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SERIAL:  (U)  IIR 2 201 1861 95. 
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SUBJECT:  IIR 2 201 1861 95/NEWLY DISCLOSED IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 
PROGRAM (U). 


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WARNING:  (U)  THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED 
INTELLIGENCE.  
 
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IRAQI DISCLOSURE CONCERNING THEIR OFFENSIVE BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 
PROGRAM. 
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A.           THE AMOUNT OF BOTULINUM TOXIN AND ANTHRAX DECLARED 
[b.1. sec. 1.5.c.]     WAS ONLY ONE-TENTH OF THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY 
PREPARED. 
B.            IRAQ WEAPONIZED BOTH BOTULINUM TOXIN AND ANTHRAX. 
WEAPON SYSTEMS INCLUDE MISSILES, BOMBS, AND ARTILLERY - NFI. 
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D.         THE IRAQIS ORIGINALLY DECLARED THAT ALL BIOLOGICAL 
WARFARE MATERIAL WAS DESTROYED IN SEPTEMBER 1990.  THE NEW 
STATEMENTS INDICATE THAT THIS MATERIAL WAS NOT DESTROYED UNTIL 
SOMETIME IN 1991.  THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE INDICATION IF THIS BW 
MATERIAL INCLUDED BW AGENTS AS WELL AS THE ABOVE STATED WEAPONS 
SYSTEMS.   [b.1. sec 1.5.c.]                          THIS MEANS THAT 
THE BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 
AGENTS WERE DESTROYED SOMETIME DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM). 
2.  [b.1. sec 1.5.c.]
INDICATE THAT THEY LYOPHILIZED ANTHRAX IN ORDER TO MAKE IT IN A DRY 
FORM.  THE IRAQIS RESEARCHED BOTH ANTHRAX SPORES AND THE ORGANISM, 
BACILLUS ANTHRACIS, AS OFFENSIVE AGENTS. [b.1. sec 1.5.c.]




3.                    THE IRAQIS INVESTIGATED BOTULINUM TOXIN IN BOTH 
LIQUID AND PRECIPITATE FORM. [b.1. sec. 1.5.c.[


THE IRAQIS HAD A WELL DEVELOPED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORT). 
4.               THE ORGANISM THAT CAUSES WHEAT RUST WAS ALSO 
INVESTIGATED BY THE IRAQIS    [b.1. sec 1.5.c.]


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