D TO APPENDIX TO ANNEX B TO XVIII AB OPLAN

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Subject: D TO APPENDIX TO ANNEX B TO  XVIII AB  OPLAN                    

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000047

Folder Title: CHEMICAL INFORMATION                                                                            

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                              An assessment of a        possi a re a       d to have little
                    emy. Although this consideration seeme
                     the decision to use Cw during the war with IRAN.
            d.(u)             kn assessment of a significant combat multiplier
  orcausing       limited     degradation on the effectiveness of Iraqi forces.
            e.(u)             interference with operations that would be
       endangered by the use of chemical weapons.
       3. (U) Iraqi Chemical Agents:
             a. (U) IRAQ is known to have the following chemical agents
       in its stockpile:                             AGENT                               TYPE
                    (i)(u)(@.         Sulfur mus'6a.-d (blister agent)                Persistent
                    (2)(U)            Tabun (nerve agent)                    Sem-'@persis'@ent

                    (3) (u)           Sarin (nerve agent)                    Nonjersiste,-it
                    (,,(u)            GE (nerve agent)                       Ncrjersiste-ri@-
                          vx (nerve agent)                                   Persistent

              b.                  is c@soec-@e@ @@c be develo--'--ng         the following

                                      Soman (nerve acen@@)                   Semipersistent
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                    ,(2) Biological/toxin agents (NFI)
         4.               IRAQ is believed to be capable of producing sulfur
         mustard agent at an estimated rate of                 up to six tons per day and
         Tabun at one to two tons per day, It is estimated that IRAQ now
es) in its stockpile.
         -All the chemical agents produced by Iraq can be incorporated as
         dust agents'and Iraq does have the technological capability. it
         is not known, however, whether the Iraqis have indeed
         incorporated nerve agents on dust. They have incorporated'thii
         use of sulfur mustard onto dust particles. The primary role of
         "dusty" agents is to cause casualities and not to contaminate
         terrain and equipment. Dusty agents do not have greater
         respiratory toxicity than           'equivalent amounts of liquid chemical
         agents. But dusty agents of the-proper particle size
                            penetrate and are i&tkined deep in the lungs
         .resulting in greater effectivene%t than liquid agent aerosols
         which rapidly evaporate before.OeAetrating deep into the lungs.
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Document 7 f:/Week-15/BX000047/CHEMICAL INFORMATION/d to appendix to annex b to xviii ab oplan:12269616083112
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File Room = apr96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-15
Box ID = BX000047
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = CHEMICAL INFORMATION
Folder Seq # = 35
Subject = D TO APPENDIX TO ANNEX B TO XVIII AB OPLAN
Document Seq # = 3
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 26-DEC-1996