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SERIAL:    (U)  IIR 6 021 0196 96.











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COUNTRY:       IRAQ (IZ).







SUBJECT:   IIR 6 021 0196 96/IRAQI FALLUJAH, KHAMISIYAH,



AND AN-NASIRIYAH CHEMICAL WARFARE RELATED SITES  











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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE



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DOI:       (U)  960520







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SUMMARY:                                     FROM 960511 TO 960520,



UNSCOM ONGOING MONITORING AND VERIFICATION SUPPORT TEAM



INSPECTED THE IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE RELATED FACILITIES,



FALLUJAH THREE, AND THE KHAMISIYAH (TALL AL-LAHM) AND AN-



NASIRIYAH MUNITIONS STORAGE AREAS.







TEXT:  1.                                FROM 960511 TO 960520,



UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION (UNSCOM) ONGOING



MONITORING AND VERIFICATION SUPPORT TEAM-NINE B (OST-9B)



INSPECTED THE FOLLOWING IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW)



RELATED FACILITIES--FALLUJAH THREE CASTOR OIL EXTRACTION



FACILITY//GEOCOORD:  333288N0433694E//, THE KHAMISIYAH



(TALL AL-LAHM) AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA//GEOCOORD:



3047N04626E//, AND THE AN-NASIRIYAH STORAGE



DEPOT//GEOCOORD:  3057N04306E//.







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3.                                              KHAMISIYAH (TALL AL-LAHM)



AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA.  OST-9B INSPECTED THE AREA INSIDE



AND AROUND BUNKER 73.  THIS STRUCTURE WAS TOTALLY



DESTROYED, BUT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A LARGE NUMBER OF



SAKR-18, 122MM CHEMICAL ROCKETS BOTH IN THE PREVIOUS



FOOTPRINT OF THE STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING



AREA.  THE INSPECTION TEAM TOOK A NUMBER OF STILL AND



VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AREA AND THE ROCKETS,



CONCENTRATING ON FEATURES WHICH ARE SPECIFIC TO CW FILLED



ROCKETS (I.E. CENTRAL BURSTER, PLASTIC CANISTERS, ETC.).  (b.1. sec. 1.5. c.)



  DISCUSSIONBETWEEN THE INSPECTION TEAM AND THE IRAQI REPRESENTATIVES



REVEALED THE FOLLOWING--



3A.                                     IRAQ MOVED 2,160 SAKR-18 GB/GF



FILLED ROCKETS (TWO CANISTERS-GA/GF) BETWEEN 910110 TO



910115 FROM AL-MUTHANNA STATE ESTABLISHMENT//GEOCOORD:



335031N0435051E// TO BUNKER 73.  (FIELD COMMENT--GA IS



TABUN, GB IS SARIN, AND GF IS CYCLOHEXYL SARIN.)



3B.                                   ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THE ROCKETS



BEGAN TO LEAK AND THE IRAQIS BEGAN TO MANUALLY MOVE THE



ROCKETS (FOUR MEN PER ROCKET) TO A SITE, IN THE OPEN, NEAR



THE CANAL, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY FOUR KILOMETERS FROM



BUNKER 73.  BY THE TIME OF THE IRAQI RETREAT IN LATE



910200 AND EARLY 910300, APPROXIMATELY 1,100 ROCKETS HAD



BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SITE.  BOTH BUNKER 73 AND THE



ROCKETS THAT WERE STORED IN THE OPEN WERE INTACT AT THE



TIME OF THE IRAQI RETREAT.



3C.                                   UPON RETURNING TO THE SITE,



AFTER OCCUPATION FORCES HAD WITHDRAWN, THE IRAQIS



DISCOVERED THAT BUNKER 73 HAD BEEN DESTROYED.  THE IRAQI



REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF WIRE AND



OTHER EVIDENCE OF GROUND DESTRUCTION PRESENT.



ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS THE SAME TYPE OF EVIDENCE TO



SUPPORT THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE ROCKETS LOCATED IN THE



OPEN AREA HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY THE OCCUPYING FORCES.



