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Regime Strategy and WMD Timeline Events (continued)27 POL Mar-88 CW used against Kurdish city of Halabja28 NUC 1988 LIS abandoned as a uranium enrichment process29 POL Apr-1988 War of the Cities ends30 BW Apr-1988 Construction of dedicated BW agent production plant (Al Hakam) begins31 BW May 1988 BW broadened with addition of fungal toxins32 NUC mid 1988 <strong>Iraq</strong> begins magnetic-bearing centrifuge program33Construction begins on Al Athir nuclear weapons fabrication & assembly facilityunder Al Husayn project (Group 4)NUC August 198834 NUC August 1988 German engineers provide centrifuge design data35 CW August 1988 Al Muthanna stops CW agent production and focuses on research36 POL 08-Aug-88 Iran and <strong>Iraq</strong> agree to ceasefire37NovemberNUC1988Husayn Kamil takes control of combined <strong>Iraq</strong>i nuclear weapons program38NovemberBW1988Al Kindi vaccine production fermentation line moved to Al Hakam39 BW 1989 First bulk production run of Botulinum toxin at Al Hakam40 NUC Jan 1989 Office 3000 officially renamed Petrochemical Project 3 (PC-3) under Ja’far41 DS 1989 <strong>Iraq</strong> cancels BADR-2000 Contract with Egypt42 NUC Feb-90 <strong>Iraq</strong> completes one nuclear-related fireset43 POL 02-Apr-90 Saddam threatens to use binary CW against Israel if Israel attacks <strong>Iraq</strong>44 CW Apr-1990 Manufacture of Al Husayn special chemical warheads commences45 POL April 1990 Husayn Kamil gives orders to weaponize BW as quickly as possible46<strong>Iraq</strong> starts filling Al Husayn special warheads (CW) & R-400 bombs at AlCW Jun-1990Muthanna47 NUC 1990 EDC acquires carbon fiber rotors from a German supplier48<strong>Iraq</strong> arranges for a winding machine and carbon fiber (reaches Jordan JulyNUC 19901992)49 PROC 17-Jul-90 Saddam accuses neighbors of threatening <strong>Iraq</strong> via low oil prices50 PROC 18-Jul-90 Tariq ‘Aziz accuses Kuwait of stealing <strong>Iraq</strong>i oil51 CW August 1990 <strong>Iraq</strong> deploys a range of CW around <strong>Iraq</strong> before invasion of Kuwait52 POL 02-Aug-90 <strong>Iraq</strong> invades Kuwait53United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 661 establishesPOL 06-Aug-90embargo on <strong>Iraq</strong>54Al Dawrah Foot & Mouth Disease Vaccine (FMDV) plant annexed by BW forBW Sep-90agent production and virus R&D55Agricultural Water and Resources Center annexed by BW for aflatoxin productionBW Sep-902

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