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CITE: (U) 0342-91.
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SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 340 2912 91.
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PASS: (U)
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COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ(IZ).
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SUBJ: IIR 2 340 2912 91/CHEMICAL MUNITIONS STORAGE FACILITY - THE
"SS" AGENT (U).
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WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASSIFIED 
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DOI: (U) 910226.
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REQS: (U) T-8C2-2650-01-90.
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SOURCE:    [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ][   (b)(7)(D)   ]



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SUMMARY:          AN AMMUNITION SUPPLY POINT HOUSING CHEMICAL 
WEAPONS WAS LOCATED NEAR THE CITY OF SULAYMANIYAH, IZ. THE "SS" 
AGENT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ARSENAL. THE IZ ARMY INFANTRY 
DIRECTORATE IS OUTLINED.
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TEXT: (U)
1.          BEFORE GROUND WAR BEGAN, 49 BDE/31 DIV WAS HIT HEAVILY
BY COALITION BOMBING AND THIS HAD A TWOFOLD EFFECT ON THE IZ
SOLDIERS- FIRST, THEY WERE SEVERELY DEMORALIZED BY THE POWERFUL 
AND
NUMEROUS BOMBS, MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MUCH EQUIPMENT AND
WEAPONRY WAS DESTROYED, AND SUPPLY LINES WERE LIMITED TO NIGHT
OPERATION; AND SECOND, THE SOLDIERS WERE CONCERNED FOR THEIR 
FAMILIES BECAUSE THEIR HOME CITIES WERE ALSO BEING BOMBED. (SOURCE 
COMMENT: COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE COALITION WERE US, UK, FR, 
IT, SA, QA, BA, TC, EG, SY, AND PK, BUT THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES 
WAS 31. FURTHER INFORMATION WAS LIMITED DUE TO THE INEFFECTIVENESS 
OF THE IZ AIR FORCE AND THE LACK OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION 
BY IZ.)
2.          THE IZ ATTACK AT KHAFJI HAD TWO CAUSES- 1) IZ SOLDIERS
WERE LOSING PATIENCE IN THEIR POSITIONS AND WANTED TO SPEED UP THE
IMMINENT GROUND WAR; AND 2) IT WAS TO BE A DEMONSTRATION OF THE IZ
ARMY'S STRENGTH FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD TO SEE.
3.          AN AMMUNITION SUPPLY POINT, AVERAGE IN SIZE, WAS
LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF NE225370 APPROXIMATELY THREE KM EAST OF
THE INTERSECTION OF THE ROAD FROM KIRKUK //GEOCOORD: 3528N04423E// 
TO SULAYMANIYAH //GEOCOORD: 3540N04530E// ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE 
ROAD. THE FACILITY WAS UNDER A MOUNTAIN AND WAS SURROUNDED BY 
BARBED WIRE AND ELECTRIC WIRE, AND HAD GUARDS POSTED EVERY 50 
METERS. ONCE EVERY HOUR AN ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER 
CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE FACILITY. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 
THE 1960'S. IT HOUSED ALL TYPES OF LIGHT AND HEAVY AMMUNITION, 
INCLUDING CHEMICAL ROUNDS FOR 120 MM MORTARS, 82 MM MORTARS, AND 
122 MM AND 130 MM D30 GUNS. CHEMICAL AGENTS STORED IN THE FACILITY 
INCLUDED BLISTER, TEAR, AND NERVE, AND A FOURTH VARIETY KNOWN AS 
"SS". THE "SS" AGENT CAUSES TEARING AND CHOKING AND CAUSES THE 
EYES TO MOVE. THE EFFECT OF THE "SS" AGENT IS TEMPORARY, LASTING 
APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR, BUT MEDICAL ATTENTION MUST BE SOUGHT OR 
DEATH WILL RESULT. (DOI - FULL PARAGRAPH; 890400).
4.          CHEMICAL WEAPONS ARE GROUPED IN TWO VARIETIES
CONVENTIONAL AND NONCONVENTIONAL. CONVENTIONAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS 
ARE
DELIVERED BY ARTILLERY AND AIRCRAFT. NONCONVENTIONAL CHEMICAL
WEAPONS ARE DELIVERED BY SCUD MISSILES AND SOMETIMES BY AIRCRAFT.
DIVISION COMMANDERS ARE AUTHORIZED BY ORDER FROM THE IZ ARMY 
GENERAL HQ TO USE CONVENTIONAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS. ONLY SADDAM 
HUSSEIN CAN AUTHORIZE THE USE OF NONCONVENTIONAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
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//IPSP: (U) PGW2650; PT 1600//.
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INSTR: (U) US NO.
PREP: (U) [   (b)(6)   ]
ACQ: (U) SAUDI ARABIA (910312).
DISSEM: (U) FIELD: NONE.
WARNING: (U) REPORT CLASSIFIED