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SUBJECT:  AFMIC WEEKLY WIRE 02-91 (U)





1. GENERAL

(U) THIS MESSAGE CONSISTS OF SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, AND GENERAL

MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A TIMELY SUMMARY OF

CURRENT INTELLIGENCE FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS. THE REMARKS ARE

PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO REVISION AND DO NOT NECESSARILY

REPRESENT

AN AGREED DOD POSITION. CLINICAL REVIEW HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE

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2.         TABLE OF CONTENTS (U)

    A. IRAQ: ADMISSION OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS POSSESSION AND INTENT

FOR USE       



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3.        INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS (U)

    A.        IRAQ: ADMISSION OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS POSSESSION AND

INTENT FOR USE       

(U) IN TESTIMONY BEFORE THE U.S. CONGRESS AIRED BY CABLE NEWS

NETWORK

ON 20 DECEMBER 1990, FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER EDWARD HEATH

QUOTED STATEMENTS MADE TO HIM BY SADDAM HUSSEIN AT A MEETING IN

OCTOBER. ACCORDING TO HEATH, SADDAM STATED THAT "IF THE GOING GETS

HARD THEN THE BRITISH AND THE AMERICANS WILL USE ATOMIC WEAPONS

AGAINST ME, AND CHANCES ARE THAT ISRAEL WILL AS WELL, AND THE ONLY

THING I'VE GOT ARE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, AND

I SHALL HAVE TO USE THEM. I HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE."

COMMENT:        IN THE PAST, SADDAM HAS PUBLICLY HINTED THAT IRAQ HAS

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, THAT HE BELIEVED IRAQ'S ENEMIES POSSESSED THEM,

AND THAT IRAQ IS ENTITLED TO HAVE ANY WEAPON SYSTEM ITS ENEMIES

POSSESS. IF ACCURATELY QUOTED, THE PRESENT STATEMENT REPRESENTS A

CLEAR ADMISSION THAT IRAQ POSSESSES BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND WILL

USE

THEM AS SADDAM BELIEVES NECESSARY. THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INTENT

TO

USE ALSO IMPLIES THE EXISTENCE OF A DOCTRINE FOR USE. CURRENTLY, WE

HAVE NO INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SUBSTANCE OF THE DOCTRINE. THE

QUOTED STATEMENT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE U.S. AND ALLIED INTELLIGENCE

ASSESSMENT THAT IRAQ HAS OFFENSIVE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.  -







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