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Subject: IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE CAPABILITIES
Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence
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CITE CIA 527411
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
FEBRUARY 1991
COUNTRY: IRAQ
SUBJ: IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE CAPABILITIES
2. THE CHEMICAL AGENTS HELD WITHIN THE IRAQI INVENTORY ARE
MUSTARD, SOMAN, SARIN, TABUN, PHOSGENE, CS, LEWISITE,
AND DIPHOSGENE.
COMMENT: HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHETHER ANY OF THE VARIOUS
CHEMICAL AGENTS ARE COMBINED WITHIN THE IRAQI INVENTORY.)
THERE IS A SECTION/DEPARTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
RELATED TO THE 922 PROJECT WHICH IS TASKED TO CONTINUE
RESEARCH.
3. THE VARIOUS WEAPONS WHICH CAN USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND
SPECIAL MATERIAL ARE.
1) MEDIUM AND LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY
2) AIRCRAFT
A) AIRCRAFT BOMBS OF VARIOUS KINDS
B) AERIAL SPRAYING BY AIRCRAFT
4. DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR, THE COMMAND COULD SECURE LARGE
QUANTITIES OF SPECIAL MATERIAL. AS FOR THE NUMBER OF
WEAPONS TO BE USED IN A CHEMICAL WAR WITH REGARD TO
ARTILLERY, USUALLY MEDIUM RANGE ARTILLERY ARE CHOSEN FROM
THREE ARTILLERY BATTALIONS OF ONE DIVISION. WITH REGARD TO
THE HEAVY ARTILLERY BATTALIONS, ON GENERAL COMMAND ORDERS,
THEY ARE TASKED TO USE SPECIAL MATERIAL. MOST OF THE
ARTILLERY BATTALIONS FOR THE REPUBLICAN GUARD ARE IN THE
SAME POSITION. USUALLY, SPECIAL MATERIAL IS USED BY THE 2ND
BATTALION OF 1ST CORPS, I.E. 1ST BATTALION OF THE DIVISION.
THERE IS ALSO THE CHAIN OF COMMAND FOR THE OTHER BATTALIONS
FOR ORDINARY MATERIAL AND WEAPONS WHICH ARE NOT STORED IN A
SPECIAL MANNER. THEY ARE USED IN AN ORDINARY MANNER BUT
THEY HAVE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS. THE SPECIAL MATERIAL IS
CENTRALLY STORED.
5. IRAQI AIR BASES DO NOT HAVE STORAGE FOR SPECIAL MATERIAL
NEITHER DOES THE DIVISION. EVERYTHING IS CENTRALLY STORED
IN STACKED STORAGE BELONGING TO THE ARMED FORCES GENERAL
COMMAND AND IN LOCATIONS REMOVED FROM THE ORDINARY COMMAND.
THE COMMON IMPORTANT LOCATIONS:
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