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handle is hein.crs/crsmthaaavh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS21376 Updated March 25, 2003 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Capable Missiles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Andrew Feickert Analyst in National Defense Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Summary This report addresses Iraq's missile and UAV programs and their employment of missiles against Coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The UN supervised the destruction of a number of Al Samoud 2 missiles, but some of these missiles may be deployed with Iraqi forces. Intelligence sources estimate that Iraq has illegally retained up to 20 Al Hussein SCUD variant missiles and has fired a number of Ababil-100 missiles at coalition targets. Iraq has also been accused of modifying L-29 Czech jet trainers to be used as UAVs to disseminate chemical or biological agents. This report will be updated as events warrant. Additional information is provided in CRS Issue Brief IB92117, Iraq: Weapons, Threat, Compliance, Sanctions, and U.S. Policy and CRS Report RL31671, Iraq: UN Inspections for Weapons of Mass Destruction. Iraq's Missile and UAV Program, 1991-1998 Since the conclusion of the Gulf War in 1991 and the subsequent imposition of United Nations Security Resolution (UNSCR) 687, United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) inspectors have either supervised the destruction of, or accounted for:1 * 817 of 819 Russian-supplied SCUD missiles; * 19 transporter/erector/ launchers (TELs); and * 30 chemical/biological warheads. Prior to the first Gulf War, Iraq experimented with a variety of ballistic missiles, most based on the proven SCUD design, with ranges from 900 to 2,500 kms. Missiles such as the Al Abid, Tammouz I, and Badr-2000 have been developed with varying Congressional Research Service + The Library of Congress 1 Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs, U.S. Government White Paper, February 13, 1998, p. 11.

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