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Iraqi Nuclear Capability; Chemical Weapons Storage

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Subject: Iraqi Nuclear Capability; Chemical Weapons Storage

In July 1991, it was believed that Iraq would probably succeed in 
concealing nuclear installations from U.N. scrutiny. Iraq was 
trying to conceal the large number of rockets that it possessed 
that were capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Iraq was 
obstructing the U.N. team investigating its nuclear installations, 
and it was unlikely that the U.N. investigators would succeed in 
discovering the reactor that was producing enriched weaponsgrade 
uranium.

Iraq still had a large amount of chemical weapons materiel, 
including 650 tons of poison gas which were not affected by the 
bombing in the Guf War and were still in storage. Lax safety 
standards were being used in storing this materiel.



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