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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2019
• Case Number: F-2018-02388
• Publication Date: May 16, 2002

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Iraq: Seeking To Expand CW Production Capability
Iraq in the past three years has sought foreign equipment and chemicals
that would give it the capability to produce chemical warfare (Cli9
agents for a limited strategic stockpile,
Al Tareq probably is connected to Iraq's CW program and could be
converted quickly to CW precursor production.
Iraq is trying to procure precursor chemicals,
probably to replenish its pre�Gulf war CW precursor stockpile and to
restore its ability to produce nerve agents. Iraqi entities have sought dual-
use precursors in the EU, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia, but the
status of the negotiations and the intended use of the materials are
unknown.
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