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Subject: IRAQI CW

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WARNING:  INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE







DIST:         JANUARY1991



COUNTRY: IRAQ/INTERNATIONAL



SUBJ:  1.  DETAILS OF IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE RELATED FACILITY

NEAR MOSUL







DOI:          1990-







SUMMARY: A CHEMICAL WARFARE RELATED FACILITY IS LOCATED

APPROXIMATELY 30 KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF THE IRAQI CITY OF MOSUL.

THE FACILITY PRODUCES

CHEMICAL MATERIALS AND CHEMICAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT

IN ONE

BUILDING IN THE COMPLEX, TECHNICIANS WERE SEEN  MIXING WHITE AND

YELLOW-COLORED POWDERS TOGETHER.







TEXT: 1.  AN IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) RELATED FACILITY LOCATED

NEAR MOSUL INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES:







D. THE MEDICAL DISPENSARY.







H. A TWO-STORY CHEMICAL MIXING BUILDING.

I.  A ONE-STORY POWER GENERATING PLANT FOR THE CHEMICAL

MIXING BUILDING.







2.  MISSION AND LOCATION. THIS IRAQI CW RELATED FACILITY IS

LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF MOSUL.

THE FACILITY PRODUCES A

VARIETY OF CHEMICAL MATERIALS INCLUDING UNSPECIFIED TYPES OF CHEMICAL

PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT COMPLIES WITH U.S. MILITARY STANDARDS







THE MEDICAL STAFF PROVIDES ROUTINE PHYSICALS

AND FIRST AID TREATMENT WHEN NECESSARY. ONE OF THE DOCTORS MENTIONED

THAT HIS STAFF OCCASIONALLY TAKES BLOOD SAMPLES TO DETERMINE A

WORKER'S BLOOD COUNT.







B. A CHEMICAL MIXING FACILITY IS LOCATED IN THE LOWER

LEVEL OF A TWO-STORY CONCRETE BUILDING MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 1 00

METERS IN LENGTH BY 50 METERS IN WIDTH. THIS FACILITY IS EQUIPPED

WITH SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL AND LABORATORY TYPE SCALES OR BALANCES, AND

TECHNICIANS WERE OBSERVED MIXING A WHITE POWDERY MATERIAL WITH A

YELLOWISH POWDER. OFFICES AND STORAGE AREAS OCCUPY THE SECOND FLOOR

OF THIS BUILDING. DURING EVENING HOURS AND AT NIGHT A STRONG ROTTEN

EGG-LIKE OR SULFUR ODOR SEEMS TO EMANATE FROM THE VICINITY OF THIS

BUILDING. THE ODOR IS NEVER PRESENT DURING THE DAY.







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