IRAQI WARMAKING CAPABILITY

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Subject: IRAQI WARMAKING CAPABILITY

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN

REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN

TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF

THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON

REQUEST.







JAN 91







SUBJECT:

IRAQI WARMAKING CAPABILITY







J. SECTION III:  POISON GAS PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY.

THE INSTALLATIONS AT SAMARRA, AGASHAT AND AL-FALUGA ARE

TO OPERATE UNDER THE PROJECT NAME "IBN AL-HAITHAM". TWO OF THE

PROJECTS, SAMARRA AND AGASHAT, WERE COMPLETED IN 1970. THE

THIRD POISON GAS FACTORY WAS SUPPOSEDLY COMPLETED IN 1987 IN

AL-FALUGA.







"SAAD 16, 21 AND 39" WERE POISON GAS PRODUCTION

PROJECTS;







THE FOLLOWING SUBSTANCES WERE PRODUCED IN IRAQ:

"ARSENIC, TABON, CHLORINE, PHOSPHATE, LSD, AERSOL, CHARDAL

(PHONETIC), CHLORCYANID, HYDROGEN." THE SUBSTANCE "CHARDAL"

WAS SUPPOSEDLY USED IN WORLD WAR II.

IRAQ REPORTEDLY HAS 10,000 BASES (INCLUDING LAUNCH

RAMPS) LOCATED ALONG ITS BORDER.







N. SECTION V:  IRAQI PROJECTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF

WAR MATERIALS:







GIBAL MAHMUR - NORTHERN IRAQ. UNDERGROUND BUNKER FOR

THE PRODUCTION OF ATOMIC AND CONVENTIONAL BOMBS.







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