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Regime Strategy and WMD Timeline Events (continued)56BWNov-1990<strong>Iraq</strong>’s declared start date for Mirage F-1 drop tank CW spray conversion (forBW)57NovemberDS1990MIG-21 Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) Conversion project initiated58 BW Dec-1990 1st flight test of Mirage F-1 CW spray drop tank system (for BW)59 NUC Jan-91 Work on uranium metal casting initiated at Al Athir60 BW Jan-1991 R-400, 400A BW bombs sent to Airstrip 37 and Al ‘Aziziyah firing range61NUC Early 1991Tarmiya EMIS equipment commissioned; <strong>Iraq</strong> testing a gas centrifuge usingcarbon fiber rotor62After Kuwait invasion, <strong>Iraq</strong> resumes work on a 50-machine centrifuge cascade,NUC Early 1991as part of a “crash” nuclear program63 DS 12-Jan-91 MIG-21 RPV flight from Al Rashid Air Base64 CBW 15-Jan-91 MIC orders evacuation to safety of all assets & dangerous materials65Mirage F1 droptank deployed to Al ‘Ubaydi with anthrax spores at airfieldBW 15-Jan-91out-station66 BW 15-Jan-91 <strong>Iraq</strong> deploys 25 BW warheads67 POL 17-Jan-91 Gulf War (Desert Storm) begins68 POL Feb 1991 Sources warn that <strong>Iraq</strong> will use WMD if territorial integrity threatened69 POL 28-Feb-91 Gulf War ends70 POL March 1991 All but two <strong>Iraq</strong>i provinces in revolt71<strong>Iraq</strong> uses CS and nerve agent-filled bombs on Shi’a in Najaf and KarbalaPOL March 1991(nerve bombs fail to operate)72 DS April 1991 MIG-21 RPV Program discontinued post Desert Storm73 NUC Early 1991 Qusay, Husayn Kamil order nuclear documents and equipment hidden74 BW 01-Apr-91 Single-Cell Protein (SCP) and Bio-pesticide (BT) decided as cover for Hakam75 POL 03-Apr-91 UNSCR 687 demands disarmament and compensation fund financed by <strong>Iraq</strong>76 NUC April 1991 Centrifuge development ceases after UNSCR 68777Mid AprilPOLRegime begins denial and deception program199178 POL April 1991 Husayn Kamil orders retention of 85 SCUD missiles79Husayn Kamil orders elimination of evidence of offensive BW program, butPOL April 1991BW weapons remain in situ at deployment sites80 POL 18-Apr-91 <strong>Iraq</strong> responds to UNSCR 687 with incomplete WMD declaration81 BW 18-Apr-91 <strong>Iraq</strong> letter to UN Secretary General (UNSG) denies BW program8283NUCNUC27-Apr-91Late May1991<strong>Iraq</strong> declares safeguarded material and Al Qaim yellowcake production toUN/IAEAPC-3 sites ordered to hand over materials, equipment and documents to theSecurity Apparatus for the Protection of Military Industrialization Establishments(SAP) prior to inspections to avoid detectionRegime Strategy and WMD Timeline Events3

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