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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     @GE  5 RUCJACCO521     E C. Tt E Tfteipeftti !?tfyifTFET
     .(T        51."OFFFNSIVELY, LETHAL CHEMICALS WERE USED EITHER   III THE
     @-AR, AREA TO DISRUPT ENEMY LINES OF COMMUNICATION OR IN THE     FORWARD
     ENE OF TROOPS IN CONJUNCTION WITH SMOKE SCREENS., IN THE LATTER
     ),SE,. NONPERSISTENT AGENTS WERE USED.
     J),-ALTHOUGH IRAQ DID NOT USE CHEMICAL IN ITS INVASION OF KUIIAIT, 3--T
     Is INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THEY LAUNCHED THEIR ATTACK AT ABOUT O@00
     :t SO WHICH WOULD BE A FAVORABLE TIME TO USE CHEMICALS BECAUSE O-F-
     ,@.UDOMINATE INVER8ION OR ISOTHERMIC STABLE, CAT14 WEATHER CONDITIONS.
     SCACH CONDITIONS USUALLY PREVAIL AT NIGHT, PARTICULARLY EARLY MOpj4IIIC-
     XS IN THE IRAQ INVASION) AND EARLY EVENING. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
     @.:ZAQ LAUNCHED THEIR ATTACK WHEN THEY DID SO THAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS
     O-OULD HAVE BEEN USED I-4 THE EVENT OF STIFF KUWAITI RESISTANCE.
     . (U) IRAQI CHEMICAL AGEIZT CAPABILITIES.
     .            AS OF JAN 90, THE IRAQIS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCED AND
     tJ.@-APONIZED LARGE QUANTITIES OF SULFUR MUSTARD AND THE NERVE AGENTS
     -RABUN. SA


                            TION OF GF HAS NOT BEEN EST114ATED BUT COULD BE
     -S-TMILAR TO THAT OF SARIN. THE RIOT CONTROL AGENT CS, WHICH WAS USED
     Ot4 THE BATTLE FIELD DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR, WAS ALSO PRODUCED BY




     kGE 6 RUCJACCO521    9 B e it E T tiefefdi tl!lf!qTET,
           MORE RECENTLY, THE IRAQIS MAY HAVE BEGUN THE PRODUCTIOII OF THE
     ,IALERVE AGENT VX, BUT QUANTITIES CANNOT BE ESTIMATED. THE IRAQIS HAVE
     iiOWN INTEREST IN OTHER AGENTS, BUT IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THIS INTEREST
     '14AS PROGRESSED PAST THE RESEARCH STAGE.
                  THE PRIMARY SITE FOR IRAQI CHEMICAL AGEIIT PRODUCTION,
     WCAPONIZATION, AND STORAGE IS THE STATE ESTABLISHME14T FOR PESTICIDE
     -PI.RODUCTION
                               IS NORTH OF BAGHDAD AND SOUTHWEST OF








             THREE OTHER CHEMICAL-RELATED FACILITIES ARE LOCATED A SHORT
 OF THE SAI@@..C'PACILITY.
                                          THESE FACILITIES ARE BELIEVEP-TO
 ;-66 FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PRECURRED    CHEMICALS FROM RAW ZIATERIALS
     AVAILABLE WITHIN IRAQ. IT IS'ALSO   POSSIBLE THAT SOME AGE14T
               COULD TAKE PLACE THERE.
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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