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IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) FACILITIES AND STORAGE AREAS  



Filename:0503rept.90

DTG: 281930Z DEC 90 

FM: DIA 

VIA: [    b.2.    ] 

TO: CENTAF (PASS TO [   (b)(6)   ] 



SUBJECT: IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) FACILITIES AND STORAGE 

AREAS  



1.  PURPOSE: TO PROVIDE JS WITH BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON 

IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WARFARE STORAGE FACILITIES. 



2. POINTS OF MAJOR INTEREST: A. SUMMARY: SAMARRA IS THE ONLY 

CW AGENT PRODUCTION FACILITY IN IRAQ. THERE ARE NINE CW AGENT 

PRODUCTION BUILDINGS/BUNKERS AT THE SAMARRA FACILITY. 

COLLECTIVELY, THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE MUSTARD (A 

BLISTER AGENT), AND THE NERVE AGENTS TABUN, SARIN, AND GF. THE 

ONLY CW AGENT FILING FACILITY, WITH THREE FILLING LINES, IS 

LOCATED AT SAMARRA. HABBANIYAH PRODUCES PRECURSOR CHEMICALS. 

SALMAN PAK IS THE CENTER FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 

RESEARCH. FACILITIES FOR STORAGE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS AND 

WEAPONS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT IRAQ. THERE ARE 22 [      

(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED) 

BUNKERS AT AMMO STORAGE FACILITIES AND AIRFIELDS. SAMARRA HAS 

EIGHT CRUCIFORM BUNKERS. IN ADDITION, 17 PROBABLE 

REFRIGERATED [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] STORAGE 

BUNKERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. 

B. LONGEVITY OF STORAGE. THE SHELF-LIFE OF IRAQI UNITARY 

CHEMICAL FILLS IS ABOUT 4-6 WEEKS. THERE HAS BEEN NO EVIDENCE 

OF A MAJOR PRODUCTION RUN AT THE SAMARRA CHEMICAL PRODUCTION 

FACILITY SINCE BEFORE LATE SEPTEMBER-EARLY OCTOBER. ANY 

UNITARY CHEMICAL FILL FROM THAT PRODUCTION RUN SHOULD HAVE 

DETERIORATED TO THE POINT OF HAVING LIMITED MILITARY USE. 

BINARY CHEMICAL FILLS HAVE A MUCH LONGER SHELF-LIFE, AND IRAQ 

HAS A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR BINARY CHEMICAL FILLS. HOWEVER, 

IT IS ASSESSED THAT IRAQ HAS ONLY A LIMITED BINARY CHEMICAL 

CAPABILITY. 

C. TYPES OF STORAGE FACILITIES: THERE ARE 23 "S-SHAPED" 

BUNKERS (22 OPERATIONAL, 1 ABANDONED) LOCATED AT 13 SITES 

THROUGHOUT IRAQ WHICH HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL 

WEAPONS STORAGE. THESE BUNKERS HAVE BEEN CHARACTERIZED AS 

EARTH-MOUNDED REINFORCED CONCRETE (EMRC) DRIVE-THROUGH 

BUNKERS. THE BUNKERS HAVE TWO OFFSET ENTRANCES GIVING THEM AN 

"S"-SHAPED CONFIGURATION.

IN ADDITION TO THE "S"-SHAPED BUNKERS, THERE ARE EIGHT 

CRUCIFORM BUNKERS AT THE SAMARRA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION 

AND STORAGE FACILITY. THESE BUNKERS ARE EARTH COVERED WITH 

REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION. SECURITY BARRIERS ARE 

MAINTAINED AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE WHICH IS DOUBLE-DOORED. [    

  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]











THE POSSIBLE STORAGE OF BIOLOGICAL

AGENTS AND/OR WEAPONS. THE REFRIGERATION WOULD MAKE THEM IDEAL 

FOR

THE STORAGE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND WOULD BE USEFUL IN 

EXTENDING

THE SHELF-LIFE OF IRAQ'S UNSTABLE UNITARY CHEMICAL AGENTS. THE

BUNKERS COULD ALSO BE USED TQ STORE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, 

