Subject: IRAQ DOMESTIC IMPACT OF WAR 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. IRAQ: DOMESTIC IMPACT OF THE WAR JANUARY 1991 HIGHLIGHTS --STRATEGIC AND NONCONVENTIONAL WEAPONS FACILITIES HAVE BEEN THE HARDEST HIT OF IRAQ'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES. SOME OF IRAQ'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES ARE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED, BUT MANY BUILDINGS AND SUSPECT NUCLEAR SITES INTACT. IRAQ'S BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL MUNITION PRODUCTION CAPACITIES HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY COALITION AIRSTRIKES. BAGHDAD ALMOST CERTAINLY RETAINS THE ABILITY TO USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AT THE TUWAITHA NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER. THE BUILDING CONTAINING THE RESEARCH REACTOR SHOWS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, THE RESEARCH REACTOR PROBABLY HAS BEEN DESTROYED. FUEL FABRICATION LABORATORY AND A LABORATORY SUSPECTED OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT RESEARCH ALSO WERE DESTROYED. DAMAGE WAS INFLICTED ON A LABORATORY CAPABLE OF SMALL- SCALE REPROCESSING. --IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WARFARE FACILITIES ALSO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. AT SAMARRA CW FACILITY, BUILDINGS PROBABLY USED TO FILL AMMUNITION AND WAREHOUSES WERE DAMAGED. TWO PRODUCTION BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED, AND DAMAGE OTHER PRODUCTION-RELATED BUILDINGS, PROBABLE FILLING BUILDING, AND STORAGE BUNKERS ARE INTACT. AT THE HABBANIYAH PRECURSOR PRODUCTION FACILITY, DAMAGED. BUILDINGS DESTROYED AT THE ABU GHURAYB AND TAJI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE FACILITIES. BW PRODUCTION PLANT IN ABU GHURAYB IS INTACT. BUNKERS DESTROYED. --THE SALMAN PAK CBW RESEARCH, PRODUCTION, AND STORAGE FACILITY ALSO WAS DAMAGED. BUNKERS, DESTROYED, AND DAMAGED. 1.5(C) 68161:68161First Page |Prev Page |Next Page |Src Image
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