Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] INTSUM--MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA 170-91/14
FEB 91
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IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE (C)
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DEVELOPING SITUATION
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DISCUSSION
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9. MISSILE/CHEMICAL ACTIVITY. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
NEW DESTRUCTION OF SUSPECTED BIOLOGICAL AND/OR CHEMICAL WEAPON
STORAGE BUNKERS IN IRAQ. A REFRIGERATED 12-FRAME BUNKER AT THE
TIKRIT AMMUNITION DEPOT HAS BEEN DESTROYED. THIS IS THE 14TH OF 19
IDENTIFIED IRAQI SPECIAL REFRIGERATED BUNKERS DESTROYED TO DATE,
REPRESENTING A 74 PERCENT DEGRADATION IN IRAQ'S CAPACITY TO STORE
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS OR OTHER HEAT-SENSITIVE MATERIEL, INCLUDING
CHEMICAL WEAPONS. COMMENT: THE POSSIBILITY REMAINS THAT WEAPONS
AND
MATERIEL REQUIRING REFRIGERATED STORAGE COULD HAVE BEEN MOVED TO
OTHER UNIDENTIFIED, POSSIBLY CIVILIAN, FACILITIES BEFORE THE
BUNKERS WERE HIT BY COALITION AIR STRIKES.
10. AT THE KIRKUK AMMUNITION DEPOT, TWO S-SHAPED BUNKERS
SUSPECTED OF STORING CHEMICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN HEAVILY DAMAGED.
TO
DATE, 16 OF IRAQ'S 22 S-SHAPED BUNKERS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED,
REPRESENTING A 73 PERCENT REDUCTION IN THIS TYPE OF FACILITY. IT
IS
HIGHLY PROBABLE THAT SOME OF IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS INVENTORY HAS
BEEN DISPERSED TO INSURE SURVIVABILITY. AT THE QAYYARAH WEST
AMMUNITION DEPOT, MUNITIONS DISPERSAL HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS SINCE
EARLY FEBRUARY. RECENT ACTIVITY NEAR ONE OF THE FOUR S-SHAPED
BUNKERS AT THIS DEPOT SUGGESTS THAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS MAY BE
PRESENT
IN NEW REVETTED, EARTH-COVERED STORAGE THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
JUST OUTSIDE THE DEPOT.
11. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CONFIRMED REPORTS OF COLLATERAL
CONTAMINATION AS A RESULT OF COALITION AIR STRIKES ON BIOLOGICAL
AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH, PRODUCTION, OR STORAGE FACILITIES. COMMENT:
DECONTAMINATION EFFORTS HAVE NOT BEEN OBSERVED AT SITES THAT HAVE
SUFFERED BOMB DAMAGE, INDICATING THAT IRAQ IS CONFIDENT THAT NO
CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION HAS RESULTED. THE RUBBLE AND
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DEBRIS FORMED AS A RESULT OF A BOMB HIT WOULD PROBABLY CONTAIN
MINIMAL CONTAMINATION, AND IRAQ MAY HAVE DECONTAMINATED CERTAIN
AREAS WITHOUT BEING DETECTED. IRAQ PROBABLY EVACUATED AT LEAST
SOME
SENSITIVE FACILITIES PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF HOSTILITIES TO INSURE
SURVIVABILITY OF EQUIPMENT, PROCESSING STOCKS, AND FILLED WEAPONS.
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