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Subject: IRAQI CW

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN

REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN

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

THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON

REQUEST.







DEC 90







COUNTRY: IRAQ

SUBJ:             POSSIBLE CHEMICAL WEAPONS PLANTS AT

HABBANIYA, ISKANDARIYA, AND HUSAYBA, IRAQ







TEXT: 1. IN THE SUMMER OF 1989 A POSSIBLE CHEMICAL WEAPONS

PRODUCTION PLANT WAS IN OPERATION NEAR HABBANIYA, IRAQ.

WESTERN CONSTRUCTION FIRMS PROVIDED WATER PIPING AND CHEMICAL

SERVICES FOR THE PLANT. THE HABBAN]YA FACILITY IS LOCATED

APPROXIMATELY 15 KILOMETERS EAST OF HABBANIYA CITY, AND SOME 30

KILOMETERS SOUTH OF IRAQI HIGHWAY NUMBER "l 0" ALONG A DESERT

TRACK.







) THE 

SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF THE HABBANIYA TOURIST VILLAGE, AND IS

NOT VISIBLE FROM ANY SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENTS. THE SITE IS

SURROUNDED BY TWO PERIMETER WALLS. THE OUTHER WALL IS

EXTREMELY HIGH WITH WATCHTOWERS BUILT INTO IT.







CHEMICAL TRUCKS WHICH

MAKE DELIVERIES TO THE PLANT BEAR NO MARKINGS, AND THE EXACT

TYPE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION IS NOT KNOWN.







6. IN FEBRUARY 1986 A CHEMICAL WEAPONS PLANT WAS IN

OPERATION AT AL-HUSAYBA, IRAQ, NEAR THE SYRIAN-IRAQI BORDER.

THE PLANT IS CAPABLE OF RECEIVING CHEMICAL SUPPLIES BY TRAIN,

AND WAS THE SITE OF A TRAIN WRECK IN LATE 1985 WHICH SPILLED

CHEMICALS INTO THE AIR NEAR AL-HUSAYBA. IRAQI WORKERS AT THE

SITE SAID THAT THE CHEMICAL TRAIN CAUSED AN UNUSUAL EXPLOSION

WHICH PRODUCED VERY BRIGHT LIGHT, AND WHICH CAUSED THE DEATH OF

CIVILIANS IN AL-HUSAYBA. FOLLOWING THE TRAIN ACCIDENT, THE

IRAQI GOVERNMENT IMPRISONED EIGHT TRAIN WORKERS AND ACCUSED

THEM OF SABOTAGE.







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