LOCATION OF IRAQI CW

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Subject: LOCATION OF IRAQI CW      
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DIRECTOR 510748

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
 
 
DIST:       1991 
 
COUNTRY: IRAQ 
 
SUBJ: LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF IRAQI CHEMICAL PRODUCTION 
FACILITY NEAR AL QA'IM 
 
DOI:   1986 
 
1. 
1986, THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ OPERATED A LARGE CHEMICAL 
PRODUCTION FACILITY NEAR THE TOWN OF Al  QAĆIM, WHICH IS 
LOCATED ON THE EUPHRATES RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF THE BORDER 
WITH SYRIA.  THE CHEMICAL FACILITY WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 
20 KILOMETERS WEST OF AL QA'IM AND 3-4 KILOMETERS SOUTHWEST 
OF THE VILLAGE OF ANKA.  THE ENTIRE FACILITY AND ITS 
SURROUNDING GROUNDS OCCUPIED A SPACE OF 5 BY 10 KILOMETERS. 
THE FACILITY WAS CONNECTED TO THE TOWN OF AL QA'IM BY A RAIL 
SPUR WHICH WAS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY WORKERS FROM EAST 
GERMANY (GDR). 
                     
ACQ:                             FEBRUARY 1991). 
 
 
 
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