FUEL-AIR

EXPLOSIVES, AND/OR SMART WEAPONS. IN RECENT MONTHS, [      

(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]

HAS LEAD TO THE LOCATION OF THE OTHER 15 BUNKERS. [      

(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]









 NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY HAS BEEN NOTED AT THESE REFRIGERATED 

BUNKERS IN RECENT MONTHS. [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]



D. INTEGRATION OF SCUD MISSILES WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS: IRAQI 

SCUD-TYPE UNITARY CW WARHEADS HAVE AN INCREASED PROBABILITY OF 

LEAKAGE DUE TO THE POOR AGENT OUALITY. AS A RESULT THEY WILL 

PROBABLY HAVE [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] STORAGE AREAS 

FOR THE CHEMICAL WARHEADS. THESE STORAGE AREAS AS WITH 

CONVENTIONAL WARHEADS, [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]









IRAQ'S OPERATIONAL BINARY CW WARHEADS WOULD NOT HAVE AGENT

LEAKAGE PROBLEMS. BINARY WARHEADS WOULD NOT NEED THE SPECIAL

HANDLING FOR MATING OR STORAGE REQUIRED FOR A UNITARY WARHEAD. 

A

BINARY WARHEAD WITH A RUPTURABLE MEMBRANE AND A MIXING 

MECHANISM

WOULD NOT EVEN REQUIRE ANY SPECIAL WARHEAD PREPARATION.

SOPHISTICATED BINARY WARHEADS ARE VIRTUALLY INDISTINGUISHABLE 

FROM

THEIR CONVENTIONAL COUNTERPARTS.

3. EXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS: IN GENERAL, CHEMICAL PRODUCTION AND

STORAGE RELATED ACTIVITY HAS BEEN AT A VERY LOW LEVEL SINCE 

MID-

OCTOBER. THERE HAS BEEN NO CONFIRMED MOVEMENT OF CHEMICAL 

AMMUNITION

OR FILLS. PRIOR TO IRAQI FORCES USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, [    

  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]







COORDINATION: NONE.

PREPARED BY: [   (b)(6)   ][    b.2.    ]





CHEMICAL WARFARE STORAGE LOCATIONS: THE FOLLOWING IS A

LIST OF CHEMICAL RELATED BUNKERS WITH [      (b)(1) sec 

1.3(a)(4)    ] CHEMICAL

RELATED ACTIVITY. CHEMICAL RELATED ACTIVITY AT AIRFIELDS IS 

ALSO

INCLUDED.

A. MOSUL AIRFIELD

    [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

    	1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] CHEMICAL 

WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)

	STORAGE BUNKER

MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: ON  NOV 90, A TENT WAS SETUP NEAR 

ENTRANCE TO













THE [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] STORAGE BUNKER. ON  SEP 

90, A TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE, A

SEDAN, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE NEAR THE BUNKER ENTRANCE. A 

SOUAD-

SIZED TENT ERECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 SEP WAS STILL PRESENT, BUT

DECONTAMINATION EOUIPMENT WAS NOT EVIDENT.

B. OAYYARAH WEST AMMO DPO

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]    4 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 

   ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)

STORAGE BUNKERS

C. OAYYARAH WEST AIRFIELD

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]    1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 

   ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)

STORAGE BUNKER (ABANDONED)

MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: ON  OCT 90 AN UNIDENTIFIED LIOUID WAS

OBSERVED RUNNING FROM A DUAL BAY, DRIVE THROUGH, HARDENED 

AIRCRAFT

SHELTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN DISPERSAL AREA. IT COULD POSSIBLY 

HAVE

BEEN A CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION WASHDOWN EXERCISE.

D. KIRKUK AMMO DPO W

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]    3 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 

   ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)

STORAGE BUNKERS

MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: ON  SEP 90, ONE OF THE "S"-SHAPED 

BUNKERS HAD

A CARGO TRUCK NEAR ITS ENTRANCE. THERE WERE NO PEOPLE OR 

EOUIPMENT

WAS NEARBY.

