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REPORT ON CW FACILITIES AT SAMARRA AND HABBANIYAH



Filename:72723494

SUBJECT: REPORT ON CW FACILITIES AT SAMARRA AND HABBANIYAH

PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 23494

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SECTION 14A OF 24

[      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] OVERALL, THE IRAQI CW 

INFRASTRUCTURE CONSISTED OF TEN CW AGENT PRODUCTION PLANTS WITH A 

COMBINED PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF 2,500-3,000 METRIC TONS (MT) PER 

YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE THREE MUNITIONS FILLING LINES AT 

SAMARRA, THREE PRECURSOR PLANTS AT HABBANIYAH, AND THIRTY STORAGE 

BUNKERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

2. THREE BUILDINGS AT SAMARRA WERE DEDICATED TO CW MUNITIONS 

FILLING; ALL THREE BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. AT LEAST ONE OF THESE 

BUILDINGS MAY HAVE BEEN EMPTY AT THE TIME OF ITS DESTRUCTION 

RAISING THE POSSIBILITY THAT IRAQ HAS RETAINED AT LEAST PART OF 

ITS CHEMICAL MUNITIONS FILLING CAPABILITY.

3. ALL THREE PRECURSOR PRODUCTION FACILITIES WERE DESTROYED AT 

HABBANIYAH. IN ORDER TO PRODUCE CW AGENT, IRAQ NOW MUST IMPORT 

ALMOST ALL OF ITS PRECURSOR CHEMICALS. 

4. IRAQ IS BELIEVED TO HAVE STORED ITS CW MUNITIONS IN EIGHT 

CRUCIFORM BUNKERS AT SAMARRA AND 22 "S"-SHAPED BUNKERS AT 14 OTHER 

LOCATIONS. OF THE EIGHT CRUCIFORM BUNKERS, ONE WAS DESTROYED AND 

THE REMAINING SEVEN SUSTAINED APPARENTLY ONLY SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE. 

OF THE 22 "S""SHAPED BUNKERS, 16 WERE DESTROYED AND SIX SUFFERED 

SERIOUS DAMAGE. IRAQ DOES NOT NEED TO REPRODUCE THE 22 "S"-SHAPED 

BUNKERS TO RECONSTITUTE A CW STORAGE CAPABILITY BECAUSE CHEMICAL 

WEAPONS CAN BE STORED IN VIRTUALLY ANY SECURE BUILDING OR BUNKER.

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


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