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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 GENDATE: 950605 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE OATMZYUW YEKDQA 2638 0742147-MRXA--YEKDQX ZNY MMRXA ZKZK OO SOA DE HEADER O 140205Z MAR 91 ZYH FM SSO DIA TO SSO CINCCENT INFO NAVCENT DFH NAVCENT ASU STATE/RCI SOCCENT FWD //G2// [ (b)(2) ] CMO 18 ABC F //G2// [ (b)(2) ] AFIA IDHS ARCENT MAIN //G2// USCINCPAC SSO CINCSOC SSO USEUCOM SSO SAC SSO TAC //IDHS// FICPAC SAFE FICEURLANT SSO USAFE [ (b)(2) ] CNO CMC CINCLANTFLT CINCPACFLT SSO PACAF CDRS IO [ (b)(2) ] CG I MEFMAIN SSO AFSPACOM HILRA DORAL CENTAF FWD //IN// CINCCENT //CCJS-IW// SSO USAREUR WHITE HOUSE ZEN/SSO USAF //IN// ZEN/SSO DA //DAMI-POI/FIT// SSO INSCOM [ b.2. ] [ b.2. ] USCINCLANT OSD //USD-P/ISA// COMNAVSECGRU NAVSTKWARCEN [ (b)(2) ] USSPACMD J20 //DIA REP// USCINCSPACE //J2/DIA REP// DIO SSO JSOC SSO USTRANS SSO FORSCOM TAWC CAEWIS SSO REDSTONE SSO ITAC ZEM 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) ] ADMIN #2638 INFODATE: 0
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