IRAQ'S BW

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Subject: IRAQ'S BW

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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CIA 189120







CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.







DIST:          JANUARY 1992







COUNTRY:  IRAQ



SUBJ:  1. BACKGROUND ON IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE RESEARCH

CARRIED OUT BY MICROBIOLOGISTS AT AL-SALKAN (SALMAN PAK)

2. WEAPONIZATION OF BW PRODUCTS

3. COMMENTS ON IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS







BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW) RESEARCH WAS CARRIED OUT BY

MICROBIOLOGISTS AT "AL-SALMAN" (SALMAN PAK).







2. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES SUPERVISED BY THE MICROBIOLOGIST

INCLUDED:



A. PRODUCTION OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULIMM A TOXIN. INCLUDING THE

MOST SUITABLE MEDIUM, CONDITIONS, STORAGE, CONCENTRATION,

APPLICATION, EFFECT ON LABORATORY ANIMALS, AND SPORULATION OF THE

BACTERIUM.



B. PRODUCTION OF CLOSTRIUM PERFRINGENS (WELCHII) SPORES:  THE

PROPER MEDIA AND CONDITIONS FOR SPORULATION AND CONCENTRATION AND

STORAGE.



C. PRODUCTION OF BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES, MEDIA, CONDITIONS.







CONCENTRATION, DRYING, EFFECT ON LABORATORY ANIMALS.



APPLICATION OF A AND B ABOVE THROUGH INGESTION, INJECTION,

AND INHALATION; "ALSO THROUGH THE USE OF AIR BOMBS AND MISSILES WITH

BOOSTERS AND DOUBLE FUSES." APPLICATION OF C WAS IN CLOSED CHAMBERS.







AL-SALMAN







PRODUCED A LOT OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM A TOXIN AND

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES, FILLING AIR BOMBS CALLED BADR 50 AND

MISSILES OF 150 LITER CAPACITY WITH CONTACT AND PROXIMITY FUSES.

THESE BW AGENTS WERE PRODUCED

OUTSIDE BAGHDAD, NOT AL-SALMAN OR AL-HAKAM.          EQUIPMENT FOR

THE BW RESEARCH WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED







IRAQIS PRODUCED MUSTARD GAS AND SARIN AT AL-MUTHANNA NEAR SAMARRA.

SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS HIDDEN







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