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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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