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SERIAL: (U) IIR 1 511 0163 90.
PASS TO: [b.2., b.6.]
COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).
SUBJ: IIR 1 511 0163 90/ IRAQI MILITARY FACILITIES (U)
WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE.
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DOI: (U) 900828.
REQS: (U) T-8C2-2650-01-90.
SOURCE: [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]
SUMMARY: THIS REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON IRAQ'S MAIN
MILITARY AND MILITARY RELATED (NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL PLANTS)
FACILITIES.
TEXT: (U)
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]
2) VICINITY OF KIRKUK-- A CHEMICAL PLANT WAS LOCATED SOUTH
EAST OF THIS CITY; CHEMICAL WEAPONS WERE BELIEVED TO BE
MANUFACTURED AT THIS LOCATION. [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]
B. CENTRAL REGION OF IRAQ (VICINITY OF BAGHDAD)-- THERE
WAS A NUCLEAR FACILITY [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]
LOCATED
SOUTH OF THE CITY. STRICT SECURITY CHECKS WERE CONDUCTED WHEN ONE
WAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE NUCLEAR FACILITY.
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]
3. UTILIZATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS-- IN THE VICINITY OF A
CITY ON THE IRAQ/IRAN BORDER CALLED SULAIMANIYA
THE IRAQI'S USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR. THIS
(THESE) INCIDENT(S) OCCURRED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO;
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] THE REASONS FOR THE
USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS FOLLOW--
A. THE IRAQIS WERE CONCERNED THAT THE INVADING IRANIAN
TROOPS WERE GOING TO DESTROY THE NEARBY SULAIMANIYA DAM. IF THE
DAM HAD BEEN DESTROYED, BAGHDAD (SITUATED TO ITS SOUTH) WOULD HAVE
BEEN INUNDATED; HENCE, IRAQ USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO PREVENT THIS
FROM HAPPENING.
B. CONVENTIONAL WEAPONRY COULD DAMAGE THE DAM, SO IT WAS
NOT USED TO ATTACK THE IRANIANS; INSTEAD, THE IRAQIS USED CHEMICAL
WEAPONRY (ASPHYXIATING GAS).
C. FURTHERMORE, THE IRAQIS USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO KILL
AND WOUND THEIR OWN COUNTRYMEN, KURDISH TRIBESMEN LIVING IN THIS
REGION WHO WERE SUSPECTED OF SPYING FOR IRAN, TURKEY, AND OTHER
ENEMIES.
COMMENTS: (U)
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]
//IPSP: (U) PGW2650//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) 131//.
PROJ: (U) 141211.
INSTR: (U) US NO.
PREP: (U) 1-10146.
ENCLS: (U) SIX ENCLOSURES (TO FOLLOW):
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]
DISSEM: (U) [b.2.]
WARNING: (U) [b.2.]
DECL: OADR
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