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. 91 1. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING INTERAGENCY-COORDINATE INFORMATION ON BW TARGETS IN IRAQ. 2. CBW UPDATE: BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN STORED AT MILITARY FACILITIES ACROSS IRAQ. FOR EXAMPLE, BW WARHEADS HAVE BEEN STORED AT THE TAJI MISSILE FACILITY THE IRAQIS HAVE WEAPONIZED BW AGENTS INTO AT LEAST AERIAL BOMBS AND MISSILE WARHEADS. ALTHOUGH BOTULINUM TOXIN AND ANTHRAX ARE CONFIRMED IRAQI BW AGENTS, WE BELIEVE IRAQ MAY HAVE WEAPONIZED OTHER BW AGENTS AS WELL. (A) AT-TAJI MILITARY FACILITY THE IRAQIS HAVE BURIED ARTICLES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THIS FACILITY. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY RECENTLY BURIED SPECIAL WEAPONS ALONG WITH GARBAGE IN THE WASTE TREATMENT AREA OF THE TAJI FACILITY BW MISSILE WARHEADS MIGHT BE FOUND UNDERGROUND AT THIS KEY MISSILE FACILITY. CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN IN EXAMINING ANY MUNITIONS FOUND HERE. (B) SALMAN PAK BW RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION FACILITY -- THIS WAS IRAQ'S PRIMARY BW FACILITY BEFORE THE WAR. ALTHOUGH THE FACILITY WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED DURING THE WAR, IT IS STILL OF MAJOR INTEREST. KEY AREAS INCLUDE THE REMAINING BUNKERS AND THE HIGH CONTAINMENT BUILDING. DESIGNED FOR WORK ON HIGHLY INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS. C) K-3 AIRFIELD AT HAQLANIYAH -- THERE ARE SEPARATELY SECURED REVETTED BUILDINGS LOCATED FROM K-3 AIRFIELD. WE BELIEVE THAT THESE BUILDINGS HAVE STORED BW MUNITIONS IN THE PAST. WE WOULD EXPECT THAT ANY BW MUNITIONS WOULD NOW BE BURIED UNDERGROUND. (D) THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VACCINE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT, AL DURA IT IS LOCATED SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, ABOUT 20 KM FROM THE CITY CENTER. IT AS A MAXIMUM CONTAINMENT FACILITY. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF VIRUSES FOR THE BW PROGRAM. (E) THE AL-HUKM PLANT, BABIL GOVERNATE -- THIS FACILITY IS LOCATED ON THE EUPHRATES RIVER TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BAGHDAD. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF BW AGENT SUCH AS BOTULINUM TOXIN. (G) AL-KINDI COMPANY, ABU GHRAIB -- WE BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE SUPPLIED CLOSTRIDIUM VACCINE PLANT LOCATED IN ABU GHRAIB. THE COALITION FORCES DESTROYED THIS FACILITY DURING THE WAR. THE PLANT WAS PROBABLY THE SITE OF BOTULINUM TOXIN PRODUCTION. (H) SERA AND VACCINE INSTITUTE. BAGHDAD -- IT IS PROBABLY THE ABU GHRAIB SERUM AND VACCINE PLANT. (I) BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT -- THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH BW- RELATED RESEARCH. (K) AL MANSURIYAH STORAGE FACILITY -- THIS STORAGE FACILITY CONSISTS OF ABOUT 20 BUNKERED STORAGE BUILDINGS BUILT INTO A HILLSIDE. WE BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS STORED BW AGENTS IN THE PAST WE NOW WOULD EXPECT THAT ANY BW MUNITIONS WOULD BE STORED UNDERGROUND AT THIS SITE. D. ON THE TOXICITY QUESTION, WE HAVE SOME DATA FROM A TOXICITY HANDBOOK. DIETHYLAMINE IS DESCRIBED AS MODERATELY TOXIC BY INGESTION, INHALATION OR SKIN CONTACT. IT IS A SEVERE EYE IRITANT. EXPOSURE TO STRONG VAPOR CAN CAUSE SEVERE COUGH AND CHEST PAIN. CONTACT WITH LIQUID (OR DROPLETS) CAN DAMAGE EYES, POSSIBLY PERMANENTLY. CONTACT WITH SKIN CAN CAUSE NECROSIS AND VESTICULATION. FOR INHALATION (PRESUMABLY THE MAIN CONCERN FOR EXPOSURE AT SOME DISTANCE), THE HANDBOOK GIVES TWO NUMBERS, AN LC50 OF 5,000 MG/CUBIC METER OF AIR FOR MAMMAL AND AN LC50 OF 4.000 PPM/4H FOR RATS. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND COMPARABLE DATA FOR XYLEDENE. THE HANDBOOK INDICATES THAT XYLIDINE (AMINODIMETHYLBENZENE, OR AMINOZYLENEL IS TOXIC BY INGESTION, BY INHALATION, AND BY SKIN CONTACT AND THAT THE TLV IS 2 PPM IN AIR. END OF MESSAGE 1.5 (c) 65717:65717First Page |Prev Page |Next Page |Src Image
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