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061896_cia_63894_63894_01.txt

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Subject: IRAQI 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.
COUNTRY: IRAQ/INTERNATIONAL
SUBJ:    1. DETAILS OF IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE RELATED FACILITY
NEAR MOSUL
DOI:           1990
SUMMARY: A CHEMICAL WARFARE RELATED FACILITY IS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY 30 KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF THE IRAQI CITY OF MOSUL.
THE FACILITY PRODUCES
CHEMICAL MATERIALS AND CHEMICAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
IN ONE
BUILDING IN THE COMPLEX, TECHNICIANS WERE SEEN MIXING WHITE AND
YELLOW-COLORED POWDERS TOGETHER. PORTIONS OF THE FACILITY EMIT A
STRONG SULFUR-LIKE ODOR AT NIGHT. 
TEXT: 1. AN IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) RELATED FACILITY LOCATED
NEAR MOSUL INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES:
D. THE MEDICAL DISPENSARY.
H. A TWO-STORY CHEMICAL MIXING BUILDING.
I. A ONE-STORY POWER GENERATING PLANT FOR THE CHEMICAL
MIXING BUILDING.
2. MISSION AND LOCATION. THIS IRAQ CW RELATED FACILITY IS
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF MOSUL
THE FACILITY PRODUCES A
VARIETY OF CHEMICAL MATERIALS INCLUDING UNSPECIFIED TYPES OF CHEMICAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.          THE
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT COMPLIES WITH U.S. MILITARY STANDARDS
THE MEDICAL STAFF PROVIDES ROUTINE PHYSICALS
AND FIRST AID TREATMENT WHEN NECESSARY. ONE OF THE DOCTORS MENTIONED
THAT HIS STAFF OCCASIONALLY TAKES BLOOD SAMPLES TO DETERMINE A
WORKER'S BLOOD COUNT.
B. A CHEMICAL MIXING FACILITY IS LOCATED IN THE LOWER
LEVEL OF A TWO-STORY CONCRETE BUILDING MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 100
METERS IN LENGTH BY 50 METERS IN WIDTH. THIS FACILITY IS EQUIPPED
WITH SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL AND LABORATORY TYPE SCALES OR BALANCES, AND
TECHNICIANS WERE OBSERVED MIXING A WHITE POWDERY MATERIAL WITH A
YELLOWISH POWDER. OFFICES AND STORAGE AREAS OCCUPY THE SECOND FLOOR
OF THIS BUILDING. DURING EVENING HOURS AND AT NIGHT A STRONG ROTTEN
EGG-LIKE OR SULFUR ODOR SEEMS TO EMANATE FROM THE VICINITY OF THIS
BUILDING. THE ODOR IS NEVER PRESENT DURING THE DAY.
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