CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION

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Subject: CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION

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SEP 90    CIA 243528







CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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COUNTRY: IRAQ



SUBJ:  DESCRIPTION OF CHEMICAL

PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN IRAQ.



DOI:   MARCH - NOVEMBER 1989







TEXT:          THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS OF A

CHEMICAL WEAPONS (CW) FACILIITY

LOCATED OUTSIDE OF BAGHDAD,







1. THE SALMAN PAK CHEMICAL WEAPONS FACILITY:



A. ACCESSISECURITY TO FACILITY: THE FACILITY IS LOCATED

APPROXIMATELY 20 KILOMETERS FROM BAGHDAD OFF OF "AL-QANAT" ROAD ON

THE RIGHT HAND SIDE LEADING TO BASRAH. THERE IS HEAVY SECURITY

OUTSIDE THE COMPOUND CONSISTING OF ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS AND

TANKS (NFI) POSITIONED NEAR THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND IN THE PARKING LOT

AN "ELECTRIC FENCE" SURROUNDS THE COMPOUND.







B. PHYSICAL LAYOUT/CHARACTERISTICS: THE BUILDING IS

LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 12 METERS UNDERGROUND. IT IS APPROXIMATELY

SEVEN METERS IN HEIGHT, 45 METERS WIDE AND 40 METERS IN LENGTH. THE

INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MAIN WINGS (AN EAST AND

A WEST WING)







D. CHEMICALS PRODUCED AT FACILITY: SULFURIC

ACID, LEAD (SIC), "BLACK" ACID (NFI), HYDROGEN ACID, MAGNESIUM, AND

SODIUM HYDROCARBONATE WERE BEING PRODUCED AT THE FACILITY.







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