E. KIRKUK AIRFIELD

    

    [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]	1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 

CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)

	  STORAGE BUNKER

MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: ON 19 OCT 90, TWO CARGO TRUCKS WERE ON 

THE

ACCESS ROAD TO THE STORAGE BUNKER. SINCE 17 OCT 90, EARTHEN 

WALLS

WERE CONSTRUCTED JUST OPPOSITE THE TWO ENTRANCES TO THE [     

 (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]

STORAGE BUNKER.

F. SAMARRA CW RSCH, PROD & STOR

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]    8 CRUCIFORM BUNKERS

MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: ON 23 NOV 90, PROBABLE TRANSSHIPMENT 

ACTIVITY

WAS UNDERWAY. ON 13 NOV 90, A STAKE-BED TRUCK (LOADED WITH 

FIVE

CANVAS COVERED POSSIBLE CRATES OR STACKS OF CASES) WAS NEXT TO 

THE

PROBABLE TEFLON CONTAINER MANUFACTURING BUILDING AT THE NORTH 

END OF

THE MATERIAL-CHEMICAL STORAGE AREA. GENERALLY, ACTIVITY AT 

THIS

FACILITY CONSISTS OF        MINOR MOVEMENT OF FACILITY 

ASSOCIATED

VEHICLES. SINCE  DECEMBER, TWO TRUCKS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT 

THE

MUNITIONS FILLING AND STORAGE AREA IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE

FACILITY. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED IF THESE WERE STAKE-

BED

TRUCKS.

G. H-3 AIRFIELD

    [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

    [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]	5 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 

CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)

  STORAGE BUNKERS

H. QUBAYASAH STOR & AMMO DPO

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]    NO [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 

   ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)

-		STORAGE BUNKERS

MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: SINCE AT LEAST JULY 88 TWO ARS-12-14 

TYPE

DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES HAVE BEEN PARKED IN FRONT OF THE 

HIGH-















SECURITY SECTION OF THE GABLE-ROOFED STORAGE AREA . IT IS THE 

SAME TYPE OF DECONTAMINATION VEHICLE WHICH ACCOMPANIED THE 

PROBABLE CW WEAPONS CONVOYS DEPARTING SAMARRA DURING THE I 

RAN-IRAQ WAR . ON AUG 90, TWO STAKE-BED TRUCKS LOADED WITH 

POSSIBLE CW MUNITIONS WERE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE HIGH 

SECURITY SECTION OF THIS FACILITY. ON AUG 90, THREE STAKE-BED 

TRUCKS WERE [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] ADJACENT TO TWO 

BUNKERS IN THE WEAPONS STORAGE AREA. A DDA-66 DECONTAMINATION 

VEHICLE AND PROBABLE SCUD ASSOCIATED VEHICLES WERE NO LONGER [ 

     (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] IN THE AREA .

I . AL TAQADDUM A I RF I ELD



1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-

SHAPED)

STORAGE BUNKER

MOST RECENT ACT I V I TY: ON SEP 90, SEVERAL POSSIBLE STACKS 

OF

MATERIEL HAD BEEN MOVED TO AN ENTRANCE OF A VENTED BUNKER 

SINCE 24 AUGUST .

J . BAGHDAD AMMO DPO TAJ I

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]   1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  

  ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)

STORAGE BUNKER

K . UBAYDAH BINAL JARRAH AIRFIELD

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]   2 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  

  ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)

STORAGE BUNKERS

MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: ON 7 AUG 90, POSSIBLE MUNITIONS HANDLING 

WAS UNDERWAY AT ONE OF THE TWO [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    

] STORAGE BUNKERS . A FLATBED TRUCK

WITH POSSIBLE CANISTERS ON B0ARD WAS AT ONE OF THE ENTRANCES 

TO THE BUNKER .

