RESPONSE TO RII-2O93,
Filename:027pgv.91d
DTG: 07112OZ FEB 91
FM: DIA WASHINGTON DC
TO : CENTCOM
SUBJ: RESPONSE TO RII-2O93,
LOCATION OF ALL IRAQI CW/BW
CONTAMINATION SITES AND AMMO
STORAGE AREAS IN THE KTO (U)
1. REPORTED LOCATIONS OF
DECONTAMINATION SITES IN THE KTO ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
304449N 0474424E 285120N O48134SE
30O8O2N O4739O3E 3OO802N 04739O3E
30440ON O473S0OE 3O5410N 0472900E
310105N 0472312E 301000N 0472312E
3OO63ON 047533OE 3002O0N 04743OOE
3OO945N 0475105E 3O310ON 0473030E
300734N 0471224E 303400N O4710OOE
30330ON 047120OE 295330N O4735OOE
301700N 0472800E 2959O0N O474SOOE
300700N 046O700E 29140ON O463700E
30110ON O4727OOE 3OOSOON 0461000E
302931N 04729O3E 3O110ON O4727OOE
IT IS PROBABLE THAT MANY OF THESE SITES ARE NOW
ABANDONED AND THATNEW, AS YET UNDETECTED, SITES
MAY HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
2. WE DO NOT KNOW WITH ANY
DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE WHERE THE IRAQIS ARE
STORING THEIR CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN THE KTO.
TRADITIONALLY, IRAQ HAS NOT DEPLOYED ITS
CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO FORWARD BASED UNITS UNTIL
THEIR USE WAS IMMINENT. SINCE THE COALITION'S
BOMBING CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAQI CHEMICAL
PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND FILLING FACILITIES
BEGAN ON 17 JANUARY, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY
HAVE PROBABLY DISPERSED THEIR SENSITIVE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS STOCKS TO IMPROVE
SURVIVABILITY. THE CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF
THEIR CHEMICAL INVENTORY IS UNKNOWN. WHILE WE
MAINTAIN A LISTING OF 22 5-SHAPED BUNKERS
SUSPECTED OF CW STORAGE (SIX HAVE NOW BEEN
DAMAGED) AND 19 SPECIAL REFRIGERATED BUNKERS
(12 ARE NOW DESTROYED) THAT COULD ALSO BE USED
FOR CW STORAGE, ONLY THREE OF THEIR LOCATIONS
ARE WITHIN THE KTO. RECENT ATTEMPTS TO SEARCH
FOR INDICATIONS OF CHEMICAL STORAGE IN
AMMUNITION SUPPLY POINTS WITHIN THE KTO HAVE
NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
3. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST
OF STORAGE SITES WITHIN THE KTO THAT ARE
SUSPECTED OF STORING CHEMICAL WEAPONS, [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)
]
A. ASH SHUAYBAH
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 302840N 0473830N HAS ONE 5-SHAPED
CW BUNKER [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
B. TALLIL AIRFIELD
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 3056O6N 046O527E HAS ONE 5-SHAPED
BUNKER
C. REPUBLICAN GUARD×AMMO STORAGE FAC. I
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 302931N 04272903E
D. REPUBLICAN GUARD AMMO STORAGE FAC II
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 3O310SN 0472803E BOTH OF THESE
RG FACILITIES HAVE V-SHAPED TRENCHES, REVETTED
STORAGE WITH LIGHTNING ARRESTORS, AND INCREASED
SECURITY (CONCERTINA WIRE)
E. CW STORAGE DEPOT ABOUT 25 TO 30 KM NW OF AZ
AUBAYR IN THE VICINITY OF 3037OON 0471SO0E.
DEPOT WAS REPORTEDLY USED IN THE IRAN IRAQ WAR
BY THE III AND VII FOR CW MUNITION STORAGE. IT
WAS REPORTEDLY ATTACKED BY THE IRANIANS IN
1987, BUT UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS COULD
REMAIN.
F. UUM QASR: CHEMICAL BOMBS REPORTED BEING
STORED AT 3002N 04757E
G. ABRAQ AL HABARI: MISSILES WITH CHEMICAL
5 REPORTED AT 2929N 04656E
H. DESERT OF AL AHMADI AREA REPORTED MISSILE
STORAGE AT 290SN O48OSE
I. PORT OF MINA AL AH'ADI REPORTED MISSILE
STORAGE AT 2909N 04809E
J.. AL JARRA AREA REPORTED MISSILE STORAGE AT
2922N 04742E
H.AL JAHRA AREA REPORTED CW STORAGE AT 2913N
04748E
L.AL JAHRA AREA REPORTED MISSILE STORAGE AT
2923N 04740
M. POSSIBLE CW STORAGE IN FIVE BUNKERS REPORTED
AT 292100N 046S600E
4. THIS LIST SHOULD NOT BE
CONSIDERED COMPLETE. FURTHER RESEARCH WOULD BE
NEEDED TO PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST. ALMOST
ALL OF THESE SITES HAVE HAD [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORAGE
CANNOT BE CONFIRMED AT THESE OR ANY OTHER
LOCATIONS.
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