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Subject: IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS FACILITIES  
Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence 
TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN 
REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN 
TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF 
THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON 
REQUEST. 
6. IN 1978 THERE WERE FEW BUILDINGS AT THE SALMAN PAK 
FACILITY, -HOWEVER, THE STATE COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION 
CONSTRUCTED A LARGE NUMBER OF TWO TO THREE STORY STRUCTURES 
AT THE SITE BETWEEN 1981 AND 1983. 
7. A BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS FACILITY WAS     I  LOCATED AT THE 
VETERINARY MEDICAL FACTORY IN THE EL AMAR IYE SUBURB OF 
BAGHDAD, 200 M SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 10, JUST EAST OF THE 
VETERINARY COLLEGE, AND JUST BEFORE THE CHECK POINT TO ABU 
GHURAYB. 
                                THE FACILITY HAD 
SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED A SUPPLY OF A VERY 
STRONG CHOLERA BIOLOGICAL-WARFARE AGENT, WHICH WAS NO LONGER 
STORED AT THE FACILITY AS OF 1991. 
                               THE FACILITY BELONGED TO THE 
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE BUT HAD BEEN PLACED UNDER THE 
CONTROL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S SON, ((UDAY)) SADDAM HUSAYN.  
THE FACILITY WAS SUBORDINATE TO, AND ENJOYED CLOSE LIAISON 
WITH, THE SALMAN PAK BIOLOGICAL WARFARE COMPLEX.  
THE U-SHAPED VETERINARY MEDICAL FACTORY WAS BADLY DAMAGED 
DURING THE GULF WAR, 
                               AS OF          1991, THE 
FACILITY BUILDING WAS EMPTY AND NOT   IN OPERATION. 
8. THE AQABA ESTABLISHMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BIOLOGICAL 
WARFARE.  PROJECTS 400 AND 600.  THE ESTABLISHMENT WAS 
LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF (33-14 N, 44-20E) NEAR THE TOWN 
OF AL YUSIFIYA, ABOUT-20 KMS SOUTH OF BAGHDAD ALONG THE ROAD 
To AL HILLAH, AND ABOUT ONE KM WEST OF  THE HIGHWAY. THE 
DIRECTOR. OF THE AQABA ESTABLISHMENT WAS BRIGADIER GENERAL 
ABDEL' FATAH (.(MAHMUD)). THE FACILITY CONSISTED   OF 
NUMEROUS  LARGE BUILDINGS, AND ENTRY WAS STRICTLY 
CONTROLLED. 
9.  CONSTRUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROJECTS 400 
(MANUFACTURE OF ARTILLERY SHELLS FOR BIOLOGICAL WARFARE) AND 
600 (BABY MILK-FACTORY) HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED BEFORE 1990. 
 
ENTRANCE TO BOTH PROJECTS WAS STRICTLY CONTROLLED. - WORKERS 
AT SALMAN PAK AND PROJECT 600 WERE REQUIRED TO WEAR GAS 
MASKS AND POLYETHYLENE PROTECTIVE GEAR. 
10. PROJECT 400 WAS A LARGE PLANT WITH AN AIR-COOLED        
CHILLER, SIMILAR TO THAT USED ON RAILROAD TRAINS. THE PLANT 
PRODUCED PARTS FOR BIOLOGICAL BOMBS. 
11. PROJECT 600 WAS    INITIALLY CONSTRUCTED TO PROCESS      
MILK, BUT WAS NEVER USED FOR THAT FUNCTION.  THE FACILITY 
WAS CONVERTED (DATE UNKNOWN) TO MAKE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS; AND 
MANY NEW LARGE, STEEL BUILDINGS (EACH SEVEN TO EIGHT METERS 
HIGH WERE BUILT 
PROJECT 600'S   PRODUCTION 
            EQUIPMENT WAS REMOVED IN MAY 1991. 
 
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