IDENTIFICATION OF BW RELATED FACILITY AT
Filename:0620rpt.91f
DTG: 080626 FEB 91
FM: [ (b)(6) ]
VIA: NMIST NET
TO: CENTCOM FWD/CCJ2-T
SUBJ: IDENTIFICATION OF BW RELATED FACILITY AT
LATIFIYA
[ b.2. ]
1. (U) [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
2. (U) MAJOR POINTS:
A. CLEAR AND UNAMBIGIOUS
EVIDENCE NOW EXISTS THAT THE FACILITY
DESIGNATED LATIFIYA SUSPECT BW FACILITY,
LTMS GEO COORDINATES 330055N
0441319E IS IN FACT BW RELATED.
B. THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALMAN PAK BW FACILITY [ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ]. THE FACILITY
WAS FIRST NOTED UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 1987, AND
WAS FOR THE MOST PART EXTERNALLY COMPLETE IN
LATE 1988. INTERNAL FITTING OUT HAD CONTINUED
FOR SOME TIME AFTER. ALL BUT ONE OF THE MAJOR
BUILDINGS IN THE FACILITY EXHIBIT CONSIDERABLE
AIR HANDLING/PROCESSING CAPABILITY. IT IS
BELIEVED THAT THIS FACILITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH
HANDLING OF BOTULINUM TOXIN (BT), PROBABLY FROM
THE WEAPONIZATION ASPECT. INFORMATION
AVAILABLE INDICATES THAT THE AREA SERVES AS A
BT WEAPONS FILL FACILITY.
C. THIS FACILITY IS PART OF AN
OVERALL COMPLEX KNOWN [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]AS THE
LATIFIYA EXPLOSIVES AND AMMUNITION PLANT AL QA,QAA. THE ACTUAL
IRAQI NAME FOR THE COMPLEX IS THE AL QA QAA
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISE. THE COMPLEX CONSISTS OF
AT LEAST A SOLID PROPELLANT FACILITY, A
SUSPECTED SCUD PRODUCTION FACILITY, A SSM
EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION FACILITY, A U/I FACILITY
UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THE NEWLY IDENTIFIED BW
FACILITY.
D. THE BW FACILITY LOCATED AT
THE EASTERN END OF THE COMPLEX
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
E. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] THE FACILITY IS NEWLY
IDENTIFIED, THE INSTALLATION CAN BE FOUND [ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ]
3. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
