SAMARRA CW RSCH PROD A STOR FAC
Filename:6810320.6
SUBJECT: SAMARRA CW RSCH PROD A STOR FAC
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 103206
GENDATE: 950718
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TEXT:
ENVELOPE RATMCIAB YEKDQA 8365 1072030-MIDO--YEKDQX
.
ZNY MMIDO ZNZ1
ZKZK RR AAZ DE
HEADER R 172030Z APR 91 ZYS
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
SAMARRA CW RSCH PROD A STOR FAC
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
DES/--OB NORMALCY--
/
/0-7 DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES
/5-20 STAKE-BED TRUCKS
/20-30 GENERAL-PURPOSE CARGO-UTILITY TRUCKS
/2-4 CAB-OVER-ENGINE LIQUID TANK TRUCKS
/NUMEROUS CARGO TRUCKS, BUSES, FORKLIFTS AND SEDANS
/
/
/
/ --OVERVIEW-ANALYTICAL COMMENTS--
/
/THIS FACILITY IS IRAQ'S PRIMARY CW AGENT PRODUCTION FACILITY AND
/PROBABLY THE LARGEST IRAQI REAR-AREA STORAGE FACILITY FOR CW
/AGENT-MUNITIONS. THE FACILITY WAS [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
UNDER
/CONSTRUCTION IN 1975 AND CONTAINS THREE MAIN PRODUCTION AREAS
THAT
/WERE EXTERNALLY COMPLETE AND PROBABLY OPERATIONAL BY 1984.
/HOWEVER, AS A RESULT OF OPERATION DESERT STORM, MOST OF THE
/PRODUCTION BUILDINGS IN THIS FACILITY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR
/DESTROYED.
/
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
/
/1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] JULY 1990, A LIGHT-TONED
PROBABLE DECONTAMINATION
/VEHICLE, THREE LOADED STAKE-BED TRUCKS, AND A FORKLIFT [ (b)(1)
sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AT THE CRUCIFORM CW STORAGE BUNKER AREA [
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] , SIMILAR ACTIVITY [ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ] AT THE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] STORAGE &
PROBABLE FILLING COMPOUND [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AT SAMARRA
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR ([ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ]). FOUR LOADED STAKE-BED TRUCKS AND TWO PROBABLE
DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES WERE AT THE FILLING COMPOUND, AND A
FORKLIFT WAS LOADING ONE OF THE TRUCKS WITH CASES OF PROBABLE
CHEMICAL AGENT-MUNITIONS.
/
/
/2. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] OCTOBER, A PARTIALLY LOADED
STAKE-BED TRUCK, A PROBABLE
/DECONTAMINATION VEHICLE, AND A POSSIBLE FORKLIFT WERE INVOLVED IN
/PROBABLE CW AGENT-MUNITIONS TRANSFER ACTIVITY AT THE [
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
/STORAGE & PROBABLE FILLING COMPOUND [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ].
/
/3. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] DECEMBER 1990, FOUR
CYLINDRICAL, RIBBED CANISTERS,
/[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] WERE ON A STAKE-BED TRUCK THAT
/WAS PREPARING TO DEPART THE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
STORAGE & PROBABLE FILLING
/COMPOUND [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]. THESE CANISTERS HAD NOT
BEEN PREVIOUSLY [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AT SAMARRA; HOWEVER,
THEY RESEMBLED SCUD
/WARHEAD CANISTERS [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AT THE SCUD DEPOT
AT TAJI, OR SPRAY TANKS
/FOR AERIAL DISSEMINATION OF BULK AGENT.
/
/4. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
/
/--FACILITY DESCRIPTION--
/
/THIS FENCE-SECURED CW RESEARCH, PRODUCTION, AND STORAGE FACILITY
/IS 41 KM SOUTH OF SAMARRA AND 80 KM NORTHWEST OF BAGHDAD, AND
/CONSISTS OF 15 SEPARATELY SECURED AREAS INDICATED BELOW [
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ].
SEVERAL AREAS WITHIN THIS FACILITY THAT WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE
PRODUCTION, STORAGE OR FILLING OF CW AGENT-MUNITIONS WERE NOT
DAMAGED DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
ANALYST -- [ (b)(6) ]
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
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