IRAQI HABBANIYAH CW

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Subject: IRAQI HABBANIYAH CW

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AUG 91     DIRECTOR 850246

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1.          HABBANIYAH I

THE FACILITY WAS BUILT TO PRODUCE CW PRECURSOR AGENTS,

BUT THE IRAQIS DECIDED TO PRODUCE PESTICIDES THERE AT THE END OF

THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR.          LARGE QUANTITIES OF SEVERAL

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN A STORAGE BUNKER, BUT MOST OF THE FACILITY

HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY COALITION BOMBING.

2. HABBANIYAH III,

WAS STILL INCOMPLETE WHEN IT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY

COALITION BOMBING.          THE IRAQIS HAD NOT YET

DECIDED IF THE FACILITY WOULD BE USED FOR CW PRECURSORS OR

PESTICIDES.







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