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Regime Strategy and WMD Timeline EventsSerial # Issue Area Date Name Short Description1 POL 1980 <strong>Iraq</strong> invades Iran2 POL 1981 Israeli Air Force bombs <strong>Iraq</strong>’s Osirak nuclear reactor3Code name Research Center 922 to produce chemical weapons (CW) agentsCW 08-Jun-81Mustard, Tabun, Sarin, and VX4<strong>Iraq</strong> Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) pursues Laser Isotope SeparationNUC 1981(LIS) for uranium enrichment5 CW 06-Aug-81 CW program reorganized (Project 922) at Al Rashad6IAEC Office of Studies and Development (OSD) established for uraniumNUC Early 1982enrichment R&D (later renamed Office 3000)7 BW 1983 BW program added to Project 922 mission8 CW 1983 First media reports of use of <strong>Iraq</strong>i CW (Mustard) against Iranian forces9 CW 1984 Media reports of the use of CW (Tabun) against Iranian forces10 NUC 1984 Al Qaim yellowcake plant commissioned11 BW 1985 BW program restarted12Iranian F4 attack on Project 922 site (later Al Muthanna State EstablishmentPOL Mid 1985- ‘Al Muthanna’)13 CW 1986 Construction of Fallujah II commenced14 POL Oct-86 Iranian SCUDs fired at MSE15 POL Nov-86 Irangate scandal in the United States (the covert supplying of missiles to Iran)16<strong>Iraq</strong> deploys significant portion of Roland Air Defense Systems to Al MuthannaPOL Late 198617Proposal to scale up BW production at MSE denied; program moved to AlBW 1987Salman18Groups 1, 2, 3 formed under Office 3000; Group 1 leaves, becomes EngineeringDesign Directorate under MICNUC April 198719 NUC April 1987 Al Husayn project formed to study requirements for weapons program20 BW Aug-87 Taji Single Cell Protein (SCP) assets relocated to bolster BW at Al Salman21Lieutentant General Husayn Kamil (HK) appointed head of new MilitaryPOL 19-Aug-87Industrialization Commission (MIC)22November Al Husayn project transfers to IAEC and later becomes Group 4 under OfficeNUC1987 300023<strong>Iraq</strong> begins construction on Electromagnetic Isotope Separation (EMIS) facilitiesat TarmiyaNUC Late 198724 BW 1988 Initial BW trials (Feb-May)25 POL Feb-1988 War of the Cities begins26DSFebruary1988<strong>Iraq</strong> receives last of 29 deliveries of 819 SCUDs from former Soviet Union(FSU)Regime Strategy and WMD Timeline Events1

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