Subject: IRAQI BW/CW 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. JAN 91 THE FOLLOWING ARE SEVEN SITES WHICH ARE LIKELY CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPON STORAGE AREAS: --QAYYARH (LONGITUDE 43 DEGS 18' EAST AND LATITUDE 35 DEGS 48' NORTH) --AL-TAQADDUM UNABLE TO LOCATE THIS POSITION ON AVAILABLE MAPS OF THE REGION. AL-TAQADDUM IS LOCATED NEAR AL MAWSIL (LONGITUDE 43 DEGS 10' EAST AND LATITUDE 36 DEGS 25' NORTH) --TALLIL AVAILABLE MAPS OF THE REGION. TALLIL IS LOCATED NEAR KARKUK (LONGITUDE 44 DEGS 25' EAST AND LATITUDE 35 DEGS 27' NORTH) --SHARQAT (LONGITUDE 43 DEGS 14' EAST AND LATITUDE 35 DEGS 31' 50" NORTH) --SALMAN PAK (LONGITUDE 44 DEGS 35' EAST AND LATITUDE 33 DEGS 06' 30" NORTH) --TAJ I ( LOCATED AT LONGITUDE 43 DEGS 27' EAST AND LATITUDE 34 DEGS 55' 03" NORTH) --QUBAYSAH (LONGITUDE 42 DEGS 40' EAST AND 33 DEGS 35' NORTH) 10. ALL OF THE ABOVE STORAGE AREAS ARE LOCATED UNDERGROUND AND ARE PROTECTED BY 12 LAYERS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE TO RESIST DIRECT HITS FROM AN AIR ATTACK. ALL OF THE STORAGE AREAS ARE DEFENDED BY SOVIET MADE ZSU-23 AND ZSU-24 ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. SOME OF THESE FACILITIES ARE ALSO DEFENDED BY SOVIET T-54 OR T-55 TANKS AS WELL AS SPECIAL FORCES TO PREVENT GROUND ATTACKS. THE SITES ARE ALSO EQUIPPED WITH UNDER GROUND REFRIGERATORS TO STORE THE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. END OF MESSAGE 1.5 (c) 64829:64829First Page |Prev Page |Next Page |Src Image
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