1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-129 FUpdated September 4, 1998Iraqi Chemical & Biological Weapons (CBW)CapabilitiesSteve BowmanSpecialist in National DefenseForeign Affairs and National Defense DivisionSummarySince 1991, the
2、 United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) has destroyedover 38,000 filled and unfilled chemical weapons (CW) munitions, 690 metric tons ofCW agents, 3,000 metric tons of CW precursor chemicals, and over 400 pieces of CWproduction equipment. The Iraqi government maintains that all its chemical andb
3、iological weapons (CBW) arsenal and production capability has been destroyed eitherby UNSCOM or in 1991 by the Iraqis themselves in unauthorized activities whichviolated U.N. Security Council Resolution 687. UNSCOM maintains that Iraq has notprovided verification of this destruction, and has a subst
4、antial record of deception andomission in its CBW declarations to the United Nations. British and U.S. intelligencereports in February 1998 and the UNSCOM report to the Security Council in April 1998assert that Iraq has not accounted for and may still possess a significant CBW capability,including:
