DETAILS OF IRAQI CHEMICAL WELFAR

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Subject: DETAILS OF IRAQI CHEMICAL WELFAR

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DEC 90



DEC90







COUNTRY: IRAQ/INTERNATIONAL

SUBJ:    1. DETAILS OF IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE RELATED FACILITY

NEAR MOSUL







DOI:          1990







SUMMARY: A CHEMICAL WARFARE RELATED OR SUPPORT FACILITY IS

LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF THE IRAQI

OF MOSUL.          THE

FACILITY PRODUCES CHEMICAL MATERIALS AND CHEMICAL PROTECTION

EQUIPMENT

IN ONE BUILDING IN THE COMPLEX, TECHNICIANS WERE

MIXING WHITE AND YELLOW-COLORED POWDERS TOGETHER.







CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) RELATED OR SUPPORT FACILITY LOCATED NEAR

MOSUL INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES:







D. THE MEDICAL DISPENSARY.







H. A TWO-STORY CHEMICAL MIXING BUILDING.

I. A ONE-STORY POWER GENERATING PLANT FOR THE

CHEMICAL MIXING BUILDING.







2. MISSION AND LOCATION. AN IRAQI CW RELATED OR

SUPPORT FACILITY IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 KILOMETERS

 NORTHWEST OF MOSUL.

 THE FACILITY PRODUCES A VARIETY OF CHEMICAL

 MATERIALS INCLUDING UNSPECIFIED TYPES OF CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE

 EQUIPMENT.

 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT COMPLIES WITH U.S. MILITARY STANDARDS







THE MEDICAL STAFF

PROVIDES ROUTINE PHYSICALS AND FIRST AID TREATMENT WHEN

NECESSARY. ONE OF THE DOCTORS MENTIONED THAT HIS STAFF

OCCASIONALLY TAKES BLOOD SAMPLES TO DETERMINE A WORKER'S BLOOD

COUNT.







B. A CHEMICAL MIXING FACILITY IS LOCATED IN THE LOWER

LEVEL OF A TWO-STORY CONCRETE BUILDING MEASURING APPROXIMATELY

100 METERS IN LENGTH BY 50 METERS IN WIDTH. THIS FACILITY IS

EQUIPPED WITH SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL AND LABORATORY TYPE SCALES OR

BALANCES, AND TECHNICIANS WERE OBSERVED MIXING A WHITE POWDERY

MATERIAL WITH A YELLOWISH POWDER. OFFICES AND STORAGE AREAS

OCCUPY THE SECOND FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING. DURING EVENING HOURS

AND AT NIGHT A STRONG ROTTEN EGG-LIKE OR SULFUR ODOR SEEMS TO

EMANATE FROM THE VICINITY OF THIS BUILDING. THE ODOR IS NEVER

PRESENT DURING THE DAY.







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