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970212_cia_63674_63674_01.txt

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Subject: SUBJ: LOCATION BIOLOGICAL PRODUC
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.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.
DIST:         DECEMBER 1990
COUNTRY:  IRAQ
SUBJ:  LOCATION          BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION
FACILITY NEAR BAGHDAD
TEXT: 1. FROM 1982 UNTIL CIRCA MARCH 1990,
SOLD IRAQ BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
CLOSTRIDIUM VACCINES. THIS EQUIPMENT WAS TO BE INSTALLED IN THE
"GENERAL BODY ANIMAL HEALTH" FACILITY IN BAGHDAD. THE EQUIPMENT WAS
INSTALLED IN A BUILDING WITH AN ARABIC-LANGUAGE SIGN ON THE ROOF
WHICH READS DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY RESEARCH.
CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL BACTERIA AND VACCINES ARE PRODUCED AT
THE FACILITY WHERE THE EQUIPMENT WAS INSTALLED.)
2. THE BUILDING WAS LOCATED ON JORDAN STREET, SEVEN KILOMETERS
SOUTH OF BAGHDAD (TWO KILOMETERS BEFORE ABU GHARIB),
3. THE FACILITY WAS COMPOSED OF SIX ONE-STORY SHEDS AND FOUR
BOX-TYPE SHEDS HALF BURIED IN THE GROUND. THE SHED CONTAINING THE
BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION AREA WAS A ONE-STORY CINDER BLOCK AND CONCRETE
BUILDING BEHIND A SEPARATE FENCED AREA TO WHICH ACCESS WAS
RESTRICTED.
END OF MESSAGE
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