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SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 201 0744 91.
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BODY PASS: (U) DIA FOR DB-8C, DAH-6 FOR INFO.
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COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ); IRAN (IR).
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SUBJ: IIR 2 201 0744 91/TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND
CHEMICAL (NBC) MATERIEL DURING DESERT STORM (U).
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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) 910000.
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REQS: (U) C-SW9-1620-12-90: D-T5A-1610-02-90: G-OSG-1610-19-88;
G-AIF-1620-02-90; D-T1A-1540-13-88; U-UPH-1620-03-88:
M-5AX-1620-03-90; G-OGS-43304.
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SOURCE: //2 243 0834//[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
[ (b)(7)(D) ]
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SUMMARY: THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE TRANSFER OF NBC
MATERIELS FROM IRAQ TO IRAN BEFORE AND DURING THE GULF WAR.
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TEXT: (U)
1. TWO INDEPENDENT SOURCES HAVE REPORTED THE TRANSFER OF
NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CARGO FROM BAGHDAD AND MOSUL,
IRAQ, TO THE VICINITY OF TEHRAN, IRAN. THESE TRANSFERS TOOK PLACE
BEFORE AND DURING THE WAR IN THE GULF. AT LEAST FOURTEEN TRUCKS
WERE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL CARGO'
BOXES LABELLED "TULAREMIA," "ANTHRAX," "BOTULINUM" AND "PLAGUE"
WERE LOADED INTO CONTAINERS ALONG WITH PRODUCTION PROTOCOLS AND
OTHER EQUIPMENT (NFI) AND SENT TO THE SAME LOCATION IN IRAN.
((SOURCE COMMENT) - IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THE BOXES CONTAINED
INDIVIDUAL CULTURES OR BULK AGENT). A HEWLETT PACKARD COMPUTER AND
A LINATRON X-RAY MACHINE WITH A MARK "PBG" WERE SENT FROM A
FACILITY IN MOSUL TO IRAN. ((SOURCE COMMENT) - THE NUCLEAR CARGO
WAS URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE OR YELLOW CAKE).
2. THE TRANSFERS WERE DONE IN SEALED CONTAINER VANS BY
THE IRAQIS AND LOADED INTO CIVILIAN IRANIAN TRUCKS, DRIVEN BY
IRANIANS. DRIVERS DID NOT KNOW THE CONTENTS OF THEIR CARGO. TWO
SPECIFIC CONVOYS WERE IDENTIFIED WITH EACH MADE UP OF AT LEAST
FIVE
TRUCKS. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MAKE, YEAR, CABIN AND CONTAINER
COLOR
OF THE TRUCKS OF ONE OF THE CONVOYS -- SCANIA 1983, RED CABIN,
WHITE VAN; SCANIA 1985 WHITE CABIN, RED VAN: MAC 1975, ORANGE
CABIN' ORANGE VAN; SCANIA 1986, ORANGE CABIN, ORANGE VAN; VOLVO
(YEAR UNKNOWN) WHITE CABIN, BROWN VAN: AND SCANIA (YEAR UNKNOWN)'
ORANGE CABIN AND RED VAN' A SECOND CONVOY CONSISTED OF THE
FOLLOWING TRUCKS -- VOLVO 1987 RED CABIN; VOLVO 1988, BLACK CABIN;
SCANIA 1987, WHITE CABIN; MAC 1985, BROWN CABIN; SCANIA 1987, RED
CABIN.
3. THE TRUCKS WERE CAMOUFLAGED WITH MUD DURING THEIR
TRAVEL THROUGH IRAQI TERRITORY. THE CONVOY MOVED ONLY AT NIGHT'
THE MUD WAS WASHED OFF AFTER RE-ENTRY INTO IRANIAN TERRITORY'
4. THE FREIGHT WAS DELIVERED TO THE SHAHID MOSTAFA
KHOMEINI (PHONETIC) REVOLUTIONARY CORPS (PASDARAN) BARRACKS,
LOCATED ABOUT 30 KILLOMETERS SOUTHWEST OF TEHERAN, ON THE ROAD
BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF SHARIYAR (ALSO KNOWN AS SHAHR E REY) AND
ROBATE KARIM. THE TRUCKS WERE DRIVEN BY IRANIAN CIVILIANS UP TO
THE TOWN OF HAMADAN WHERE THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS TOOK CONTROL OF
THE CONVOY. THE BARRACKS ARE USED BY THE GUARDS AS A MILITARY
TRAINING FACILITY. THERE ARE ROOMS FOR STORAGE AND WAREHOUSES.
((SOURCE COMMENT) - ACCORDING TO THE GAZETEER OF IRAN, THE TOWN OF
SHAHRYAR AND ROBATE KARIM ARE THE SAME. THE ALTERNATE SPELLING
GIVEN BY THE SUBSOURCE FOR THE TOWN OF SHAHRYAR (SHAR-E-REY) IS
INDEED THE TOWN SOUTH OF TEHRAN THAT THE SOURCE MEANT TO USE AS
PART OF THE REFERENCE FOR THE LOCATION OF THE BARRACKS).
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COMMENTS: (U) NONE.
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//IPSP: (U) PT 1620; PT 1610: PT 1610: PT 1620; PT 1540; PT 1620:
PT 1620; PT 1610//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) 141; 141: 141; 141: 452; 143; 143: 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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