IRAQI NUCLEAR

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Subject: IRAQI NUCLEAR

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







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DEC 90







COUNTRY: IRAQ

SUBJ:          OBSERVATIONS AT TUWAITHA NUCLEAR FACILITY







4.          BUILDING LOCATED NEAR SOME OF THE

LIVING QUARTERS WHICH HAD THE UNIVERSAL "RADIATION DANGER"

SYMBOL ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THERE WERE ALSO COOLING

TOWERS LOCATED NEARBY. EACH COOLING TOWER WAS EMITTING A

TRANSLUCENT MIST IN A CONE SHAPE. SOME OF THE WESTERNERS

COMPLAINED ABOUT SORE THROATS AND ATTRIBUTED IT TO "FALLOUT"

FROM THE TOWERS.







THE MEDICAL FACILITY HAD A RED CRESCENT SIGN

ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. BOTH OF THE BUILDINGS, ALONG

WITH THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WERE DIRTY AND DUSTY. IN

ADDITION, THE BUSES AND TRUCKS ON THE COMPOUND WERE DIRTY AND

DUSTY AND WERE CONSTANTLY IN NEED OF REPAIR.

THE SPORTS COMPLEX AND MEDICAL FACILITY WERE IN FAIRLY GOOD

CONDITION          TUWAITHA WAS AN IMPORTANT RESEARCH

FACILITY. COMPARED TO OTHER FACILITIES IN IRAQ, TUWAITHA WAS

HIGHLY TECHNICAL, WELL-PLANNED AND PROFESSIONAL.)







NEAR TAMUZ NUMBER ONE, A

SITE THAT HAD BEEN BOMBED AND WAS NO LONGER ACTIVE.







16. MEDICAL FACILITIES AT TUWAITHA WERE ADEQUATE AS

COMPARED TO U.S. STANDARDS OF 10-15 YEARS AGO. THE CLINIC WAS

WELL-EQUIPPED WITH MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND PRESCREPTION DRUGS





ALTHOUGH THE IRAQIS AT THE MEDICAL

FACILITY REFERRED TO THEMSELVES AS DOCTORS, THEY SEEMED TO BE

THE EQUIVALENT OF PARAMEDICS IN THE U.S. THE WESTERNERS USED

THE THREAT OF "WAR CRIMES" TRIALS TO MOTIVATE THE IRAQI DOCTORS

TO PROVIDE PROMPT AND THOROUGH MEDICAL TREATMENT.)







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