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IIR 2 201 0737 91/DESCRIPTION OF BUILDINGS AND ACTIVITIES
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SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 201 0737 91.
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BODY PASS: (U) DIA FOR DB-8C, -3B, DAH-6, -7 FOR INFO.
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COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ); GERMANY (GM).
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SUBJ: IIR 2 201 0737 91/DESCRIPTION OF BUILDINGS AND ACTIVITIES
AT SALMAN PAK .
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WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASSIFIED
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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DOI: (U) 910600.
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REQS: (U) C-SW9-1620-12-90; D-T5A-1610-02-90: G-OSG-1610-19-88;
M-5AX-1620-03-90; G-AIF-1620-01-90; INITIATIVE; G-OSG-43304.
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SOURCE: //2 243 0834//[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ][
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SUMMARY: THIS REPORT DISCUSSES CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) AND
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW) WORK AND FACILITIES AT SALMAN PAK.
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TEXT: (U)
1. THE SALMAN PAK FACILITY IS KNOWN AS "PROJECT DIYALA,"
AND IT IS LOCATED IN A LOOP ON THE TIGRIS RIVER. THE DIYALA
INSTITUTION IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN IRAQ FOR CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (NFI). IT IS ONE OF THREE (3) FACILITIES
INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF ANTHRAX. ((FIELD COMMENT) - OTHER
FACILITIES LOCATED IN BAGHDAD (IBN HAITHAN INSTITUTE) AND IN
KARBALA
WILL BE REPORTED SEPARATELY).
2. A PLO PHYSICIAN, DR. MOHAMMED ((HOURANI)) WAS PRESENT
AT SALMAN PAK IN SEPTMEBER 1990 (NFI). IN APRIL 1991, A PLO
CHEMIST/PHYSICIAN NAMED (FNU) ((MUNIR)) WAS PRESENT AT SALMAN PAK.
3. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL COOLED BUNKER LOCATED IN THE
RESEARCH/PRODUCTION AREA AT SALMAN PAK. THE BUNKER IS FOR STORAGE
OF "POISON" SUBSTANCES AND HAS A FLOOR SPACE OF ABOUT 60 SQUARE
METERS. THE BUNKER HAS A TOTAL HEIGHT OF ABOUT FOUR METERS AND IS
PARTIALLY UNDERGROUND' WITH 1.5 METERS ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE
BUNKER AND ALL OF THE PIPES IN IT ARE WELL INSULATED, AND THERE
ARE
DEEP FREEZE UNITS INSIDE IT. ((SOURCE COMMENT) - THIS BUNKER IS
LOCATED IN THE AREA PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED AS POSSIBLE WATER
TREATMENT BUILDINGS. THIS IS THE FIFTH BUNKER LOCATED AT SALMAN
PAK, THE THIRD REFRIGERATED BUNKER).
4. THERE ARE UNDERGROUND FERMENTATION UNITS AT SALMAN
PAK THAT PRODUCED A STRANGE SMELL (NFI). "BAD VIRUSES" ARE
PRODUCED
AT SALMAN PAK (NFI).
5. TWO BUILDINGS AT SALMAN PAK WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT
WITHOUT AIRLOCKS, BUT HAD FIVE-METER LONG AIRLOCKS ADDED IN
1981/1982. THESE BUILDINGS ARE FOR STORAGE. ((SOURCE COMMENT) -
THESE BUILDINGS ARE IN THE RESEARCH/PRODUCTION AREA AND HAVE BEEN
PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS SUPPORT BUILDINGS. STAKEBED TRUCKS AND A
POSSIBLE REFRIGERATED TRUCK WERE SEEN LEAVING THESE BUILDINGS IN
EARLY JANUARY 1991).
