IIR 6 849 0911 91/POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

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IIR 6 849 0911 91/POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

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P 071229Z MAY 91
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
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P 071217Z MAY 91
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SERIAL:  (U)  IIR 6 849 0911 91.


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PASS:  (U) DIA PASS TO AIG 8781.

COUNTRY:  (U)  ISRAEL (IS); IRAQ (IZ); EGYPT (EG).

SUBJECT:  IIR 6 849 0911 91/POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
(BW) EFFORTS WITH VIRAL AGENTS (U)

WARNING:  (U)  THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT
FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.  [    b.2.    ]

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                 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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DOI:  (U)  910400.

REQS:  (U)  [    b.2.    ]

SOURCE:  (U)  [   (b)(2)   ] INFORMATION WHICH HAS GENERALLY 
PROVEN TO BE RELIABLE.

SUMMARY:    THE FOLLOWING IS AN ASSESSMENT FROM [      (b)(1) sec 
1.3(a)(4)    ] ABOUT THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRUSES AS 
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW) AGENTS IN IRAQ.

TEXT:  1.    AN ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE INDICATES THAT 
THE EXTENT AND QUANTITY OF RESEARCH IN THE VIROLOGY FIELD IN IRAQ 
DURING THE 1970S AND 1980S COULD SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF VIRUSES AS 
BW AGENTS.  BY THE 198OS, IRAQ PROBABLY HAD THE CAPABILITY
TO PRODUCE VIRUSES FOR THIS USE, HOWEVER, IT IS NOT ASSESSED THAT 
THEY HAVE BEEN WEAPONIZED.
2. [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]


3.    IRAQ HAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO PRODUCE VIRAL BW 
AGENTS.  IT PRODUCES, AT FULL INDUSTRIAL SCALE, A NUMBER OF HUMAN 
AND VETERINARY VIRAL VACCINES, INCLUDING THOSE FOR VARIOLA MAJOR 
AND FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE (FMD).  BECAUSE THE VACCINE PLANT
IN DAURA, NEAR BAGHDAD, PRODUCES LARGE QUANTITIES OF FMD VACCINE, 
IT COULD PLAY A ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRAL BW AGENTS.

4.[      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]



5.   [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]






6. [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]


7.    IRAQ CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE LARGE 
QUANTITIES OF VIRUSES. HOWEVER, IT COULD ACHIEVE A FAIRLY LARGE 
PRODUCTION CAPACITY SOON USING EGGS.  THE THREE MOST LIKELY VIRAL
BW AGENTS (ASSESSMENT ONLY) ARE CCHF, ENCEPHALITIS, AND POX.

COMMENTS: (1()  NONE.

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