P 03 JUN 92 (b.2.) SERIAL: (U) IIR 6 021 0099 92. /*********** THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE ************/ BODY COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ). SUBJECT: IIR 6 021 0099 92/CHEMICAL ROCKET DESTRUCTION IN KHAMISIYAH (b.1. sec. 1.5.c.) DOI: (U) 920324. (b.2.) (b.1. sec. 1.5.c.) SUMMARY: A UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION CHEMICAL DESTRUCTION TEAM, UNSCOM 29 (CD 1), DESTROYED A TOTAL OF 463 BINARY CHEMICAL (GB, GF) 122-MM ROCKETS NEAR KHAMISIYAH CW STORAGE SITE, IRAQ. TEXT: 1. THIS IIR IS BEING RETRANSMITTED AT WASHINGTON CUSTOMER REQUEST TO BE INSERTED INTO THE DIA DATA BASE. THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION OF THIS IIR WAS DTG 11 APR 92./// DURING THE PERIOD 23 FEB - 22 MAR 92, A UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION CHEMICAL DESTRUCTION TEAM, UNSCOM 29 (CD 1), DESTROYED A TOTAL OF 463 BINARY CHEMICAL (GB, GF) 122-MM ROCKETS FROM KHAMISIYAH CW STORAGE SITE //GEOCOORD:304420N0462640E// NEAR AN-NASIRIYAH, IRAQ. NINETY PERCENT OF THE ROCKETS ACTUALLY CONTAINED AGENT, WITH AN ESTIMATED TOTAL AGENT WEIGHT OF 3 TONS. 2. LOCATION. DESTRUCTION TOOK PLACE IN THE VICINITY OF //GEOCOORD:304325N0464045E//. THE TEAM SELECTED THIS LOCATION AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF SUCH FACTORS AS TOPOGRAPHY, WEATHER, AND POPULATION CENTERS. SAFETY WAS THE PRIMARY DETERMINANT, GIVEN THE MAIN WIND DIRECTION. UNDER THE WIND CONDITIONS MOST PREVALENT IN THE AREA, THE SAFETY ANGLE OF THIS LOCATION IN RELATION TO THE POPULATION CENTERS NEARBY WAS 150 DEGREES. 3. IN ADDITION TO THE ROCKETS DESTROYED, THE TEAM DISCOVERED 74 ROCKETS, 8 WARHEADS, AND 4 ROCKET MOTORS AT KHAMISIYAH CW STORAGE SITE. THEY WERE RECOVERED FROM THE SAND BANK BETWEEN THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORAGE AREA AND THE CANAL TO THE SOUTH. THE TEAM LEADER INSTRUCTED THE IRAQIS TO CONTINUE TO SEARCH IN THE SAND BANK FOR ANY MORE ROCKETS, THEN TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE NUMBER OF ROCKETS FOUND. 4. THE TEAM STATED THAT OTHER AREAS NEAR AN-NASIRIYAH WILL NEED TO BE INSPECTED IN DETAIL FOR POSSIBLE STORED CW MUNITIONS. (b.1. sec. 1.5.c.) BELIEVED THAT ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND WORK IS REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY THE ORIGINAL STORAGE LOCATION OF THE CHEMICAL ROUNDS THAT THEY DESTROYED. THE IRAQIS CLAIMED THAT ALL DAMAGE IN THE AREA WAS CAUSED BY COALITION FORCES THAT HAD OCCUPIED THE AREA. THE TEAM THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT UNCERTAINTY TO MERIT FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THIS ISSUE. (b.1. sec. 1.5.c.) COMMENTS: 1. IRAQ DECLARED KHAMISIYAH AS A STORAGE SITE FOR CHEMICAL MUNITIONS, BUT INITIALLY GAVE NO SPECIFIC LOCATION FOR THE FACILITY OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS NEAR AN-NASIRIYAH. THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INITIALLY BELIEVED THAT AN- NASIRIYAH DEPOT SOUTHWEST //GEOCOORD:3057N04611E// WAS THE MOST LIKELY STORAGE FACILITY FOR CW MUNITIONS IN THE AREA. THE UNSCOM TEAM TASKED TO VERIFY THE STORED CHEMICAL MUNITIONS, UNSCOM 20, DID NOT VISIT THIS DEPOT, HOWEVER, AS THE IRAQIS TOOK THEM TO KHAMISIYAH CW STORAGE SITE. 2. THIS IIR IS A RETRANSMISSION; ORIGINAL DTG OF IIR IS 11 APR92. //IPSP: (U) (b.2.) //COMSOBJ: (U) (b.2.) ADMIN PROJ: (U) 2908. (b.1. sec. 1.5.c.) (b.2.)
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