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Subject: IRAQI BW

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.







JUN 91 DIRECTOR 723971





IRAQI BW FACILITIES

1. AL-TAJI MILITARY FACILITY.

IRAQI MILITARY OFFICERS RECENTLY HAVE BURIED SPECIAL

WEAPONS ALONG WITH GARBAGE IN THE WASTE TREATMENT AREA IN ORDER

TO CONCEAL THEM FROM U.N. INSPECTORS. BW MISSILE WARHEADS

MIGHT BE FOUND UNDERGROUND AT THIS KEY MISSILE FACILITY.

2. SALMAN PAK BW RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION FACILITY

THIS WAS IRAQ'S PRIMARY BW FACILITY BEFORE THE WAR. KEY

AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDE THE           REMAINING REFRIGERATED BUNKERS

AND THE HIGH CONTAINMENT BUILDING. DESIGNED FOR WORK ON HIGHLY

INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS.







5. THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VACCINE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT,

AL DURAH.







DESCRIBE IT AS A MAXIMUM CONTAINMENT

FACILITY. THE FACILITY LIKELY WAS INVOLVED WITH PRODUCTION OF

VIRUSES FOR THE BW PROGRAM.

6. THE AL-HUKA PLANT, BABIL GOVERNATE.







THE FACILITY MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH RESEARCH

AND PRODUCTION OF BW AGENTS.

7. SAMARRA DRUG INDUSTRIES PLANT.

THIS PLANT PRODUCES OVER 80 PERCENT OF IRAQ'S

PHARMACEUTICALS. IT HAS CONSIDERABLE DUAL-USE EQUIPMENT THAT

COULD BE USED TO PRODUCE LARGE QUANTITIES OF BW AGENTS.

8 AL-KINSA COMPANY, ABU GHRAIB.







WE BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE ITALIAN-SUPPLIED

CLOSTRIDIUM VACCINE PLANT IN ABU GHRAIB. THIS FACILITY WAS

BOMBED DURING THE WAR AND WAS PROBABLY THE SITE OF BOTULINUM

TOXIN PRODUCTION.

9. SERA AND VACCINE INSTITUTE, BAGHDAD.







IT IS PROBABLY THE ABU GHRAIB SERUM AND VACCINE

PLANT. IN THE SUMMER OF1990,THIS FACILITY ATTEMPTED TO

PURCHASE A STRAIN OF ANTHRAX FROM A U.K. FIRM.

10. BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT.

THIS FACILITY PROBABLY HAS PERFORMED RESEARCH FOR THE BW

PROGRAM.







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