IRAQI BW/CW

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Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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1.  WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING INTERAGENCY-COORDINATE

INFORMATION ON BW TARGETS IN IRAQ.







2. CBW UPDATE: BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN STORED AT

MILITARY FACILITIES ACROSS IRAQ. FOR EXAMPLE, BW WARHEADS

HAVE BEEN STORED AT THE TAJI MISSILE FACILITY







THE IRAQIS HAVE

WEAPONIZED BW AGENTS INTO AT LEAST AERIAL BOMBS AND MISSILE

WARHEADS. ALTHOUGH BOTULINUM TOXIN AND ANTHRAX ARE

CONFIRMED IRAQI BW AGENTS, WE BELIEVE IRAQ MAY HAVE

WEAPONIZED OTHER BW AGENTS AS WELL.

(A) AT-TAJI MILITARY FACILITY







THE IRAQIS HAVE BURIED ARTICLES

IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THIS FACILITY. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY

RECENTLY BURIED SPECIAL WEAPONS ALONG WITH GARBAGE IN THE

WASTE TREATMENT AREA OF THE TAJI FACILITY

BW MISSILE WARHEADS MIGHT

BE FOUND UNDERGROUND AT THIS KEY MISSILE FACILITY.

CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN IN EXAMINING ANY MUNITIONS FOUND HERE.







(B) SALMAN PAK BW RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION FACILITY







-- THIS WAS IRAQ'S PRIMARY BW FACILITY BEFORE THE

WAR. ALTHOUGH THE FACILITY WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED DURING

THE WAR, IT IS STILL OF MAJOR INTEREST. KEY AREAS INCLUDE

THE          REMAINING BUNKERS

AND THE HIGH CONTAINMENT BUILDING.

DESIGNED FOR WORK ON HIGHLY INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS.







C) K-3 AIRFIELD AT HAQLANIYAH







-- THERE ARE          SEPARATELY SECURED REVETTED

BUILDINGS LOCATED          FROM K-3 AIRFIELD. WE

BELIEVE THAT THESE BUILDINGS HAVE STORED BW MUNITIONS IN THE

PAST.







WE WOULD EXPECT THAT ANY BW MUNITIONS WOULD

NOW BE BURIED UNDERGROUND.

(D) THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VACCINE PRODUCTION

DEPARTMENT, AL DURA







IT IS LOCATED SOUTH

OF BAGHDAD, ABOUT 20 KM FROM THE CITY CENTER.

IT AS A MAXIMUM CONTAINMENT FACILITY. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN

INVOLVED WITH RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF VIRUSES FOR THE BW

PROGRAM.







(E) THE AL-HUKM PLANT, BABIL GOVERNATE

--          THIS FACILITY

 IS LOCATED ON THE

EUPHRATES RIVER TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BAGHDAD. THE FACILITY

HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF BW AGENT

SUCH AS BOTULINUM TOXIN.







(G) AL-KINDI COMPANY, ABU GHRAIB







--

WE BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE

SUPPLIED CLOSTRIDIUM VACCINE PLANT LOCATED IN ABU GHRAIB.

THE COALITION FORCES DESTROYED THIS FACILITY DURING THE WAR.

THE PLANT WAS PROBABLY THE SITE OF BOTULINUM TOXIN

PRODUCTION.

(H) SERA AND VACCINE INSTITUTE. BAGHDAD







--          IT IS PROBABLY THE ABU GHRAIB SERUM AND

VACCINE PLANT.







(I) BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

-- THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH BW-

RELATED RESEARCH.







(K) AL MANSURIYAH STORAGE FACILITY

-- THIS STORAGE FACILITY CONSISTS OF ABOUT 20

BUNKERED STORAGE BUILDINGS BUILT INTO A HILLSIDE. WE

BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS STORED BW AGENTS IN THE

PAST WE NOW WOULD EXPECT THAT ANY BW MUNITIONS WOULD BE

STORED UNDERGROUND AT THIS SITE.







D. ON THE TOXICITY QUESTION, WE HAVE SOME  DATA  FROM  A

TOXICITY HANDBOOK. DIETHYLAMINE IS DESCRIBED AS MODERATELY

TOXIC BY INGESTION, INHALATION OR SKIN CONTACT. IT IS A

SEVERE EYE IRITANT. EXPOSURE  TO  STRONG  VAPOR  CAN  CAUSE

SEVERE COUGH AND CHEST PAIN. CONTACT WITH LIQUID (OR

DROPLETS) CAN DAMAGE EYES, POSSIBLY PERMANENTLY. CONTACT

WITH SKIN CAN CAUSE NECROSIS AND VESTICULATION. FOR

INHALATION (PRESUMABLY THE MAIN CONCERN FOR EXPOSURE AT SOME

DISTANCE), THE HANDBOOK GIVES TWO NUMBERS, AN LC50 OF 5,000

MG/CUBIC METER OF AIR FOR MAMMAL AND AN LC50 OF 4.000 PPM/4H

FOR RATS.

HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND

COMPARABLE DATA FOR XYLEDENE. THE HANDBOOK INDICATES THAT

XYLIDINE (AMINODIMETHYLBENZENE, OR AMINOZYLENEL IS TOXIC BY

INGESTION, BY INHALATION, AND BY SKIN CONTACT AND THAT  THE

TLV IS 2 PPM IN AIR.







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