW AGENTS WERE SYNTHESIZED AT THE ONLY KNOWN PRODUCTION FACILITY AT SAMARRA WHERE MUNITIONS WERE ALSO FILLED AND STORED. THE IRAQIS WERE AGGRESSIVELY STRIVING FOR A SELF-SUFFICIENT CW PRODUCTION CAPABILITY BY BUILDING THREE CW AGENT PRECURSOR PLANTS AT HABBANIYAH. BY EARLY 1990 ONE OF THE PLANTS WAS PRODUCING THE NERVE AGENT PRECURSOR PHOSPHORUS TRICHLORIDE. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] ADMIN #2637 INFODATE: 0
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