Iraqi BW
Filename:077pgv.91d
Subject: Iraqi BW
2335/15FEB91
[ b.2. ]
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
Question: When did DlA first locate a biological facility at
Latifiya?
DlA Answer: During the first week of February 1991.
Question: Is this, in DIA's assessment, the facility which
the fermentation equipment was destined for?
DIA Answer: It is possible but we do not know with
certainty at this time.
More research and analysis is necessary before DIA can be more
definitive.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
Question: What is the exact geolocation of the site?
DIA Answer: 330058N/0441317E
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
Question: Was the facility utterly destroyed?
DIA. Answer: The large process/production/filling building
was severely damage-to-destroyed and would not be possible to operate.
The administration/lab building is very severely damaged. The
building resembling the fire station at Salman Pak is totally destroyed.
One of two of the 2100 cubic meter buildings is destroyed. All four
large cooling units have been destroyed Overall the facility could
not operate as intended.
Question: Would also appreciate a summary of the damage
at the following production sites: Salman Pak, Taji, and Abu Gharib
(clostridium vaccine facility)
DIA Answer: At Salman Pak, the P3/P4 building is very
severely damaged and heavy damage to the H-shaped building nearby.
In the research and engineering section of Salman Pak, the T-shaped
building has heavy damage, the high-bay building just to the south of
the T-shaped building is severely damaged, and the third building in
the area with a high-bay section on the north side of the building
has also been heavily damaged. In the area with new construction at
Salman Pak, one large building near the fire station is totally
destroyed. Two other large buildings have received heavy damage.
All major buildings at Salman Pak are considered inoperable. The
suspect BW production building at Taji has been totally destroyed.
The liquid nitrogen facility at Taji has been severely damaged and
rendered inoperable. The Abu Gharib clostridium plant has been
totally destroyed.
Question: What is your assessment of the Iraqi capability to
employ BWA in the present war in light of the massive damage caused
to the production and storage facilities in the bombing?
DIA Answer: We are in the position of not knowing how much
BW agent has been destroyed during attacks and therefore can not
judge with certainty how much remains and in what form (bulk or
munitions). We must operate from the point of view that BW agent
remains in the inventory and act accordingly.
Question: Is it possible that bombs/warheads armed with
anthrax agent are stored, ready for use, outside the cooled facilities:
DIA Answer: Prior to the outbreak of hostilities DIA
considered the Iraqis to have two confirmed BW agents--anthrax and
botulinum toxin which we believed to
to placed in weapons. We must emphasize that the weaponization of
BW agents is assessment and not based upon positive information.
If such weapons exist and contain anthrax spores, they would be
stable for long periods of time without refrigeration.
POC: [b.6]
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