3D.                                   FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED



UNSCOM 29'S DESTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 700 OF THE



REMAINING ROCKETS LOCATED IN THE OPEN AREA, AS WELL AS THE



IRAQI BACKFILL OF THE BUNKER 73 AREA WITH SOIL.(FIELD



COMMENT--UNSCOM 29/CD1 CONDUCTED ITS CW DESTRUCTION



MISSION FROM 920228 TO 920324.)



3E.                               IN ADDITION TO THE BUNKER 73



AREA, THE INSPECTION TEAM ALSO EXAMINED THE `CANAL BANK'



AREA, USED BY THE IRAQIS FOR OPEN STORAGE, AND FOUND



EVIDENCE OF SAKR-18'S//GEOCOORD:  304454.1N0462587.1E//.



THE INSPECTION TEAM EXAMINED THE REMAINS OF THE TWO MOST



SOUTHERN BUNKERS OF EACH OF THE SOUTHERNMOST ROWS (NEAREST



THE NEW CANAL, INCLUDING BUNKER 73) FOR THE PRESENCE OF CW



OR SUSPECT CW MUNITIONS.  THIS WAS DONE TO VERIFY THE



IRAQI CLAIM THAT NO OTHER CW MUNITIONS WERE PRESENT AT



KHAMISIYAH.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FURTHER CW



MUNITIONS.  THERE WAS, HOWEVER, SOME EVIDENCE OF SOME



INTERESTING `BASE EJECT', 155MM PROJECTILES WHICH WERE



EMPTY.



3F.                                    IN SUMMARY, BASED ON PHYSICAL



EXAMINATION, AS WELL AS DISCUSSION WITH IRAQI



REPRESENTATIVES, IT APPEARED THAT THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY



2,160 GB/GF FILLED 122MM SAKR-18 CW ROCKETS AT KHAMISIYAH



AT THE TIME OF THE GULF WAR.  FURTHER, THERE IS NO REASON



TO DISBELIEVE THE IRAQIS WITH RESPECT TO CIRCUMSTANCES



SURROUNDING THE DESTRUCTION OF THESE ROCKETS.















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4.                                AN-NASIRIYAH STORAGE DEPOT.  THE



PURPOSE OF THE INSPECTION OF AN-NASIRIYAH WAS TO DOCUMENT



EVENTS SURROUNDING THE RECEIPT, STORAGE, AND REMOVAL OF



APPROXIMATELY 6,000 155MM IRAQI HD MUNITIONS MOVED TO AN-



NASIRIYAH IN THE MID 910100 TIME-FRAME.   (b.1. sec. 1.5.c.)







THE INSPECTION TEAM OBSERVED THAT 12 TO 14 BUNKERS WERE IN



USE AT THIS SITE, 22 HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY COALITION



BOMBING, AND OVER 20 HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY OCCUPATION



FORCES.



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4B.                               THE INSPECTION TEAM'S DISCUSSION



WITH THE IRAQI REPRESENTATIVES CENTERED AROUND THE



DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND MOVEMENT OF HD MUNITIONS FROM AL-



MUTHANNA TO THIS SITE IN 910100, SPECIFICALLY THE



FOLLOWING--



-QAPPROXIMATELY 6,000 MUNITIONS WERE MOVED FROM AL-



MUTHANNA TO AN-NASIRIYAH BETWEEN 910110 AND 910115.



-QTHE MUNITIONS WERE PLACED IN IRAQI BUNKER NUMBER



EIGHT//GEOCOORD:  305815.9N0461015.3E//.



-QALSO IN BUNKER EIGHT THERE WERE A RELATIVELY SMALL



NUMBER OF 120MM HE MORTAR ROUNDS AND 7.9MM BALL SMALL ARMS



AMMUNITION.



-QTHE MUNITIONS WERE REMOVED FROM BUNKER EIGHT AND AN-



NASIRIYAH OVER A ONE-WEEK PERIOD AROUND 910215 AND PLACED



IN THE OPEN AREA NEAR KHAMISIYAH (TAL AL-LAHM)//GEOCOORD:



304605.3N0462276.1E//.  THE INSPECTION TEAM EXAMINED THIS



SITE AND DISCOVERED NO EVIDENCE OF REMAINING MUNITIONS OF



ANY TYPE.  THERE IS, HOWEVER, A RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED CANAL



ADJACENT TO THE DUMP SITE.



