Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
POSSIBLE CW PRODUCTION ACTIVITY AT HABBANIYAH I AND II
Filename:73136007
SUBJECT: POSSIBLE CW PRODUCTION ACTIVITY AT HABBANIYAH I AND II
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 36007
GENDATE: 950605
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TEXT:
ENVELOPE RATMCIAB YEKDQA 5931 3252138-MIDO--YEKDQX
ZNY MMIDO ZNZ1
ZKZK RR AAZ DE
HEADER R 212138Z NOV 90 ZYS
FM SSO DIA/AIRES
TO CINCUSNAVEUR
SSO USEUCOM
SSO CINCCENT
FIC CATIS
SSO CINCSOC//J2-OI//
USAINTCTREUR
SSO IRC CATIS
BRFINK MHE
SSO USAFE
SSO SAC
SAC PACER
ETUTUSAREUR
FOSIF WPAC
SSO ITIC-PAC
PACAF IDHS
SSO IPAC
CSG PACAF
SSO FTD
FICPAC CATIS
AFIS//INOAD//
SAFE
ETUT FWD
NAVSTKWARCEN
CENTAF FWD
CMO 513 MI BDE
ESC CATIS
ESC AMHS
CATIS MACDILL
ZEM
CONTROLS
[ (b)(2) ]
[ (b)(2) ]
SECTION 01 OF 01 SECTIONS
BODY MSGID/IIR/[ (b)(2) ]
RPTID/SUPIR/[ (b)(2) ]
ITEMTYP/SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY OR OB ITEMS//
ITEM/003/HABBANIYAH POSS CW PROD FACILITY
1/[ (b)(2) ]
/CTY:IZ/Y//
LOC/GEO:333250N0433755E//
[ (b)(2) ]
STATACT/OPR//
SUBJECT: RMK/IRAQ: POSSIBLE CW PRODUCTION ACTIVITY AT HABBANIYAH I
AND II
/
/
/[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] BY MID-NOVEMBER, THE IRAQIS HAD
/POSSIBLY COMMENCED PRODUCTION OF PRECURSOR CHEMICALS AT
HABBANIYAH
/POSSIBLE CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) PRODUCTION FACILITY I, AND
POSSIBLY
/RESUMED PRODUCTION AT HABBANIYAH POSSIBLE CW PRODUCTION FACILITY
/II. ACCORDING TO [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ], HABBANIYAH I AND
/HABBANIYAH II ARE TWO OF THREE SIMILAR FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE
/STATE ORGANIZATION FOR CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (SOCI) WHICH IS
/RESPONSIBLE FOR IRAQ'S CW PROGRAM. HABBANIYAH I IS APPROXIMATELY
/87 KM NORTHWEST OF BAGHDAD, AND HABBANIYAH II IS APPROXIMATELY 60
/KM NORTHWEST OF BAGHDAD.
/
/AT HABBANIYAH I, SEVERAL PROBABLE CHEMICAL SHIPPING DRUMS HAD
BEEN
/DELIVERED TO THE AREA BEHIND THE TWIN-LINE PRODUCTION BUILDING
/SINCE EARLY OCTOBER. SOME OF THE DRUMS WERE POSITIONED NEAR THE
/REAR ENTRANCE TO TWIN-LINE BUILDING, SUGGESTING THE PRODUCTION OF
/CW PRECURSOR HAD BEGUN. IT WAS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE CONTENTS OF
/THE DRUMS HAD BEEN REMOVED, OR IF THEY WERE BEING FILLED WITH
/PRODUCT FROM THE PLANT. DARK STAINS WERE OBSERVED DURING
/MID-SEPTEMBER ON THE ROADWAY ADJACENT TO THE EASTERN END OF THE
/TWIN-LINE BUILDING. THE STAINS WERE PROBABLY RELATED TO CLEANING
/OPERATIONS, SUGGESTING PREPARATIONS FOR PRODUCTION.
/
/CHEMICAL PRECURSOR PRODUCTION ALSO MAY HAVE BEEN RESUMED AT THE
/PROBABLE CHLORINE-ALKALINE ELECTROLYSIS PLANT AT HABBANIYAH II.
/AT LEAST 20 CYLINDERS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM AN OPEN STORAGE AREA
/NEAR THE PLANT SINCE EARLY OCTOBER. PREVIOUSLY, THE REMOVAL OF
/CYLINDERS FROM THIS AREA HAS BEEN INDICATIVE OF PRODUCTION AT
THIS
/PLANT [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] WHEN THE
/PLANT WAS OPERATIONAL EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE NUMBER OF CYLINDERS
/IN STORAGE FELL FROM APPROXIMATELY 170 IN DECEMBER 1989 TO 36 BY
/MARCH 1990. OTHER ACTIVITY SUGGESTING THE PLANT HAS RESUMED
/PRODUCTION INCLUDED THE PRESENCE OF A SPECIAL TYPE OF LARGE
LIQUID
/TRANSPORT TRUCK ON 18 OCTOBER. TWO TRUCKS OF THIS TYPE EXIST, AND
/THEY ARE USUALLY PARKED IN THE SUPPORT AREA (AREA F) AT SAMARRA
CW
/RESEARCH PRODUCTION AND STORAGE FACILITY [ (b)(2) ]
/
/ANALYST -- [ (b)(6) ] (U)
/
/[ (b)(2) ]
/
//
[ (b)(2) ]
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