BW IN IRAQ

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Subject: BW IN IRAQ    
Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence    
    
TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN    
REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN    
TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF    
THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON    
REQUEST.


THERE ARE UNDERGROUND FACILITIES AT THE TAJI INDUSTRIAL 
COMPLEX, LOCATED 250 METERS FROM THE OFFICIAL PRODUCTION 
CENTER AND DISGUISED AS A LIVING AREA ABOVE GROUND.  WITHIN 
THE UNDERGROUND ROOMS IS A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT WHICH IS 
PRODUCING BW AGENTS. 
THIS AREA WAS NOT DESTROYED DURING THE WAR.) 
THIS DEPARTMENT IS EQUIPPED WITH SPECIAL FILTERS IN THE AIR 
CONDITIONING SYSTEM                         THIS DEPARTMENT 
IS WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED FACILITY IN 
MOSUL 
 
 
3.                                      THERE IS AN 
UNDERGROUND FERMENTATION FACILITY AT SALMAN PAK. 
 
 
 
4.                                          THERE HAVE BEEN 
AT LEAST FIFTY TRANSFERS OF SEALED CONTAINERS IN TRACTOR 
TRUCKS FROM IRAQ INTO IRAN SINCE THE END OF JANUARY 1991.  
THESE CONTAINERS CONTAINED LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SAMPLES 
OF FOUR BW AGENTS: ANTHRAX, BOTULINIM TOXIN, PLAGUE, AND 
TULAREMIA.           DOES NOT KNOW WHERE THESE AGENTS HAVE 
BEEN PRODUCED, BUT HAS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE ASSEMBLED 
AND LOADED ONTO IRANIAN TRUCKS IN BAGHDAD.  THE DELIVERIES 
ARE REPORTEDLY DESTINED FOR THE "REVOLUTIONARY CORPS 
MINISTRY" IN TEHRAN. 
 
 
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