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ENVELOPE PATMZYUW YEKDQA 2353 0070343-MRXA--YEKDQX
ZNY MMRXA
ZKZK PP SOA DE
HEADER P 070200Z JAN 91
FM SSO DIA //IRAQ REGIONAL ITF//
TO AIDAN
HILRA
CINCCENT //CCJ2//
CENTAF FWD //IN//
CMO ARCENT //G2//
SOCCENT FWD //G2//
MARCENT REAR //G2//
CG I MEFMAIN //G2//
CMO 18 ABC F //G2//
CTG 150.9
CG 1 MARMAIN //G2//
CG 3 MAWMAIN //G2//
SSO 1 CAV F //G2//
SSO 24ID FWD //G2//
SSO 101 AB F //G2//
CMO 82 ABN F //G2//
SSO TAIF
WINCHESTER J
NAVCENT ASU
[ (b)(2) ]
INFO SAFE
ZEM
SECTION 07 OF 17
BODY 00145/0016
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
D. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
E. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
F. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
3. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
4. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
5. CHEMICAL WARFARE: AN UNUSUALLY HIGH LEVEL OF ACTIVITY CONTINUES
IN THE SPECIAL STORAGE AND FILLING COMPOUND OF THE SAMARRA CW
RESEARCH, PRODUCTION, AND STORAGE FACILITY. ON 5 JANUARY, TWO OF
THE FIVE STAKE BED TRUCKS (ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSFER OF
CHEMICAL
WEAPONS) OBSERVED IN THIS AREA APPEARED TO EACH BE CARRYING WHAT
COULD BE SIX SCUD WARHEAD CANISTERS. HOWEVER, THESE CANISTERS, [
(b)(1) sec 1.3 (a)(4) ] HAD NO BANDS, AND WERE DARKER IN TONE.
THAN WARHEAD CANISTERS OBSERVED AT THE TAJI SCUD SUPPORT FACILITY.
FIVE TRUCKS WERE ALSO OBSERVED IN THE COMPOUND ON 4 JANUARY, BUT
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] INDICATES THAT THE POSITION OF EACH
TRUCK HAD CHANGED. THE REMAINING THREE TRUCKS WERE EMPTY. WHILE NO
TRANSFER OF CARGO WAS DISCERNABLE, THE MOVEMENT OF THE TRUCKS
SUGGESTS THAT CHEMICAL MUNITIONS TRANSFER OPERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY.
COMMENT: THE INCREASED LEVEL OF ACTIVITY IN THE SPECIAL STORAGE
AND FILING COMPOUND AT SAMARRA INDICATES THAT SADDAM IS DEPLOYING
CHEMICAL WEAPONS FOR POTENTIAL USE IN THE EVENT OF CONFLICT AFTER
THE 15 JANUARY UN-IMPOSED DEADLINE. THIS AMOUNT OF TRUCK ACTIVITY
HAS NOT BEEN OBSERVED AT SAMARRA SINCE THE IRAQI INVASION OF
KUWAIT. DIA ASSESSES THAT THE ACTIVITY REFLECTS A RECENT
PRODUCTION RUN AT SAMARRA, PROBABLY TO REPLACE OLD, DEPLETED
STOCKS OF IRAQ'S UNSTABLE UNITARY CHEMICAL FILLS. CHEMICAL FILLS
FOR SCUDS AND OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS ARE LIKELY. IT IS UNKNOWN
WHETHER THE FILLS ARE UNITARY OR BINARY, OR WHAT SPECIFIC
AGENT/AGENTS ARE BEING PRODUCED. CANDIDATE AGENTS INCLUDE THE
NERVE AGENTS SARIN OR GF, POSSIBLY VX, OR THE VESICANT AGENT,
MUSTARD. IN LATE NOVEMBER AND EARLY DECEMBER, ACTIVITY WAS NOTED
AT THE HABBANIYAH CHEMICAL PRODUCTION FACILITY WHICH PROBABLY
INDICATED PRODUCTION OF PRECURSOR CHEMICALS WHICH WOULD BE USED TO
MANUFACTURE CHEMICAL AGENTS AT SAMARRA. AN UPSURGE OF ACTIVITY AT
THE SAMARRA FACILITY WAS NOTED AFTER 17 DECEMBER.
6. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
OVERVIEW: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
ADMIN #2353
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