MILITARY FACILITIES

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DEC 90







MILITARY FACILITIES IN IRAQ:

LOCATIONS OF IRAQI AIR BASES AND AMMO/WEAPONS STORAGE FACILITIES

MUSOL - A LARGE AIRBASE AND AN ARMS STORAGE AREA

QAIYARA - AIRBASE

TIKRIT - A VERY LARGE AIRBASE

"H-3" - EXCEPT FOR THE AIRBASE IN BAGHDAD, H-3 IS THE

LARGEST AIRBASE IN IRAQ, HOUSING AS MANY AS 200 AIRCRAFT IN

UNDERGROUND HANGARS. OVER 12,000 ARMY TROOPS ARE LOCATED AT H-3.

IN THE

DESERT ABOUT 20 KILOMETERS FROM H-3 IS A LARGE UNDERGROUND BOMB

STORAGE AREA.

THERE IS ANOTHER AIRBASE IN THE DESERT AREA

BETWEEN THE CITIES OF AKKASHAD, HADITHA AND RUTBA.

KARKUK - AN AIRBASE WITH 6 - 7 SQUADRONS OF AIRCRAFT.

ARBEL - A SMALL AIRPORT WITH NO AIRCRAFT PERMANENTLY

ASSIGNED THERE, BUT COULD BE USED AS AN AIRSTRIP IN TIME OF WAR.

AL RASHEED - LARGEST AIRBASE IN IRAQ, NEAR BAGHDAD.

AL TAJI - AN AIRBASE AND ONE OF THE LARGEST ARMY CAMPS

WITH AN AMMUNITION DUMP/STORAGE AREA.

THERE IS AN AIRBASE MAINLY FOR BOMBERS

BETWEEN BAGHDAD AND SOWARA, ABOUT 15 - 20 KILOMETERS FROM AL

RASHEED AIRBASE, ACROSS THE TIGRES RIVER.

KUOT - AN AIRBASE ABOUT IO KM FROM THE TOWN.

NASIRIYA - AN AIRBASE

SHAIBA - AN AIRBASE

NEAR SHIBA, ABOUT 15 - 20 KM AWAY THERE

ARE THE GABAL SANAN MOUNTAINS, THE ONLY MOUNTAIN RANGE IN THIS

AREA. THERE ARE ROCKET/MISSLE BASES ON THESE MOUNTAINS

THERE ARE MANY UNDERGROUND STORAGE

FACILITIES FOR AMMUNITION AND ROCKETS IN THE REGION BETWEEN THE

GABAL SANAN MOUNTAINS AND THE TWO CITIES OF SHAIBA AND ZUBAIR.

THERE ARE UNDERGROUND AMMUNITION STORAGE FACILITIES NEAR

TAJI AIRBASE, ABOUT 45 KM NORTH OF BAGHDAD, 2 - 3 KM NORTH OF THE

OIL REFINERY IN THIS AREA.,

AL JALOWLAA ARMY CAMP - LOCATED 162 KM NORTHEAST OF

BAGHDAD, THERE ARE UNDERGROUND AMMUNITION AND ARMS STORAGE

FACILITIES LOCATED THERE.

BAB AL SINJAR - A BASE THAT WAS FORMERLY USED BY THE

BRITISH IN WORLD WAR II, THIS FACILITY IS LOCATED ABOUT 15 KM ALONG

THE ROAD FROM THE CITY OF MUSOL HEADING TOWARDS SYRIA ON THE LEFT

SIDE. ARMY WEAPONS ARE STORED UNDERGROUND THERE.

HABBANIYA AIR BASE - PREVIOUSLY A BRITISH AIR BASE, IT

HOUSES THE LARGEST AIRSTRIP IN IRAQ. SOVIET TRI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT

CALLED "BOSHER" (PHONETIC) ARE HOUSED THERE. THIS AREA IS

SURROUNDED BY A SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEM. THERE ARE ROCKET

STORAGE FACILITIES IN THE HILLS SURROUNDING THE AIRBASE.

THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITIES IN

THE TAJI AND AKOUT AREAS HAVE OCTAGONAL TOPS THAT PROTRUDE A METER

OR SO ABOVE GROUND. ROADS LEADING TO THE FACILITY ENTRANCE ARE

QUITE NOTICABLE AS THE ROADS END AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE FACILITY.

ARMY BASES

MUSOL - GHAZLANY ARMY BASE, A DIVISION HQS

KAKUK - 2ND DIVISION HQS



ARBIL - 2 - 3 BRIGADES OF ARMY TROOPS

SULAINANIYA - 5 BATTALIONS

BAKUBA - I ST DIVISION HQS, 80 KM NORTHEAST OF BAGHDAD

TAJI - LARGE ARMY HQS

KADHMIYA AREA - 1 - 3 BRIGADES

RASHEED ARMY BASE - ONE FULL DIVISION

KUT - ARMY BASE NEAR THE TOWN

AMARA - ARMY BASE NEAR THE TOWN

NASIRIYA - ARMY BASE NEAR THE TOWN, LESS THAT A FULL

DIVISION

DIWANIYA - ARMY BASE, A FULL DIVISION

BASARA - QASSIM ARMY CAMP, SHEBA ARMY CAMP. NEARBY

"HORSE RACE" ARMY CAMP WITH HALF A DIVISION.

CHEMICAL AGENTS/WEAPONS PLANTS AND FACTORIES

SAMARA - THERE IS A LARGE PHARMACEUTICAL/DRUG FACTORY AT

THIS SITE. SOUTHWEST OF SAMARA ABOUT 10 KM AWAY IS A LARGE

CHEMICAL FACTORY WHICH PRODUCES CHEMICAL BOMBS MUNITIONS.

THE WORKERS AT THIS FACTORY SPEND TWO DAYS IN THE FACTORY

FOLLOWED BY TWO DAYS IN A NERABY HOSPITAL AND THEN THREE DAYS AT

HOME, BEFORE REPEATING THIS CYCLE. ALL WORKERS ARE SOLDIERS, NO

CIVILIANS. THEY ARE WELL FED AND CARED FOR. WHEN AT THE FACTORY

THEY MUST WORK 10 HOURS A DAY.

THERE IS A HIGH MORTALITY RATE

AMONG THE WORKERS THERE.

BAIJI - ABOUT 15 KM FROM BAIJI HEADING TOWARDS MUSOL ON THE

RIGHT IS A FACTORY SURROUNDED BY AN EARTHEN WALL. ALTHOUGH LISTED

AS AN ALUMINUM FACTORY IT ACTUALLY PRODUCES CHEMICAL AGENTS.

SOLDIERS, WEARING BADGES, NOT CIVILIANS WORK AT THIS FACILITY.

ARMY FACTORIES FOR BOMBS, ROCKETS AND AMMO

IN THE YOUSIFIYA-MAHMODIYA-HASWA AREA ABOUT 50 KM

OUTSIDE BAGHDAD ON THE ROUTE TO KARBALA OR BABYLON NEAR THE AL

FARAT RIVER THERE IS AN AREA ABOUT 30 KM LONG ABOUT 15 KM FROM THE

ROAD WHICH HOUSES MANY ARMY FACTORIES







WORKERS AT THESE FACTORIES ARE

NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE IRAQ FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER COMPLETING THEIR

WORK THERE.

MUSYAB - AMMO FACILITY.







BASARA - KHOR AL ZUBAIR STEEL FACTORY WHICH PRODUCES

STEEL PLATES FOR ROCKETS; UM QASSIR, A STEEL PIPE FACTORY.

NASSIRIYA - A STEEL CABLE FACTORY.







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