IRAQI BW/CW

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Subject: IRAQI BW/CW

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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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.







JAN 91







THE FOLLOWING ARE SEVEN SITES WHICH

ARE LIKELY CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPON STORAGE AREAS:

--QAYYARH (LONGITUDE 43 DEGS 18' EAST AND LATITUDE 35

DEGS 48' NORTH)

--AL-TAQADDUM          UNABLE TO LOCATE THIS POSITION

ON AVAILABLE MAPS OF THE REGION.

AL-TAQADDUM IS LOCATED NEAR AL MAWSIL (LONGITUDE

43 DEGS 10' EAST AND LATITUDE 36 DEGS 25' NORTH)

--TALLIL

AVAILABLE MAPS OF THE REGION.

TALLIL IS LOCATED NEAR KARKUK (LONGITUDE 44 DEGS 25'

EAST AND LATITUDE 35 DEGS 27' NORTH)

--SHARQAT (LONGITUDE 43 DEGS 14' EAST AND LATITUDE 35 DEGS

31' 50" NORTH)



--SALMAN PAK (LONGITUDE 44 DEGS 35' EAST AND LATITUDE 33

DEGS 06' 30" NORTH)

--TAJ I (          LOCATED AT

LONGITUDE 43 DEGS 27' EAST AND LATITUDE 34 DEGS 55' 03"

NORTH)

--QUBAYSAH (LONGITUDE 42 DEGS 40' EAST AND 33 DEGS 35'

NORTH)

10.          ALL OF THE ABOVE STORAGE AREAS ARE

LOCATED UNDERGROUND AND ARE PROTECTED BY 12 LAYERS OF REINFORCED

CONCRETE TO RESIST DIRECT HITS FROM AN AIR ATTACK. ALL OF THE

STORAGE AREAS ARE DEFENDED BY SOVIET MADE ZSU-23 AND ZSU-24

ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. SOME OF THESE FACILITIES ARE ALSO DEFENDED

BY SOVIET T-54 OR T-55 TANKS AS WELL AS SPECIAL FORCES TO PREVENT

GROUND ATTACKS. THE SITES ARE ALSO EQUIPPED WITH UNDER GROUND

REFRIGERATORS TO STORE THE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.







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