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Subject: IRAQI CW

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JAN 91         DIRECTOR 482765







WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.







DIST:          JANUARY 1991



COUNTRY: IRAQ



SUBJ:  CHEMICAL WARFARE MANUFACTURING FACILITY NEAR SAMARRA



DOI:      1983           1990







2. AN IRAQI CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITY IS LOCATED

APPROXIMATELY 25-30 KILOMETERS (KMS) NORTH OF SAMARRA CITY







8. THERE HAS BEEN RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE IRAQI CHEMICAL

WEAPONS INDUSTRY. IT INITIALLY DEPENDED ON IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL

AND HOUSEHOLD PESTICIDES. THERE WERE, HOWEVER, DEFICIENCIES IN THE

PROCESS. THROUGH JUNE 1990, THE SEALS USED BY THE PLANT IN CW ROUNDS

TENDED TO SPRING LEAKS VERY QUICKLY AND COULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR

LONG-TERM STORAGE. EVEN MILDLY MISHANDLED OR DROPPED ROUNDS BEGAN

LEAKING RIGHT AWAY. CONSEQUENTLY, CW STOCKS WERE STORED IN SMALL

QUANTITIES AND KEPT AST A LEVEL ONLY SUFFICIENT TO MEET ROUTINELY

SMALL DEMAND (AS OF LATE 1990). FREQUENTLY, STOCKS OF FINISHED CW

ROUNDS WERE SENT TO SPECIAL OFFICES OF THE MUKHABARAT, LOCATED

OUTSIDE THE PROJECT SITE. REGARDLESSS OF SARETY, FOR SECURITY

REASONS, THE PLANT USUALLY DOES NOT PUT ANY SIGNS OR COLORS ON THE CW

ROUNDS.



9. SPECIFIC CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCED AT THIS FACILITY FOR

MILITARY APPLICATION INCLUDE:

A. DICHLORODIETHYL SULFIDE, YELLOW MEARK, LARGE-SCALE

PRODUCTION.



B. LEWISITE: ETHYLENE AND ARSENIC TRICHLORIDE WITH

ALUMINUM AS A CATALYST

C. ARSENIC METHYL DIFLUORIDE: ASPHIXIATING GAS--IDEAL FOR

ARTILLERY SHELLS

D. PHOSGENE: LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; EFFECTIVE FOR

ARTILLERY AND LEAVES NO TRACES

E. DIPHOSGENE: CHOLOROPHYLL AND ARSENIC CHLORIDE

F. TRIPHOSGENE: A MODIFIED MUSTARD GAS DESIGNED FOR

ARTILLERY. ALTHOUGH IT IS SLOW IN CHANGING FROM A LIQUID TO A GAS,

IT IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN GASES THAT CHANGE MORE QUICKLY

G. CHLOROPICRIN

H. TEARGAS: PRODUCEDFOREMERGENCYBATTALIONS/PUBLIC

SECURITY DIRECTOR FOR CROWD CONTROL

I. CHLOROACETOPHENONE: CHLOR AND ACETOPHENONE OR CHLOR

ESTEL CHLORIDE AND BENZAL AND ALUMINUM CHLORIDE, SP 3.







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