STATUS OF BW

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AUG 91







STATUS OF BIOLOGICAL

WEAPONS







TEXT:







COUNTRY:  IRAQ

SUBJ:  REORGANIZATION OF THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND

MILITARY INDUSTRIALIZATION

DOI:   EARLY AUGUST 1991







3. IRAQ'S CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE WEAPONS ARE

STORED AND DEPLOYED BY THE IRAQI ARMY.









COUNTRY:  IRAQ

SUBJ:   DETAIL ON THE LOCATION OF IRAQ'S

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS







2. AS OF          1991, THERE WERE NO PLANS TO MOVE

ANY OF THE CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS WHICH HAVE BEEN

HIDDEN







3. THERE ARE 75 BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS OF AGENTS A, B AND C

HIDDEN NEAR AIRSTRIP 37, LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE AL-MUHAMMADI

AIRBASE. THESE ARE 90 LITER BOMBS AND ARE BURIED ONE METER

UNDER GROUND. ALSO BURIED ONE METER UNDERGROUND ARE TWO TANKS

OF LIQUID SPORE (POSSIBLY AGENT B).

UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE AGENTS. PREVIOUS

REPORTING REFERRED TO THE AGENTS AS 1, 2 AND 3. THERE ARE 57

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS OF AGENTS A AND B BURIED APPROXIMATELY ONE

METER UNDERGROUND AT THE AL-AZIZYA FIRING RANGE AND THREE TANKS

OF LIQUID SPORE. FIVE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS OF AGENTS A, B AND C

ARE LOCATED AL-DIJJILI, (APPROXIMATELY 30 KILOMETERS NORTH OF

SAMARRA). THESE ARE 145 LITERS BOMBS AND ARE NOT BURIED IN THE

GROUND BUT COVERED WITH SANDBAGS. TEN BIOLOGICAL WARHEADS ARE

LOCATED AT A SITE NEAR AL-MANSURIAH, LOCATED 200 KILOMETERS

EAST OF BAGHDAD. THE IRAQI ARMY II CORPS HEADQUARTERS IS

LOCATED NEAR THE AL-MANSURIAH FACILITY.







4. STORED NEAR THE MILI TARY'S ELETRONIC WARFARE UNIT 114

INSIDE A PRE-FABRICATED BUILDING ARE 23 ONE METER CONTAINERS OF

AGENT A, B AND C. SEVENTY-NINE CONTAINERS OF AGENT C ARE ALSO

STORED IN THIS BUILDING.







5. THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY AT AL

HAKKIM IS COMPRISED OF FIVE LARGE LABORATORIES INVOLVED IN THE

PRODUCTION OF BACTERIA TOXINS. THE JUR AL-SAHKAR FACILITY IS

PRODUCING ONLY AGENTS A AND B. THESE ARE BOTH TOXINS PRODUCED

IN FERMENTATION TANKS WHICH HAVE A 1,400 LITER CAPACITY.

ANOTHER LARGE PRODUCTION FACILITY AT AL-MANAL (SOUTH OF BAGHDAD

NEAR THE BAGHDAD BROADCAST STATION) IS INVOLVED IN THE

PRODUCTION OF MICROSCOPIC VIRUSES. ALTHOUGH THIS FACILITY WAS 

DAMAGED DURING THE GULF WAR, PRODUCTION ACTIVITY IS BEING

CARRIED OUT IN THREE LARGE BUILDINGS EQUIPPED WITH FOUR 2,200

LITER FERMENTATION TANKS. FUNGUS AGENTS ARE BEING PRODUCED

A LARGE FACILITY OF SIX BUILDINGS IN AL-SAFA AL-FADHALIYA, EAST

OF BAGHDAD.







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