Subject: IRAQI ENRICHED URANIUM 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. SEP 91 DIRECTOR 904998 ----------------------- COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: IRAQI PRODUCTION OF ENRICHED URANIUM DOI: FEBRUARY - EARLY SEPTEMBER 1991 TEXT: 1. BEFORE THE GULF WAR, THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT WAS SECRETLY PRODUCING 140-150 KILOGRAMS OF NON-ENRICHED URANIUM PER YEAR. THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT IMPORTED AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF RAW URANIUM FROM THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA. A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RAW URANIUM WAS ALSO MINED IN THE AL- KASHAT REGION OF IRAQ IN THE VICINITY OF AL-KAINI CITY NEAR THE SYRIAN BORDER. THE RAW URANIUM FROM THESE SOURCES WAS TRANSPORTED BY TRAIN TO ONE OF THREE SECRET URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITIES LOCATED IN AL TARMIA (APPROXIMATELY 60 KILOMETERS NORTH OF BAGHDAD), SINJAR (WEST OF MOSUL NEAR THE SYRIAN BORDER) AND A THIRD UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION. 2. AT THE ONSET OF THE GULF WAR, THE IRAQIS PURPOSELY DAMAGED THE STRUCTURES OF THE ENRICHMENT FACILITY AT AL- TARMIA IN ORDER TO CREATE THE APPEARANCE THAT U.S. FORCES HAD SUCCEEDED IN DESTROYING THE AL-TARMIA FACILITY. AT THE SAME TIME, IRAQI OFFICIALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AL-TARMIA FACILITY SECRETLY REMOVED UNKNOWN QUANTITIES OF SENSITIVE AND UNDAMAGED EQUIPMENT FROM THE AL-TARMIA FACILITY. THIS EQUIPMENT WAS EITHER TRANSFERRED TO BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY OR WRAPPED IN WATERPROOF CONTAINERS AND HIDDEN IN THE NEARBY TIGRIS RIVER FOR FUTURE RETRIEVAL. END OF MESSAGE 1.5(c) 65816:65816First Page |Prev Page |Next Page |Src Image
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