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Impact and Implications of Chemical Weapons Use in the Iran-Iraq War, April 1988

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This Memorandum examines the degree to which chemical warfare (CW) in the Iran-Iraq conflict has been effective and discusses the factors driving decisions to develop and use chemical weapons.

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Impact and Implications of Chemical Weapons Use in the Iran-Iraq War, April 1988 [27 Pages, 16MB] – This document is highlighted where new information was released from my MDR request. The previous release was in 2010. The Black Vault’s release below was in March 2020.

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This post was published on October 29, 2020 2:18 pm

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