Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
IIR 6 021 0006 91/MUTHANNA STATE ESTABLISHMENT
Filename:60210006.91r
11PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 11173
GENDATE: 950504
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TEXT:
ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX593 MCN = 91182/07987 TOR = 911821008
PTTSZYUW RUEKJCS2980 1821006- --RUEALGX.
ZNY
HEADER P 011006Z JUL 91
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUSNNOA/USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE
RUFGAID/USEUCOM AIDES VAIHINGEN GE
RUEOFAA/COMJSOC FT BRAGG NC//J2//
RUCQVAB/USCINCSOC INTEL OPS CEN MACDILL AFB FL
RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CARA//
RUWSMXI/MAC INTEL CEN SCOTT AFB IL//IN//
RUQYSDG/FOSIF ROTA SP
RHCGSRB/COMUSARCENT FT MCPHERSON GA//AFRD-DSO//
RUEALGX/SAFE
P 010739Z JUL 91
FM [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
TO RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC//ACIS/ISMTF// PRIORITY
RHEHAAA/THE WHITE HOUSE WASHDC//SITUATION ROOM// PRIORITY
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
BT
CONTROLS [ (b)(2) ]
WARNING: [ (b)(2) ][ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
ORIGINATOR: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
SERIAL: (U) IIR 6 021 0006 91.
/*********** THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE ************/
BODY COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).
SUBJ: IIR 6 021 0006 91/MUTHANNA STATE ESTABLISHMENT
AREA 'C' (U).
WARNING: (U) [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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DOI: (U) 910611.
REQS: (U) [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
SOURCE: [ (b)(2) ][ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
SUMMARY: AREA 'C' IS ONE OF
TWO PRODUCTION AREAS ON THE MSE. THERE ARE FIVE
PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND SIX DUMMY FACILITIES. THE
ENTIRE SITE IS LITTERED WITH 200-LITER BARRELS,
CARBOYS, SARIN CONTAINERS AND LEAKING CRATES OF 122MM
SARIN-FILLED ROCKETS. (ENCLOSURES).
TEXT: 1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AREA 'C'
OF
THE MUTHANNA STATE ESTABLISHMENT (MSE)
//GEOCORD:334956N/0434813E; [ (b)(2) ]
(FIELD COMMENT [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
2. MSE PRODUCTION AREA
'C'--AREA 'C' IS ONE OF TWO PRODUCTION AREAS ON THE
MSE. THERE ARE FIVE PRODUCTION FACILITIES [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)
] AND SIX
DUMMY FACILITIES. THE ENTIRE SITE IS LITTERED WITH
200-LITER BARRELS, CARBOYS, SARIN CONTAINERS, LEAKING
CRATES OF 122MM SARIN-FILLED ROCKETS, AND IN HE
SOUTHWEST CORNER, A LINE OF PITS CONTAINING MUSTARD
AND SARIN CONTAINERS.
3. SARIN PLANT--[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)
] THE PLANT HOUSED IN BLDGS [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AS A
'CRUDE SARIN' PLANT,
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
HALF THE BUILDING PRODUCED SARIN, AND [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
OPINED THE OTHER HALF PRODUCED A U/I PRECURSOR FOR TABUN.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] WAS DIVIDED AS TO WHICH
TABUN PRECURSOR, EITHER DIMETHYL PHOSPHOROAMIDIC
DICHLORIDE (D4) OR DICHLORVOS, WAS PRODUCED IN THIS
PLANT.)[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
UNSTABLE NATURE OF THE AGENT PRODUCED.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
4. MPC PRODUCTION--BUILDINGS
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] WERE REPORTEDLY USED FOR THE PRODUCTION
OF METHYLPHOSPHONYLDICHLORIDE (MPC). BLDG [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)
]
THIS PLANT REPORTEDLY
LAST PRODUCED MPC IN 1988, BUT WAS PRODUCING DALAPON
UNTIL APRIL 1990 AND PROPANIL UNTIL JUNE 1990.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
6. DMMP PLANT-[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
WERE REPORTEDLY USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DMMP USING
TWO REACTORS OF 1600-LITER CAPACITY EACH. THIS PLANT
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] APPEARED TO BE HEAVILY DAMAGED BY
COALITION BOMBING.
7. MPC AND D4 PLANT--BLDGS
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AS AN INTERMEDIATE IN THE
PRODUCTION OF SARIN. D4, AN INTERMEDIATE FOR TABUN,
WAS ALSO MADE IN THIS PLANT. IN ADDITION, MPC WAS
REPORTEDLY USED AS AN INTERMEDIATE IN THE PRODUCTON
OF DICHLORVOS. THIS PLANT [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
APPEARED TO BE VERY BDLY DAMAGED.
8. CS STORAGE--BLDG [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)
]WAS REPORTEDLY USED FOR STORAGE OF 500KG OF
O-CHLORO-BENZYLIDENE-MALONONITRILE (CS) (TEAR GAS).
THE CS WAS REPORTEDLY MANUFACTURED BY MIXING THE
REACTANTS IN A DRUM BY HAND. NO PLANT WAS INVOLVED.
9. MUSTARD PLANT--BLDGS [ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ]
WERE USED AS A MUSTARD AGENT PRODUCTION PLANT AND
WERE ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTROYED. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
THE FIRST
FEW PITS HELD CL CYLINDERS FULL OF MUSTARD.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] DISCOVERED SARIN TANKS.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
ANOTHER MUSTARD CYLINDER
WHICH WAS LEAKING BADLY ENOUGH TO STAIN THE GROUND.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
SARIN WAS LEAKING [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] IN SOME AREAS,
THE LEAKING WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO DAMPEN AND STAIN THE
GROUND.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
COMMENTS: [ (b)(2) ]
//IPSP: (U) PG 1600//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) 141//.
ADMIN PROJ: (U) NONE.
INSTR: [ (b)(2) ][ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
PREP: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
[ (b)(2) ][ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
ACQ: (U) [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
DISSEM: (U) FIELD: NONE.
WARNING: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
DECL:[ (b)(2) ]
BT
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