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chemical warfare experts, has
been heavily involved in the
manufacture of these deadly
weapons, primarily at its huge
chemical plant at Samarra,
which is capable of producing
more than a thousand tons of
chemicals a year.
One weapons expert for a
pro-Israel group here said that
the Iraq example points up
some of the difficulties in
restricting the proliferation of
these weapons. "The Iraqis in-
sist that the plant produces fer-
tilizer," he says. "We know that
the volume of chemical
manufactured there does not
jibe with that use — but it is
also true that a country like
Iraq would have legitimate uses
for these precursor chemicals.
We also have to be•concerned
about the way friendly nations
can shift these chemicals
around among themselves. So
a load of chemicals originally
supplied to another country
may end up in Syria."
The Syrians, as well as the
Iraqis, are heavily involved in
the production of several kinds
of chemical agents, including
mustard gas and nerve gas. A
single warhead filled with nerve
gas can kill everyone within a
25 square kilometer area.
And, more ominously, the
systems designed to deliver
these substances are becoming
more powerful and more
sophisticated. Already, the
population centers of Israel are
all within the range of Syrian
rockets that can be fitted with
chemical warheads. In a few
years, Israel's cities will be en-
dangered by intermediate
range missiles owned by coun-
tries like Libya.
Sources in Washington
familiar with the chemical war-
fare issue express frustration
about two points. In the rush
of news about the Middle East,
the increasing threat of
chemical, biological, and
nuclear technologies is receiv-
ing scant attention within the
administration, in Congress, or
in the media, they say. This ap-
parent lack of interest con-
tinues despite the escalating
tensions in the Persian Gulf —
and the fact that, according to
a United Nations investigation,
Iraq has already used lethal
gases in its war with Iran.
"It is an under-reported
issue," said a weapons analyst
for a pro-Israel group here. "I
think that's slowly changing.
But frankly, it just hasn't been
one of our top priorities:'
There is also frustration with
the fact that it is very difficult
to prove that a nation is
stockpiling chemical weapons,
since the industrial processes
that create them are so similar
to those used for non-military
chemicals such as pesticides.
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United States and Israel were
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counterterrorism operation at-
tempting to rescue American
hostages in Beirut as part of
the Iran arms deal as early as
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hearings, but was reportedly
known to all the top national
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the Iran/Contra panels.
According to the notes, on
Sept. 17, 1985, "possible
military activities" were
discussed by then-national
security adviser Robert
McFarlane at a meeting with
Secretary of State George
Shultz, Defense Secretary
Caspar Weinberger and then-
CIA director William Casey.
McFarlane made no mention of
the Israeli shipment of 508
TOW ant-tank missiles to Iran
at the meeting, according to
the notes, only saying that
following the release of the Rev
Benjamin Weir, the hostage
releases were "not going
anywhere."
The Post writes that "a
source close to McFarlane. . .
said the former national securi-
ty adviser has no recollection of
the meeting," and that "a
source familiar with the notes
said McFarlane's reference was
to the possible rescue attempt?'
The article states that the
joint operation was designed to
locate and rescue any American
hostages who had not been
freed by the shipment of TOWs.
Only Weir was released, on
Sept. 14, 1985, by pro-Iranian
extremists in Lebanon after the
delivery of the TOWs.
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