Subject: IRAQI BW 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. JUN 91 DIRECTOR 728360 EZ1: IRAQI BW FACILITIES BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN STORED AT MILITARY FACILITIES ACROSS IRAQ. FOR EXAMPLE, BW WARHEADS HAVE BEEN STORED AT THE AL TAJI MISSILE FACILITY THE IRAQIS HAVE WEAPONIZED BW AGENTS INTO AT LEAST AERIAL BOMBS AND MISSILE WARHEADS. 1. AL TAJI MILITARY FACILITY (333223N, 441638E) THE IRAQIS HAVE BURIED ARTICLES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THIS FACILITY. FOR EXAMPLE. THE IRAQIS BURIED SPECIAL WEAPONS 2. SALMAN PAK BW RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION FACILITY (330415N, 443530E) THIS WAS IRAQ'S PRIMARY BW FACILITY BEFORE THE WAR. THE FACILITY WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED DURING THE WAR, KEY AREAS INCLUDE THE THREE REMAINING REFRIGERATED BUNKERS AND THE HIGH CONTAINMENT BUILDING, DESIGNED TO WORK ON HIGHLY INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS. THE ENGINEERING/RESEARCH AREA 3. K-3 AIRFIELD AT HAQLANIYAY (340435N, 421956E) THERE ARE FOUR SEPARATELY SECURED REVETTED BUILDINGS LOCATED TWO KMS FROM K-3 AIRFIELD. WE BELIEVE THESE BUILDINGS HAVE STORED BW MUNITIONS IN THE PAST. THE BUILDINGS ARE PHYSICALLY SEPARATED BY SEVERAL KILOMETERS FROM THE LARGER AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA THAT CONSISTS OF OVER 100 BUNKERS 4. THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VACCINE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT, AL DURAH ABOUT 20 KM FROM THE CITY CENTER. MAXIMUM CONTAINMENT FACILITY. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF VIRUSES FOR THE BW PROGRAM. 5. THE AL HUKAM PLANT, BABIL GOVERNATE IS LOCATED ON THE EUPHRATES RIVER TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BAGHDAD. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF BW AGENTS SUCH AS BOTULINUM TOXIN. 6. SAMARA STATE ESTABLISHMENT FOR DRUG INDUSTRIES THIS PLANT, ALSO KNOWN AS SAMARA PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT, IS THE LARGET SINGLE PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT IN IRAQ AND IS INTACT. THE PLANT PRODUCES THE MAJOR PROPORTION OF IRAQ'S PHARMACEUTICALS. IT HAS CONSIDERABLE DUAL-USE 7. AL KINSA COMPANY, ABU GHRAIB (331823N, 441636E) WE BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE CLOSTRIDIUM VACCINE PLANT LOCATED IN ABU GHRAIB. THE COALITION FORCES DESTROYED THIS FACILITY DURING THE WAR. THE PLAN1 WAS PROBABLY THE SITE OF BOTULINUM TOXIN PRODUCTION. 8. SERA AND VACCINE INSTITUTE, BAGHDAD IT IS PROBABLY THE ABU GHRAIB SERUM AND VACCINE PLANT. 9. BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH BW-RELATED RESEARCH. 10. THE AL HILLAH PHARMACEUTICAL FACILITY (322313N, 443232E) THIS FACILITY HAS DUAL-USE EQUIPMENT 11. AL MANSURIYAH STORAGE FACILITY THE AL MANSURIYAH STORAGE FACILITY CONTAINS 20 BUNKERED STORAGE BUILDINGS BUILT INTO A HILLSIDE. END OF MESSAGE 1.5 (c) 62845-62845First Page |Prev Page |Next Page |Src Image
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