4C.                                               THE INSPECTION TEAM EXAMINED



ADDITIONAL BUNKERS IN ORDER TO CLARIFY QUESTIONS



ASSOCIATED WITH THE AN-NASIRIYAH SITE, SPECIFICALLY THE



FOLLOWING--



-QIRAQI BUNKER NUMBERS 15//GEOCOORD:



305773.0N0461015.5E// AND 19 (UNSCOM NUMBERS 99 AND 98



RESPECTIVELY).  THE INSPECTION TEAM DID NOT OBTAIN



GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES FOR BUNKER 19, DUE TO SAFETY



CONSIDERATIONS.  THESE TWO BUNKERS WERE TYPICAL IN THEIR



CONSTRUCTION AND CONTENT, SUCH AS MIXED PROJECTILES,



MORTAR ROUNDS, SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION, AND PROPELLANT.



HOWEVER, THESE TWO STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED AT 0100



HOURS, 910117, BY COALITION BOMBING.  IN ALL APPROXIMATELY



22 STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED BY AERIAL BOMBING.  BUNKER



EIGHT WAS DESTROYED BY OCCUPATION FORCES, AS EVIDENCED BY



U.S. DETONATORS, ETC., LEFT IN PLACE.  THERE WAS NO



EVIDENCE OF OTHER THAN CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS AT THESE



SITES.



4D.                                IRAQI BUNKERS 59//GEOCOORD:



305787.7N0460917.0E//, 60//GEOCOORD:



305780.2N0460923.0E//, AND 61//GEOCOORD:



305771.0N0460922.0E// (UNSCOM NUMBERS 101 TO 103).  THESE



BUNKERS WERE ALL DESTROYED BY COALITION AERIAL BOMBING.



THEY WERE BUILT AND USED FOR STORAGE OF SENSITIVE



EXPLOSIVES, I.E. DETONATION CHARGES, DETONATORS, TNT, ETC.



AS SUCH, THEY WERE EQUIPPED WITH `CHILLERS', WHICH



PROVIDED COOLED AIR TO THE INTERIOR OF THE BUNKERS' FOUR



SEPARATE STORAGE ROOMS.  THE INSPECTION TEAM EXAMINED ALL



OF THESE BUNKERS AND DISCOVERED NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING



OTHER THAN THOSE TYPES OF EXPLOSIVES PREVIOUSLY INDICATED



AS BEING STORED THERE.



4E.                                    IRAQI BUNKER 20//GEOCOORD:



305747.7N0461047.8E// (UNSCOM NUMBER 71).  THIS BUNKER WAS



TYPICAL OF THE TYPE REMAINING IN USE.  THE DOORS TO THE



STRUCTURE WERE LOCKED, HOWEVER, THE IRAQIS READILY AGREED



TO ALLOW ACCESS.  THE CONTENTS OF THE BUNKER WERE AS



FOLLOWS--



-Q120MM MORTAR ROUNDS



-Q130MM PROJECTILES



-Q155MM HE (U.S. 820000)



-QFUSES



-QPROPELLANT



-QSMALL ARMS AMMUNITION



THE PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUNKER WAS ESSENTIALLY A



MAIN ROOM SURROUNDED BY AN ANNULUS WITH TWIN ANTEROOMS OFF



THE ENTRANCE.  155MM AND 12MM SHELLS WERE STACKED IN THE



ANTEROOMS.  (FIELD COMMENT--THE CHIEF INSPECTOR STATED



THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE NO `RHYME OR REASON' TO IRAQI



STORAGE PROCEDURES.)



4F.                                  IRAQI BUILDING THREE//GEOCOORD:



305745.5N0460940.0E//.  THIS STRUCTURE WAS ONE OF THREE



SUCH STRUCTURES LOCATED AT THE AN-NASIRIYAH SITE.



ESSENTIALLY THESE FACILITIES WERE CONSTRUCTED OF BRICK AND



CORRUGATED TIN, AND BUILT AT-GRADE.  THE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED



WITH THESE FACILITIES WAS EXPLAINED AS OCCURRING FROM THE



BLAST WAVE FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF ADJACENT STRUCTURES.



