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File: 970507_cia_95982_95982_01.txt
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SUBJECT:  AL KHAMISIYAH AMMUNITION STORAGE SITE -9505
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.
IN AN EFFORT TO STANDARDIZE REPORTING, THE NAME FOR TALL AL
LAHM AMMUNITION STORAGE SITE WAS CHANGED IN MID-1996 TO AL
KHAMISIYAH AMMUNITION STORAGE SITE. THIS CHANGE WAS
RETROACTIVE. THEREFORE, REPORTS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY TITLED
"TALL AL LAHM" ARE NOW TITLED "AL KHAMISIYAH".
0445DA0006          9505           AL KHAMISIYAH AMMUNITION STORAGE SITE
0445DA0006          9505           AL KHAMISIYAH AMMUNITION STORAGE SITE
           BETWEEN      MAY 1990 AND      MARCH 1995 WAS
USED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS          REPORT.
--SIGNIFICANCE--
NONE. THIS FORMER AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES STORAGE AREA WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED
BY COALITION AIRSTRIKES AND GROUND FORCES DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM. IT
WAS ABANDONED FOLLOWING THE WAR.
THIS FORMER AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES STORAGE AREA WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY
COALITION AIRSTRIKES AND  GROUND FORCES DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM. IT WAS
ABANDONED FOLLOWING THE WAR.
THIS BERM- AND FENCE-SECURED AMMUNITION STORAGE  DEPOT IS 4.5 KM EAST OF TALL
AL LAHM AND 12 KM SOUTH OF SUG ASH SHUYUKH IN SOUTHEASTERN IRAQ. THE FACILITY
CONSISTS OF TWO DESTROYED AND ABANDONED FORMER STORAGE AREAS AND AN ABANDONED
ADMINISTRATION AREA. THE NORTHWEST STORAGE AREA         AT 30-48        N
046-24        E) CONTAINS THE REMAINS OF  88 REVETTED STORAGE BUILDINGS (ALL
DESTROYED). THE SOUTHEAST STORAGE AREA (     AT 30-46     N 046-26        E)
CONTAINS SEVEN INTACT STORAGE BUNKERS, 93 DESTROYED STORAGE BUNKERS, 66
DESTROYED STORAGE BUILDINGS, AND NUMEROUS UNOCCUPIED OPEN  STORAGE REVETMENTS.
THE ADMINISTRATION AREA IS BETWEEN THE TWO STORAGE AREAS (AT 30-47         N
046-25        E) AND CONSISTS OF 18 ABANDONED SUPPORT/ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS 
(ALL BUT SIX ARE ROOFLESS).
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