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Subject: IRAQI CW

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.







CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.







COUNTRY: IRAQ



SUBJ: IRAQI FACILITIES AT HABBANIYAH AND SAMARRA

DOI: 1983-  1990







TEXT: 1.







IRAQ PRODUCES MUSTARD GAS

AT A 

FACILITY IN HABBANIYAH. THE FACTORY WAS BUILT IN 1983-1984







MACHINERY AND CHEMICALS WERE

SUPPLIED LATER







THE HABBANIYAH FACILITY HAS A TEN

MEGAWATT 

GAS TURBINE GENERATOR WHICH PROVIDES BACK UP POWER. THIS

POWER 

SUPPLY CAN PRODUCE ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO KEEP THE FACILITY

OPERATIONAL.







THE FACTORY PRODUCED (CH2CLCH)2S FOR USE AGAINST

THE 

IRANIANS DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR.







THIS IS 

THE CHEMICAL COMPOUND FOR THE BLISTER AGENT, MUSTARD GAS.)

THE 

PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF THE FACTORY IS 60-80 TONNES PER YEAR.

ALL THE 

RAW MATERIALS ARE INDIGENOUS.



2. THE SAMARRA DRYING INDUSTRIES PLANT ALSO IS A CHEMICAL

WARFARE FACILITY AND PRODUCES NERVE AGENTS. THE FACTORY IS

LOCATED 

ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE MALWIYA, AT SAMARRA, 120

KILOMETERS NORTH 

OF BAGHDAD. THE PLANT WAS BUILT IN 1970 TO PRODUCE

PHARMACEUTICALS, 

BUT              WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE STATE ORGANIZATION OF

TECHNICAL 

INDUSTRIES (SOTI). SOTI EXPANDED IT AND CONVERTED IT INTO A

CHEMICAL 

WARFARE FACILITY. A SIMILAR FACILITY EXISTS IN DOUR, 25

KILOMETERS 

NORTH OF SAMARRA DRYING INDUSTRIES AND ABOUT 3 KILOMETERS

EAST OF THE 

TIGRIS RIVER.







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