Subject: IRAQI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence
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COUNTRY: IRAQ
SUBJ: IRAQI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION FACILITIES ASSOCIATED
WITH PC-3 IN THE GREATER BAGHDAD AREA
DOI: AUGUST 1991
DESCRIBED THE LOCATIONS OF VARIOUS IAEC FACILITIES IN
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PROGRAM KNOWN AS PC-3:
A. IN MID-JULY 1991, THE AL-DIJLA FACILITY OPENED A NEW
OFFICE IN BAGHDAD. THE OFFICE IS LOCATED NEXT TO A PARKING
AREA ON KHULAFA STREET. THE OFFICE IS ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE KHULAFA MOSQUE IN THE AREA BETWEEN AMIN SQUARE AND
WATHBA SQUARE. THE FACILITY IS JUST SOUTH OF A SECONDARY
CROSSROAD ON KHULAFA STREET AND IS MARKED WITH A SIGN THAT
READS "AL-DIJLA" IN ARABIC, AND POSSIBLY ENGLISH. THE
OFFICE IS LOCATED IN AN ELECTRICAL MARKET AREA KNOWN AS AQID
AL-NASSARA.
B. ANOTHER IAEC FACILITY IS LOCATED NEAR BAGHDAD
UNIVERSITY, JUST NORTH OF JAMIA STREET BETWEEN KAMAL JUMBLAT
SQUARE AND HURIYA SQUARE. THE FACILITY IS SITUATED NEXT TO
AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT, POSSIBLY THE ASIAN/VENETIAN
RESTAURANT.
FACILITY, IT IS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT IT MAY CONTAIN THE
IAEC
C. LOCATED NEAR BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY IS ANOTHER FACILITY
THAT HAD BEEN USED PREVIOUSLY AS AN IAEC DESIGN CENTER, AND
IS CURRENTLY USED TO STORE SECRET IAEC DOCUMENTS AND
EQUIPMENT. THE CENTER WAS ORIGINALLY USED TO FORMULATE A
DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT 8119 PLANT AT ASH SHARQAT, BASED ON
PLANS SUPPLIED BY YUGOSLAVIA FOR PROJECT 411 AT TARMIYA.
PERSONNEL ARE STATIONED AT THE FACILITY DESCRIBED AS A
"VILLA," OR HOUSE. THE OLD DESIGN CENTER IS LOCATED JUST
SOUTH OF THE AFOREMENTIONED NUCLEAR FUEL GROUP FACILITY. IT
IS ALSO OFF OF JAMIA STREET, JUST EAST OF KAMAL JUNBLAT
SQUARE. IT IS A ONE OR TWO STORY FACILITY, WITH AN
OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL, AND SEVERAL WINDOW AIR CONDITIONING
UNITS.
D. ANOTHER VILLA IN THE BAGHDAD AREA WAS USED AS A
PLACE FOR MEETING REPRESENTATIVES FROM FOREIGN FIRMS. THIS
IAEC MEETING HOUSE HAS BEEN USED FOR SUCH MEETINGS TO BOTH
LIMIT FOREIGN ACCESS TO OTHER IAEC FACILITIES AND OBVIATE
DIRECT FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT WITH THE ACTUAL IAEC/PC-3
PROJECTS AND SITES SOME NUCLEAR-
RELATED EQUIPMENT OR DOCUMENTS MAY BE HIDDEN THERE. THE
MEETING HOUSE IS LOCATED EAST OF THE TIGRIS RIVER ON AL-
RASHID STREET, JUST SOUTH OF KHARAMANA SQUARE ACROSS THE
STREET FROM THE ALI BABA HOTEL. THE HOUSE IS PROBABLY
WHITE, HAS A GARDEN AREA IN FRONT, AND IS NEAR A MARKET.
E. MANAGEMENT OFFICES FOR THE 8119 PROJECT ARE LOCATED
AT A CROSSROAD THAT CONNECTS OMAR BIN YASIR STREET AND JAMIA
STREET, NEAR THE HINDIYA CLUB. AS OF LATE 1988 OR EARLY
1989, OFFICES HERE WERE SOMEHOW ASSOCIATED WITH A "PROJECT
FOR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT." IT IS A TWO STORY BUILDING,
DESCRIBED AS A HOUSE, WITHOUT A GARDEN AREA IN FRONT. THERE
IS A DISTANCE OF ONLY ONE-HALF METER BETWEEN THE STREET OR
SIDEWALK AREA AND THE BUILDING'S ENTRANCE. THE HOUSE IS
RELATIVELY OLD.
2. SOME EQUIPMENT,
INCLUDING PRESSES AND OTHER MACHINING EQUIPMENT (NFI), HAD
BEEN HIDDEN BY THE IRAQIS IN A GROVE OF TREES NEAR THE DORA
REFINERY SOUTH OF BAGHDAD. THE GROVE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF
THE REFINERY NEAR THE DORA EXPRESSWAY. AS OF LATE JULY
1991, THE EQUIPMENT WAS STILL IN PLACE AND COULD BE
PARTIALLY SEEN FROM THE EXPRESSWAY.
ACQ: AUGUST 1991).
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