BW CAPABILITIES IN IRAQ

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Subject: BW CAPABILITIES IN IRAQ

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DEC 87     CIA 784284







CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WARNING:  INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FULLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE







COUNTRY:  IRAQ



SUBJ:  BIOLOGICAL WARFARE CAPABILITIES IN IRAQ







TWO IRAQI FACILITIES PROBABLY INVOLVED IN MILITARY-RELATED

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE RESEARCH ARE THE SALMAN PAC-EL HAZAN FACILITY AND







THE PHARMACEUTICAL INSTITUTE-AL HEITHAM. THERE IS VERY LITTLE BASIC

BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN IRAQ, THE MAJORITY OF THE EFFORTS ARE APPLIED

TOWARD SHORT TERM MILITARY USES. BW RESEARCH IN IRAQ IS PRIMITIVE BY

WESTERN STANDARDS. SOPHISTICATED RESEARCH EQUIPMENT

IS PROBABLY FOR USE BY FOREIGN RESEARCHERS

IN IRAQ IN SUPPORT OF THE CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS. THERE ARE NO EVIDENT

POLITICAL OR PHILOSOPHICAL INHIBITIONS IN IRAQ CONSTRAINING THE

POSSIBLE USE OF BW TOXINS.







6. THERE ARE NO EVIDENT POLITICAL OR PHILOSOPHICAL

INHIBITIONS IN IRAQ CONSTRAINING THE USE OF BW TOXINS.

IF IRAQ HAD THE CAPABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY EMPLOY BW THEY

WOULD MOST CERTAINLY USE IT; CHOLERA IN THE WATER SUPPLY WOULD BE A

LIKELY AND EFFECTIVE SCENARIO WHICH COULD BE USED BY IRAQ. THE USE

OF BW AGENTS WOULD PROBABLY BE USED "AT THE BORDER" RATHER THAN USED

IN URBAN AREAS. VACCINE DEVELOPMENT OR PURCHASE AS PROTECTION AGAINST

BW AGENTS WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE USED FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION BUT

FOR THE MILITARY.







REGARDING

THE PROBABILITY OF IRAQ EMPLOYING

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIM.          ADDED THAT THIS WOULD BE VERY





EFFECTIVE IN INCAPACITATING LARGE NUMBERS OF TROOPS







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