IRAQI BW FACILITIES

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Subject: IRAQI BW FACILITIES

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IRAQI BW FACILITIES







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. THE IRAQIS

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 THREE

REMAINING REFRIGERATED BUNKERS AND THE HIGH CONTAINMENT

BUILDING, DESIGNED TO WORK ON HIGHLY INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS. THE

ENGINEERING/RESEARCH AREA







3. K-3 AIRFIELD AT HAQLANIYAY (340435N, 421956E)

THERE ARE FOUR SEPARATELY SECURED REVETTED BUILDINGS

LOCATED TWO KMS FROM K-3 AIRFIELD. WE BELIEVE THESE BUILDINGS

HAVE STORED BW MUNITIONS IN THE PAST. THE BUILDINGS ARE

PHYSICALLY SEPARATED BY SEVERAL KILOMETERS FROM THE LARGER

AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA THAT CONSISTS OF OVER 100 BUNKERS







4. THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VACCINE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT,

AL DURAH







ABOUT 20 KM FROM THE CITY CENTER.

MAXIMUM CONTAINMENT FACILITY. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED

WITH RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF VIRUSES FOR THE BW PROGRAM.







5. 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.







6. 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







7. AL KINSA COMPANY, ABU GHRAIB (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 PLAN1 WAS

PROBABLY THE SITE OF BOTULINUM TOXIN PRODUCTION.

8. SERA AND VACCINE INSTITUTE, BAGHDAD







IT IS PROBABLY THE ABU GHRAIB SERUM AND VACCINE

PLANT.







9. BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH BW-RELATED RESEARCH.







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

THIS FACILITY HAS DUAL-USE EQUIPMENT







11. AL MANSURIYAH STORAGE FACILITY

THE AL MANSURIYAH STORAGE FACILITY CONTAINS 20 BUNKERED

STORAGE BUILDINGS BUILT INTO A HILLSIDE.







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