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Subject: SUBJ: LOCATION BIOLOGICAL PRODUC

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.







DIST:         DECEMBER 1990

COUNTRY:  IRAQ

SUBJ:  LOCATION          BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION

FACILITY NEAR BAGHDAD







TEXT: 1. FROM 1982 UNTIL CIRCA MARCH 1990,

SOLD IRAQ BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF

CLOSTRIDIUM VACCINES. THIS EQUIPMENT WAS TO BE INSTALLED IN THE

"GENERAL BODY ANIMAL HEALTH" FACILITY IN BAGHDAD. THE EQUIPMENT WAS

INSTALLED IN A BUILDING WITH AN ARABIC-LANGUAGE SIGN ON THE ROOF

WHICH READS DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY RESEARCH.







CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL BACTERIA AND VACCINES ARE PRODUCED AT

THE FACILITY WHERE THE EQUIPMENT WAS INSTALLED.)







2. THE BUILDING WAS LOCATED ON JORDAN STREET, SEVEN KILOMETERS

SOUTH OF BAGHDAD (TWO KILOMETERS BEFORE ABU GHARIB),







3. THE FACILITY WAS COMPOSED OF SIX ONE-STORY SHEDS AND FOUR

BOX-TYPE SHEDS HALF BURIED IN THE GROUND. THE SHED CONTAINING THE

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION AREA WAS A ONE-STORY CINDER BLOCK AND CONCRETE

BUILDING BEHIND A SEPARATE FENCED AREA TO WHICH ACCESS WAS

RESTRICTED.







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