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Baghdad briefs UN Secretary-General

Iraq possesses hundreds of tons of nerve gas, 105 Scuds
UNITED NATIONS Apr. 20: Iraq told the United Nations it possessed hundreds of tonnes of nerve and mustard gases and 105 scud-type missiles including 30 with chtmlcal warhead, according to documents obtained by rcutcr on Friday.
Some of the nerve gas. called sarin, is contained in Thousands of shells, short-range missiles and aerial bombs as well as In bulk storage, the documents said.
Iraq also reported possession of 650 Tonnes of another type of nerve Gas called Tabun along with large quantities of mustard gas in aerial kbombs and artillery shells.
The letter was Iraq's first step towards compling with U.N. demands to dcstory the missiles it fired against Israel and Saudi Arabia In the gulf war and the chemical weapons it is alleged to have kused against Iran and Iraqi kurds.
As required by a Security Council Resolution adopted Earlier this month.lt sent a letter to the united nations Saying ft still had ballistic misIles and chemical weapons. Thus Setting in motion a complicated clock that could see the Destructjn of these weapons in about two months.
Hussein gave listings and locations of chemical weapons and ballistic missiles in his letter but said Iraq did not possess any biological weapons, which the Security Council also ordered destroyed.
On nuclear "weapons, the foreign Minister said all Iraq's atomic materials were used for peaceful purposes and had al ready been put under safeguards of the international Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said: they declare no nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons-us-ablc material or other related facilities or activities. Wc don’t think that response is statis-factory.
Other U.S. officials said they were certain Iraq had highly enriched uranium supplied by France and the Soviet Union which could be used for unclear weapons.
In an implied threat to force Iraq to comply with council resolutions, the sanctions committee of the Security Council made no immediate decision at a closed-door meeting on frlday on Baghdad s request to be allowed to sell nearly one billion Dollars worth of oil to pay for food and other goods it says fl urgently needs.
The committee Is expected to wait until it becomes clear that Iraq will ot impede a plan by the United states. Britain and France to set up protected camps for Kurdish and other Refugees, diplomats said..
Neverthliss, the list presented by Iraq was substantial, and according to one Soviet diplomat showed Iraq’s will ingess to comply with the U.N. resolution.
Hussein said Baghdad's arsenal contains 51 Al-Husscin upgraded scud-tyupc missiles with a range of 400 miles (640
k.m.)and one Scud missile with a range of 32-180 mflcs(52-290km.).
In addition, it has five Scud-type conventional warheads. 18- Al-Husscin-type conventional warheads and another
30 with chemical warheads.
Iraq also said It had four missile launchers and gave their locations, two mobic missile ercctiors, 28 fixed platforms for ballistic missiles In what It called its western zone and four missile platforms In the same area.
On chemical weapons, the documents listed the nerve gases sarin and Tabun, which kill after a few minutes when the lungs kno longer work, but they can be dtssiplatcd In the air,depending on temperature and winds.
The letter said Iraq had 6,920 artillery shells filled with Sarin Another 2.500 Sarin were under the debris of a levelled storehouse, as were 200 Sarin-filled aerial bombs. Iraq also reported possession of 650 tonnes of Tabun along with large quantities of mustard gas in aerial bombs and artillery shells.
It said that five research and development sites for chemical weapons had been destroyed, prcsumabl by allied bombing In the gulf war.