IRAQ - POSSIBLE BW WEAPONS PRODU

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Subject: IRAQ - POSSIBLE BW WEAPONS PRODU

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE







COUNTRY: IRAQ



SUBJ:          POSSIBLE

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES OF

A NUTRITIONAL PLANT LOCATED THREE MILES FROM

THE ABU-GHRAIB MILITARY COMPLEX.







SUMMARY: THE FOLLOWING PROVIDES          ON THE ABU-

GHRAIB INFANT FORMULA PRODUCTION PLANT. ALTHOUGH THE PLANT WAS BUILT

IN 1980 AND HAS NEVER BEEN USED TO PRODUCE INFANT FORMULA, IT STILL

FUNCTIONS IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER WITH ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT BEING

MAINTAINED













TEXT: 1. AS OF A 1985          THE NUTRITIONAL PLANT LOCATED

IN ABU-GHRAIB, THE PLANT WAS FULLY OPERATIONAL. ACCORDING TO







THE FACILITY HAS NOT BEEN

CHANGED SINCE 1985, AND THE EQUIPMENT IS KEPT IN WORKING CONDITION.



2. THE PLANT, WHICH WAS BUILT AS A TURNKEY OPERATION IN 1980

HAS NEVER BEEN USED TO PRODUCE INFANT

FORMULA.







COMMENT: ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO APPARENT SUSPICIOUS

ACTIVITIES AT THE PLANT, IT DOES HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PRODUCE

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS FROM THE PLANT'S FACILITIES AND FROM FOODSTUFFS

STORED AT THE PLANT.





FOR BACTERIA

PRODUCTION.)







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