AN EXAMINATION OF BUILDING THREE REVEALED THE FOLLOWING



CONTENTS--



-



-Q240MM CHINESE MORTAR ROUNDS



-



-Q122MM HE ROCKETS (JORDANIAN)



-



-Q155MM HIGH EXPLOSIVE ANTI-TANK, TNT,



-    AND CYCLOTRIMETHYLENE NITRAMINE (RDX)



-QOF U.S. MANUFACTURE



-



-QROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE LAUNCHERS (RPG)



-



-QLIGHT ANTI-TANK WEAPONS OF RUSSIAN MANUFACTURE



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-QSMALL ARMS AMMUNITION



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-QTOW OF U.S. MANUFACTURE



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-QAT-3 SAGGER ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILE OF RUSSIAN



-QMANUFACTURE



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-Q120MM TANK AMMUNITION OF U.S. MANUFACTURE







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4G.                                    IN SUMMARY, THERE WAS NO



INDICATION THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY CW MUNITIONS STORED AT



THIS SITE.  FURTHERMORE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE, EITHER



PHYSICAL OR AS A RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQI



REPRESENTATIVES, THAT THERE WERE CW MUNITIONS STORED HERE



IN ADDITION TO THOSE 6,000 HD MUNITIONS INDICATED ABOVE.



5.                                   THE FOLLOWING IS A LISTING OF THE



LOCATION OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF CW MUNITIONS AND IS A DIRECT



EXCERPT FROM IRAQ'S MOST RECENT CHEMICAL FULL, FINAL, AND



COMPLETE DISCLOSURE (FFCD), PRESENTED TO UNSCOM ON 960513-



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-QSTATUS OF MUNITIONS FILLED WITH MUSTARD AND LOCATION-



-



-                 QUAN-   TYPE OF



STORAGE SITE      TITY   MUNITIONS



-



AL-MUHAMMADIYAT   200    AERIAL BOMB 250



SADDAM BASE       315    AERIAL BOMB 250



SADDAM BASE       90     AERIAL BOMB 500



AL-BAKR BASE      25     AERIAL BOMB 250



AL-BAKR BASE      135    AERIAL BOMB 500



AL-KADISIYA BASE  135    AERIAL BOMB 250



AL-KADISIYA BASE  315    AERIAL BOMB 500



AL-TUZ            225    AERIAL BOMB 250



AL-TUZ            135    AERIAL BOMB 500



TAMOZ BASE        200    AERIAL BOMB 250



AL-NASIRIYA



MUNITIONS STORES  6,240  ARTILLERY SHELL 155MM



(AL-KAIMISIYA)



AL-AUKHADER



MUNITIONS STORES  6,394  ARTILLERY SHELL 155MM



(THEN TRANSFERRED TO CHEMICAL PROVING GROUND)



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-QSTATUS OF R-400 FILLED WITH IRAQI BINARY AND



LOCATION--



-



STORAGE SITE            QUANTITY



-



AL-WALEED AIR BASE      176



SADDAM AIR BASE         80



AL-KADISIYA AIR BASE    240



SAAD AIR BASE           28



TAMOZ AIR BASE          120



TALHA AIRSTRIP          60



MURSANA AIRSTRIP        160



AL-TABAAT AIRSTRIP      160



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-QSTATUS OF DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER MUNITIONS--



-                 QUAN-   TYPE OF



STORAGE SITE      TITY   MUNITIONS



-



AIRSTRIP-37       125    AERIAL BOMB/250 FILLED CS



(TAMOOZ AIR BASE)



AL-MUHAMMADIYAT   12     AERIAL BOMB/DB-2 FILLED WITH



                          SARIN



AL-MAYMONA MUNI-



TIONS (STORE)     4,100  ROCKET 122MM FILLED WITH SARIN



AL-AUKHADER MUNI-



TIONS (STORE)     2,160  ROCKET 122MM FILLED WITH SARIN



AL-KAMISIYA       2,160  ROCKET 122MM FILLED WITH SARIN



DUJALA AWARA      30     AL-HUSSEIN WARHEADS, 16 FILLED



                          WITH SARIN, 14 FILLED WITH



                          ALCOHOL



AL-NEBAIE         20     AL-HUSSEIN WARHEADS, FILLED WITH



                          ALCOHOL







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