IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM

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Subject: IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM  
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CITE CIA 331105 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
COUNTRY: IRAQ 
SUBJ: REPORT ON THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM 
SUMMARY:  THIS REPORT PROVIDES SOME INFORMATION ON THE 
LOCATION  
 
 
OF THE  IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM HEADQUARTERS IN- 
BAGHDAD. LIMITED  INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON FACILITIES AT 
SALMAN PAK  ,  AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE BIOLOGICAL 
WARFARE PROGRAM AND BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY.  THIS REPORT SHOULD 
BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH 
 
TEXT: 1. THE MAIN OFFICES OF THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 
(BW) PROGRAM WERE LOCATED IN FOUR TO FIVE LARGE HOUSES NEAR 
THE U.S. EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD IN THE VICINITY OF (33-17 N, 44-
2S E).  THE OFFICES WERE SITUATED IN A ROW ALONG THE TIGRIS 
RIVER AND WERE SEPARATED BY MESH FENCES A SMALL DOCK WAS 
LOCATED AT THE BW OFFICE COMPOUND 
COMMENT:  ALL MAP COORDINATES PROVIDED IN THIS REPORT ARE 
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES.) 
 
2. THE IRAQI BW PROGRAM                       AT SALMAN PAK. 
IRAQI PRESIDENT ((SADDAM)) HUSAYN ALLOCATED A LARGE                        
AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE BW PROGRAM AND CONSIDERED  IT TO BE A 
VERY HIGH PRIORITY PROGRAM (NO FURTHER INFORMATION). 
 
3. IRAQ'S BW PROGRAM   WAS CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THE BIOLOGY 
DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD.  THE LABORATORIES 
AT THE UNIVERSITY WERE MODERN AND WERE EQUIPPED WITH 
SENSITIVE EQUIPMENT  
 
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