IRAQ: SITUATION UPDATE. (U)

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CHEMICAL WARFARE ACTIVITY
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18. MOST OF IRAQ'S CHEMICAL STORES ARE PROBABLY OF A UNITARY
NATURE AND ARE AT THE END OF THEIR SHELF LIFE (4 TO 6 WEEKS) 
BECAUSE OF POOR QUALITY. THE LAST KNOWN MAJOR PRODUCTION RUN IN 
IRAQ ENDED IN EARLY OCTOBER. THEREFORE, IF SADDAM INTENDS TO 
EMPLOY CHEMICAL WARFARE EFFECTIVELY, HE WILL HAVE TO INITIATE A 
MAJOR CHEMICAL PRODUCTION RUN BEFORE HOSTILITIES BEGIN. NO SUCH 
CHEMICAL AGENT PRODUCTION RUN HASBEEN DETECTED, BUT THE MUNITION 
FILL AREA OF THE AMARRA CHEMICAL WARFARE FACILITY HAS BEEN THE 
SITE FDR SOME RECENT UNUSUAL ACTIVITY. FOR EXAMPLE, A STAKE-BED 
TRUCK CARRYING FOUR POSSIBLE SCUD WARHEAD CANISTERS WAS REPORTED 
ON 26 DECEMBER AND HAD DEPARTED BY 27 DECEMBER. THIS IS THE FIRST 
TIME SUCH CANISTERS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SAMARRA, AND, IF THE 
CANISTERS DID INDEED CONTAIN SCUD WARHEADS, THE EVENT WOULD 
CONFIRM A SCUD CHEMICAL WARHEAD'S EXISTENCE. OTHER UNUSUAL CARGO 
TRUCKS AND CRATES HAVE BEEN REPORTED RECENTLY AT THE MUNITION F1LL 
AREA, AS WELL AS THE BUNKERED STORAGE AREA. END PART 2 OF 3 

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