L . AN NASIRI YAH AMMO STOR FAC SW

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]   1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  

  ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED) STORAGE BUNKER MOST RECENT 

ACTIVITY: ON  OCT 90, A HIGH LEVEL OF ACTIVITY WAS UNDERWAY 

THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY . THREE STAKE-BED TRUCKS AND ONE CARGO 

TRUCK WERE INVOLVED IN AMMUNIT ION LOAD ING-UNLOADING AT 

STORAGE BUNKERS IN THE WESTERN PORT ION OF THE FACILITY . IN 

ADDITION, 12 STAKE-BED TRUCKS AND FI VE CARGO TRUCKS WERE IN 

THE BARRACKS SUPPORT AREA AND AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE 

FACILITY. NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY WAS [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 

   ] AT THE SUSPECT CHEMICAL MUNITIONS STORAGE BUNKER . ON 20 

SEP 90 A TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 

TO BE INVOLVED IN TRANSLOADING OPERATIONS WITH A CARGO TRUCK 

AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE STORAGE BUNKER .

M . TALLIL AIRFIELD

   [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

   [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]	1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 

CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)

	 STORAGE BUNKER

MOST RECENT ACTIVITY:	ON OCT 90, A STAKE-BED TRUCK-TRAILER WAS

[      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] JUST OUTSIDE THE GATE OF THE[ 

     (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] STORAGE BUNKER . THE STORAGE 

BUNKER AND THE TRUCK ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND 

MAY INDICATE THE POSSIBLE MOVEMENT OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS . ON 5 

SEP 90, 25 CANISTERS WERE [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] IN 

THE BUNKER AREA . [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]

 . ON 5 AUG 90, IT WAS NOTED THAT ABOUT 25 PROBABLE CW MUN 

ITIONS CANISTERS HAD BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE

BUNKER SINCE 30 JUL 90 .



. ASH SHUAYBAH AMMO STOR DPO NE

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]   1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  

  ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)

STORAGE BUNKER

0. AR RUMAYLAH RG AMMO STORAGE FAC 1

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]  RECTANGULAR SHAPED STORAGE 

FACILITIES WITH

INCREASED	SECURITY AND DECONTA MINATION

SITES ("V"-SHAPED

TRENCHES)

MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: INCREASED SECURITY AND "V"-SHAPED 

TRENCHES

NOTED ON  DEC 90. THIS FACILITY SUPPORTS REPUBLICAN GUARD

DIVISIONS. "V"-SHAPED TRENCHES ALSO NOTED AT AR RUMAYLAH RG 

AMMO

STORAGE FACILITY 2 [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] THERE IS NO

TYPICAL "S"-SHAPED BUNKER AT THIS FACILITY. A MULTIPLE ROCKET

LAUNCHER BATTALION IS DEPLOYED ADJACENT TO THE FACILITY. 

MULTIPLE

ROCKET LAUNCHERS WERE ONE CW DELIVERY SYSTEM USED BY THE 

REPUBLICAN

GUARDS DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR.

P. K-2 AIRFIELD

   [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

   [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]	 1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 

CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"- SHAPED STORAGE BUNKER.



THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF PROBABLE REFRIGERATED BUNKERS.

THESE BUNKERS MAY BE RELATED TO THE STORAGE OF BIOLOGICAL OR 

CHEMICAL AGENTS.

A. AD DIWANIYAH AMMO STOR FAC SW

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]3 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 

STORAGE BUNKERS B. AN NASIRIYAH AMMO STOR FAC SW

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]  STORAGE BUNKERS C. ASH SHUAYBAH 

AMMO STOR DEPOT NE

1[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]  STORAGE BUNKER D. FALLUJA AMMO 

DEPOT SOUTH

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 2 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    

] STORAGE BUNKERS E. KARBALA DEPOT AND AMMO STOR FAC

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]2 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 

STORAGE BUNKERS F. KIRKUK AMMO DEPOT WEST

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    

] STORAGE BUNKER G. SALMAN PAK CBW RSCH PROD & STOR FAC

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]2 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 

STORAGE BUNKERS H. TIRKIT AMMO DEPOT

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 

STORAGE BUNKER 1. OABATIYAH AMMO STOR FAC

[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    

] STORAGE BUNKER



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