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IIR 6 021 0004 91/CONDITION OF CW STORAGE
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SERIAL: (U) IIR 6 021 0004 91.
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BODY COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).
SUBJ: IIR 6 021 0004 91/CONDITION OF CW STORAGE
BUNKERS AT THE MUTHANNA STATE ESTABLISHMENT (U).
WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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DOI: (U) 9106
REQS: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
SOURCE: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
SUMMARY: SEVERAL CW MUNITIONS PRODUCTION AND
STORAGE AREAS AT THE MUTHANNA STATE ESTABLISHMENT WERE DESTROYED
OR DAMAGED BY COALITION BOMBING. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
TEXT: 1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
STORAGE BUNKERS AND THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN
AREA 'B' AT THE MUTHANNA STATE ESTABLISHMENT (MSE)
//GEOCORD:334956N0434813E; [ (b)(2) ]
THE MSE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE SAMARRA CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW)
RESEARCH, PRODUCTION, AND STORAGE FACILITY.) [ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ]THE STORAGE BUNKERS IN AREA 'B' BY NUMBER, AND THIS
REPORT WILL REFER TO BUNKER ONE THROUGH BUNKER EIGHT.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
2. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
A. FOUR OF THE STORAGE BUNKERS WERE STILL
INTACT [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] ORDNANCE HAD PENETRATED THREE
OF THE OTHER STORAGE BUNKERS, AND BUNKER FOUR (B55) WAS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED.
B. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
3. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] WERE USED TO STORE
SOME TYPE OF CW WEAPON OR ITEMS RELATED TO CW MUNITIONS. [
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
A.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
B.[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
C. ALL BUNKERS HAD BEEN STRUCK BY BOMBS OR
MISSILES; BUT DUE TO THEIR LAYERED CONSTRUCTION, MANY BUNKERS
SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE FROM COALITION BOMBING ATTACKS. THE AREA
IS COVERED WITH DEBRIS AND WITH THE REMAINS OF MUNITIONS WHICH
HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT OF THE BUNKERS.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
4. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AFTER MUNITIONS HAD
BEEN FILLED IN THE AMMUNITION FILLING STATION [ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ] THEY WERE PACKED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE BUNKERS,
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] TO INHIBIT THE DETERIORATION OF THE
VERY CRUDE CW AGENTS USED. IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO A MILITARY
OPERATION INVOLVING THE USE OF CW WEAPONS, A CONVOY WOULD LOAD THE
NECESSARY MATERIAL FROM A BUNKER AND TRAVEL TO THE SITE AT WHICH
THE MUNITIONS WERE TO BE USED. AN OFFICIAL FROM THE MSE WOULD
ACCOMPANY THE CW WEAPONS, WHICH WERE NOT MARKED IN ANY SPECIAL
WAY, BUT WHICH WERE KEPT SEPARATE FROM ALL OTHER ORDNANCE. THE
WEAPONS NORMALLY WOULD BE USED WITHIN A WEEK OF LEAVING THE
BUNKERS. IF FOR ANY REASON THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED, THEY WOULD BE
RETURNED TO THE BUNKERS [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] THIS WAS THE ONLY SUCH CW WEAPON
STORAGE IN IRAQ.
5. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
A. BUNKER ONE (B7)--IN BUNKER
ONE, [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] STRUCTURE WAS [ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ] INTACT, ALTHOUGH CRATERS EXISTED IN THE SURFACE OF
THE ROOF. THERE WAS NO DETECTABLE TOXIC HAZARD, AND THERE DID
NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE. [ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ]
B. BUNKER TWO (B13)--DAMAGE
FROM COALITION BOMBING ATTACKS HAD RENDERED BUNKER
TWO UNUSABLE. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] A FIRE IN
THIS BUNKER HAD BURNED FOR SOME SIX TO EIGHT HOURS AND HAD IGNITED
THE ROCKETS STORED IN THE BUNKER. THERE IS NO APPARENT UNEXPLODED
ORDNANCE OR TOXIC HAZARD IN BUNKER TWO. CHARRED ROCKET BODIES AND
COMPONENTS [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
C. BUNKER SIX (B42)--ALTHOUGH
BUNKER SIX IS INTACT [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
SOME TCL
BARRELS ARE VENTING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)
]
AN EXTREMELY HIGH TOXICITY LEVEL.)
6. BUILDINGS B40 AND B45, LOCATED IN THE
VICINITY OF BUNKER SIX, ARE OPEN-SIDED SHEDS WHICH CONTAINED DRUMS
OF TCL. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] THERE IS A LOW-LEVEL
NERVE AGENT VAPOR HAZARD, WHICH PROBABLY EMANATES FROM DAMAGED
122MM ROCKETS WHICH HAD BEEN STORED IN BUNKER TWO. [
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
7. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] BUILDING
104 WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY COALITION BOMBING. IT HAD BEEN
DIVIDED INTO EASTERN AND WESTERN HALVES, WITH THE EASTERN A FORMER
TABUN PRODUCTION FACILITY [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] HALF A
DF--A
SARIN-PRECURSOR--PRODUCTION FACILITY [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)
] BUILDING 141 WAS THE NERVE GAS LABORATORY: THE IRAQIS HAD
EXPERIMENTED WITH THE GD NERVE AGENT AND HAD PRODUCED SMALL,
LABORATORY QUANTITIES OF VX, BUT THE PROCESSES FOR THESE WERE
CONSIDERED TOO DIFFICULT. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] A
PRODUCTION FACILITY FOR CHEMICAL AGENTS (NFI). [ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ]
B. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
COMMENTS: 1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
2. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
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PREP: (U) [ (b)(2) ]
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DISSEM: (U) FIELD: [ b.2. ]
WARNING: (U)
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