Subject: POSSIBLE LOCATION OF SCUD MISSILES IN BAGHDAD
Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence
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DIRECTOR 961163
DIST: 01 NOVEMBER 1991
COUNTRY: IRAQ
SUBJ: POSSIBLE LOCATION OF SCUD MISSILES IN BAGHDAD
DOI: 1991
AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF SCUD MISSILES WITH CHEMICAL
WARHEADS HAVE BEEN BURIED IN A GRAVEYARD BEHIND A MOSQUE IN
CENTRAL BAGHDAD. THE TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR LAUNCHERS (TEL)
FOR THE MISSILES HAVE BEEN BURIED IN THE BAGHDAD AL-JADIDAH
SECTION OF THE CITY.
2. THE MISSILES ARE BURIED IN THE 'ABD AL- SALAAM MUHAMMAD
ARIF CEMETARY, WHICH IS LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE UM AL-
TABUL MOSQUE. THE MOSQUE AND CEMETARY ARE ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF THE CLOVER LEAF FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF
THE AIRPORT EXPRESSWAY AND AL-JINUB STREET. THE CEMETARY IS
APPROXIMATELY 750 METERS DEEP BY 450 METERS WIDE.
3. THE TEL'S ARE BURIED IN A LARGE OPEN AREA IN BAGHDAD AL-
JADIDAH.
PREPARATION FOR BURIAL OF BOTH THE MISSILES AND THE TELS
BEGAN BEFORE THE FIRST UNITED NATIONS INSPECTION TEAM
ARRIVED IN IRAQ.
ACQ: 1991.
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