6. A BUILDING IN SALMAN PAK BUILT BY THE GERMAN FIRM
THYSSEN IN THE EARLY 1980'S WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR USE IN THE
CHEMICAL WARFARE PROGRAM. LATER ON, THE FIRM NOSKEKAISER (SIC)
INSTALLED TWO OVERSIZE/INDUSTRIAL SIZE FILTERS IN A BUILDING
ADJACENT TO THE THYSSEN BUILDING; THE FILTERS WERE TO TREAT THE
AIR
OUTPUT FROM THE THYSSEN BUILDING AND WERE MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT
WOULD ORMALLY BE REQUIRED TO TREAT THE AIR FROM A BUILDING OF
SIMILAR SIZE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE LARGE FILTERS WERE SHOWN IN THE
GERMAN MAGAZINE "STERN." THE WORK TO INSTALL THE FILTERS WAS
CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF PROJECT DIYALA, AND CONTRACTED BY
TCC (THE TECHNICAL CONSULTING CORPS). SEVERAL "CHEMICAL" ROOMS AT
THIS BUILDING WERE CLOSED IN 1981/1982 AND LABELED WITH SIGNS
INDICATING THAT THEY WERE RADIOACTIVE. ((SOURCE COMMENT) - THE
THYSSEN BUILDING WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE H-SHAPED BUILDING IN THE
RESEARCH/PRODUCTION AREA OF SALMAN PAK. TCC IS THE PREDECESSOR OF
TSMID' IRAQ'S MOST RECENT BW FRONT COMPANY).
7. IN THE EARLY 1980'S, A WESTERN FIRM BUILT AN ANIMAL
FACILITY AT SALMAN PAK. THIS FACILITY WAS DESCRIBED AS THE LARGEST
IN IRAQ. THIS FACILITY WAS TWO STORIES TALL, WITH ONE STORY
UNDERGROUND. THE BUILDING HAD VERTICAL COLUMNS AT ITS FRONT. A DR'
MOHAMMED ((MAHMOUD)), WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A VETERINARIAN'
INDICATED THAT THE ANIMAL FACILITY WOULD CONTAIN A BREEDING
STATION
FOR DOGS, PROBABLY BEAGLES. IRAQ OBTAINED BREEDING PAIRS OF
BEAGLES
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
8. THE "GUEST HOUSE" AT SALMAN PAK USED TO CONTAIN GOLD
TAPESTRIES AND MARBLE. AT THE END OF 1982/1983' MANY ALUMINUM
WALLS
WERE INSTALLED. THE ADDITION OF ALUMINUM WALLS SUGGESTS THAT THIS
BUILDING WAS BEING CONVERTED TO A LABORATORY.
9. WEST GERMANS WORKING AT SALMAN PAK/PROJECT DIYALA HAD
FEMALE IRAQI BODY GUARDS. WORKERS COULD NOT DRIVE THEIR OWN CARS
TO
THE FACILITY, BUT WERE TAKEN THERE.
10. THE FOLLOWING SCIENTISTS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE WORKED AT
SALMAN PAK -- DR. SAMIR SADEK ((AHMAD)), MR. ABDULLAH SALAH
((FAWZI)), MR. MAHIR ((TAWFIK)), DR. MOHAMMED ABDUL MONIM
((MAHMOUD)), MR. ABDULLAH ABOUD ((NAJAH)), (FNU) ((RASHID)), (FNU)
((RHIYAD)), (FNU) ((NAFIE)), (FNU) ((MAHDI)), (FNU) ((DAOUD))'
MOHAMMED ((AL-HAYASSI)). TAWFIK WAS ASSOCIATED WITH TCC. DAOUD,
MAHDI, NAFIE, AND RHIYAD WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MINISTRY OF
PLANNING. MAHMOUD WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATE CONSTRUCTIONAL
CONTRACTING COMPANY' THE AFFILIATION OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS IS
NOT KNOWN.
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COMMENTS: (U) IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE FACILITIES
IS PRIOR TO DESERT STORM'
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//IPSP: (U) PT 1620: PT 1610; PT 1610; PT 1620; PT 1620: PT
1610//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) 141; 141; 141; 143; 140; 140//.
ADMIN PROJ: (U) 202029.
INSTR: (U) US NO.
PREP: (U) 2-10463.
ACQ: (U) ALEXANDRIA, VA (910626).
DISSEM: (U) NONE: FIELD: NONE SENT TO: NONE.
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