Written question asked by Countess of Mar (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 November 1997. It was answered by Lord Gilbert (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 November 1997.

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Gilbert, RtHonLord

Question

Whether the report in the Guardian of 6 August 1997 that "only 35 of 98 Scuds launched by Iraq were destroyed" during the Gulf War is correct, and in how many of the Scud missiles which may have penetrated Allied Air Defence Systems were chemical or biological agents detected. - Will write,

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

583 c21WA

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Chemical and biological warfare Chemical weapons Biological weapons Iraq Iraq-Kuwait conflict Guided weapons

Contains statistics

Yes