Al Naiman Production Facility
36°72'N 044°18'E
Al Naiman production facility located near Oqba, was responsible for the produciton and development of cluster bombs. The facility was built by the Chilean government at a cost of over 300 million US dollars. Approximately 500 total personnel were assigned to the al-Naiman facility. Al-Naiman was located at //geocoord--3672N04418E//, IZ, near Oqba. Oqba was rumored to be the headquarters of Iraqi biological and nuclear weapons research. Al-Naiman was considered top secret and even TECO personnel required a special clearance to enter. Al-Naiman was built between late 1986 and 1988 by unknown Chilean contractors at a cost of 300 million dollars. Construction of the facility was performed as repayment by Chile for oil provided to them by Iraq. The mission of al-Naiman State Establishment was to produce cluster bombs. Approximately 500 personnel of unknown specialties were employed at the facility. Source was not granted access clearance to Al-Naiman. This facility may have been severely damaged by Allied bombing during the war. The production of cluster bombs was given the highest priority; but the quality of production was extremely poor. Several test firings were conducted prior to the war and none were successful.
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