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IIR 6 021 0008 91/[ (b)(2) ] MUTHANNA STATE ESTABLISHMENT -
AREA 'E' (U).
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SERIAL: (U) IIR 6 021 0008 91.
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BODY COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).
SUBJ: IIR 6 021 0008 91/[ (b)(2) ] MUTHANNA STATE
ESTABLISHMENT - AREA 'E' (U).
WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE. [ (b)(2) ]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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DOI: (U) 91
REQS: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
SOURCE: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
SUMMARY: AREA 'E' OF THE MSE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
MUNITIONS FILLING STATION. THE BUILDINGS SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE
WITH ESSENTIALLY ONLY THE STEEL FRAME WORK REMAINING. NORTH OF
AREA 'E' IS A MUSTARD AND XYLENE FIELD STORAGE AREA [(b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ]
TEXT: 1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
AREA 'E' OF THE
MUTHANNA STATE ESTABLISHMENT (MSE) //GEOCORD:334956N/0434813E [
(b)(2) ]. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] THE MSE IS ALSO KNOWN
AS THE SAMARRA CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) RESEARCH, PRODUCTION, AND
STORAGE FACILITY.
2. INTRODUCTION--[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
DID NOT INDICATE ANY LEAKAGE AS A RESULT OF THE
DAMAGE FROM THE COALITION BOMBING. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
3. BOMB FILLING PLANT--BUILDING E9 WAS A LARGE SHED-LIKE BUILDING
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] MOSTLY EMPTY.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] THIS BUILDING HAD BEEN A BOMB
FILLING PLANT WHICH [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] OPERATED UNTIL
ABOUT OCTOBER 1990. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
A PROBABLE FILLING MACHINE,
[ b.1. sec 1.3 (a)(4) ] THE IRAQIS CLAIMED IT WAS UNDAMAGED BY
COALITION BOMBING.
4. STORAGE AND OLD FILLING FACILITY--BUILDING E10 WAS BEING USED
FOR STORAGE, BUT [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] PRIOR TO 1988,
E10 HAD BEEN A FILLING PLANT FOR CS MORTAR BOMBS. THE STRUCTURE
HAD BEEN HEAVILY DAMAGED BY COALITION BOMBING, ALTHOUGH SOME METAL
SHEETING REMAINED ON THE FRAME.[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
5. SARIN FILLING PLANT FOR ARTILLERY SHELLS--
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] REPORTED THAT BUILDING E26 HAD BEEN
USED FOR FILLING SHELLS WITH SARIN, AND THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE
STOPPED OPERATIONS IN THE BUILDING AROUND OCTOBER 1990. THE
STRUCTURE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY COALITION BOMBING, AND AS WITH
BUILDING E10, SOME METAL SHEETING REMAINED ON THE FRAME [ (b)(1)
sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
6. ASSEMBLY BUILDING--BUILDING E21 WAS A ROCKET ASSEMBLY PLANT,
USED [ b.1. sec 1.3. (a)(4) TO ASSEMBLE 122MM ROCKETS, TO
INCLUDE INSERTING THE CHEMICAL-FILLED PLASTIC CANISTERS AND
ATTACHING THE WARHEAD TO THE MOTOR CASING. [ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ] THE BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THE COALITION BOMBING
AND HAD BEEN DESTROYED. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
THE STRUCTURE APPEARED TO BE SIMILAR TO
E26 AND TO HAVE SUFFERED ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. THE
IRAQIS CLAIMED THAT THIS PLANT HAD CEASED OPERATION ABOUT OCTOBER
1990.
7. SARIN AND MUSTARD FILLING PLANT--BUILDING E16 REPORTEDLY HAD
BEEN ANOTHER FILLING STATION. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
FILLED 122MM ROCKETS AND AERIAL BOMBS WITH SARIN OR MUSTARD. THE
FILLING MACHINES SUPPOSEDLY WERE DESTROYED BY COALITION BOMBING.
BUILDING E16 WAS SIMILAR IN CONSTRUCTION TO BUILDINGS E21 AND E26
AND HAD SUFFERED SIMILAR DAMAGE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
8. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
9.
A. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
B. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
C. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
A. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
B. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
C. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
COMMENTS: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
//IPSP: (U) PG 1600//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) [ b.2. ]
ADMIN PROJ: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
INSTR: [ (b)(2) ]
PREP: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
ACQ: [ (b)(2) ]
DISSEM: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
WARNING: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
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