{"id":743,"date":"2018-05-16T20:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T20:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=743"},"modified":"2020-01-20T13:54:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T13:54:13","slug":"iraq-weapons-of-mass-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/iraq-weapons-of-mass-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq &#038; Weapons of Mass Destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>The fifth president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was internationally known for his use of chemical weapons in the 1980s against Iranian and Kurdish civilians during and after the Iran\u2013Iraq War. In the 1980s he pursued an extensive biological weapons program and a nuclear weapons program, though no nuclear bomb was built.<\/p>\n<p>President Bush said that the biggest regret of his presidency was &#8220;the intelligence failure&#8221; in Iraq, while the Senate Intelligence Committee found in 2008 that his administration &#8220;misrepresented the intelligence and the threat from Iraq&#8221;. A key CIA informant in Iraq admitted that he lied about his allegations, &#8220;then watched in shock as it was used to justify the war&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The following is a list of documents pertaining to Iraq &amp; Weapons of Mass Destriction (WMDs).<\/p>\n<h3>Document Archive<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/iraq\/iraqchemweaprecovered-2018.pdf\">Iraq: Chemical\u00a0Weapons Continue to be Recovered, April 4, 2006<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <strong>After 2018 MDR Review on\u00a0<\/strong>9 May 2018 &#8211; [ 22 Pages, 2.3MB ] &#8211;\u00a0This assessment provides an overview of the chemical munitions recovered in Iraq since May\u00a02004 and examines the possible location and ramifications of residual pre-1991 Gulf War Iraqi\u00a0chemical weapons. This first link is the 2018 release after an MDR review I requested in the same year.\u00a0 Sadly, a few redaction citations changed, and very little changed in the report, however, they did declassify the existence of the\u00a0Single 152-mm Binary Sarin Cannon Projectile, which was classified in the previous release. (See below for 2014 release).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/iraq\/iraqchemweaprecovered.pdf\">Iraq: Chemical\u00a0Weapons Continue to be Recovered, April 4, 2006<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <strong>Previous 2014 Release on\u00a0<\/strong>21 August 2014 &#8211; [ 23\u00a0Pages, 0.7MB ]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/Iraq\/iraqwmd2004.pdf\">Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq&#8217;s WMD&#8217;s &#8211; 30 September 2004 [ 248 Pages ]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/iraq\/iraqcontinuingwmd.pdf\">Iraq\u2019s Continuing Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction, October 2002<\/a>\u00a0(Unclassified Version)\u00a0[27 Pages, 0.7MB] &#8211; \u00a0This document was released publicly, however, there was a classified version which the CIA conveniently did not include during the processing of\u00a0this FOIA request. I then\u00a0filed for a copy (and Mandatory Declassification Review [MDR]) for the other version and after a few months, received a much less redacted version of the record than was previously declassified in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/iraq\/iraq-wmd-nie-01-2015.pdf\">Iraq\u2019s Continuing Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction, October 2002<\/a>\u00a0(Classified\u00a0Version)\u00a0[98 Pages, 0.7MB] &#8211; \u00a0A Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) was completed in late December of 2014, and released to The Black Vault in January of 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>End of WMD Search &#8211; Iraq Survey Group Report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Iraq Survey Group (ISG) was a fact-finding mission sent by the multinational force in Iraq after the 2003 invasion of Iraq to find the weapons of mass destruction alleged to be possessed by Iraq that had been the main ostensible reason for the invasion. Its final report is commonly referred to as the Duelfer Report. It consisted of a 1,400-member international team organized by the Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency to hunt for the alleged stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and biological agents, and any supporting research programs and infrastructure that could be used to develop WMD.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/Comp_Report_Key_Findings.pdf\">Click here to read the Duelfer report&#8217;s key findings (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/iraq_wmd1.pdf\">Click here to read Vol. 1 of the report (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/iraq_wmd2.pdf\">Click here to read Vol. 2 (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/Iraqs_WMD_Vol3.pdf\">Click here to read Vol. 3 (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background The fifth president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was internationally known for his use of chemical weapons in the 1980s against Iranian and Kurdish civilians during and after the Iran\u2013Iraq War. In the 1980s he pursued an extensive biological weapons program and a nuclear weapons program, though no nuclear bomb was built. 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