BW STORED

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JUN 91   DIRECTOR 725128







BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN STORED AT MILITARY FACILITIES

ACROSS IRAQ. FOR EXAMPLE, BW WARHEADS HAVE BEEN STORED AT THE

AL TAJI MISSILE FACILITY.







THE IRAQIS HAVE WEAPONIZED BW AGENTS INTO AT LEAST AERIAL

BOMBS AND MISSILE WARHEADS.







1. AL TAJI MILITARY FACILITY (333223N, 441638E)

THE IRAQIS HAVE BURIED ARTICLES IN VARIOUS

PARTS OF THIS FACILITY. FOR EXAMPLE. IRAQI MILITARY OFFICERS

BURIED SPECIAL WEAPONS







2. SALMAN PAK BW RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION FACILITY (330415N,

443530E)

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

THE FACILITY WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED DURING THE WAR,

KEY AREAS INCLUDE THE

BUNKERS AND THE BUILDING, DESIGNED TO WORK ON HIGHLY INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS. THE

ENGINEERING/RESEARCH AREA







3. AL MANSURIYAH STORAGE FACILITY

BW MUNITIONS HAVE BEEN STORED AT THIS SITE







4. ALAZIZIYAH AMMO DEPOT

BW MUNITIONS HAVE BEEN STORED AT THIS SITE

PAST.







5. THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VACCINE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT,

AL DURAH







IS LOCATED SOUTH OF BAGHDAD

ABOUT 20 KM FROM THE CITY CENTER.          A

MAXIMUM CONTAINMENT FACILITY. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED

WITH RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF VIRUSES FOR THE BW PROGRAM,







6. THE AL HUKAM PLANT, BABIL GOVERNATE







IS LOCATED ON THE EUPHRATES

RIVER TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BAGHDAD. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN

INVOLVED WITH RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF BW AGENTS SUCH AS

BOTULINUM TOXIN.







7. SAMARA STATE ESTABLISHMENT FOR DRUG INDUSTRIES

THIS PLANT, ALSO KNOWN AS SAMARA PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT, IS

THE LARGET SINGLE PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT IN IRAQ AND IS INTACT.

THE PLANT PRODUCES THE MAJOR PROPORTION OF IRAQ'S

PHARMACEUTICALS. IT HAS CONSIDERABLE DUAL-USE EQUIPMENT







8. AL KINSA COMPANY, ABU GHRA[B (331823N, 441636E)

WE BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE

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.



9. SERA AND VACCINE INSTITUTE, BAGHDAD







IT IS PROBABLY THE ABU GHRAIB SERUM AND VACCINE

PLANT.







10. BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH BW-RELATED RESEARCH.







11. THE AL HILLAH PHARMACEUTICAL FACILITY (322313N, 443232E)

THIS FACILITY HAS DUAL-USE EQUIPMENT







12. K-3 AIRFIELD (HADITHA; AIR STRIP 37)

BW MUNITIONS HAVE BEEN STORED AT THIS FACILITY







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