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P 240406Z APR 91 
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC 
INFO RUEALGX/SAFE 
P 230100Z APR 91 
FM [b.2.]
TO AIG 833 
RHIUFAA/USCENTAF FWD//IN/INO/INCH// 
RHIPAAA/DET 6 AFSAC//CC// 
RHIPAAA/USCINCCENT//CCJ2-CH// 
BT 

 
SERIAL:  (U) IIR 1 512 0180 91. 
 
COUNTRY:  U) IRAQ (IZ). 
SUBJ:  IIR 1 562 0180 91/CHEMICAL WEAPON STORAGE AREA (U). 
 
WARNING:  (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTEL. 

                        DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
 
DOI:  (U) 910300. 
 
REQS:  (U) T-8C2-2650-01-90. 
 
SOURCE:  [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)]  

 
SUMMARY:         CHEMICAL WEAPONS ARE POSSIBLY STORED IN AN 
UNDERGROUND FACILITY AT AN IRAQI AIR FORCE BASE IN KIRKUK, IZ. 
TEXT:  1.  [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)]

 			HIGH RANKING IRAQI GOVERNMENT 
OFFICIALS OFTEN VISITED THE SITE EVEN DURING THE WAR.  IN 
             1991,    [b.1., sec. 1.5.(c); b.6.]                  
                       
       VISITED THE SITE ((FIELD COMMENT)--NAMES OF THE VISITORS 
UNKNOWN).  DURING THE VISIT, THE VISITORS STATED THAT THERE WAS AN 
UNDERGROUND CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORAGE FACILITY AT THE AIR FORCE 
BASE LOCATED IN KIRKUK, IZ. 
2.         A FEW DAYS LATER, [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c); b.6.]         
VISITED THE SITE AGAIN.  THIRD COUNTRY WORKERS TOLD HIM THAT THEY 
WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE IRAQ BECAUSE OF THE MULTINATIONAL FORCES' 
BOMBING RAIDS, AND THE DANGER OF A DIRECT HIT ON THE CHEMICAL 
WEAPONS STORAGE FACILITY. [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c); b.6.]     AGREED 
WITH THEIR CONCERN FOR SAFETY AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE EXISTENCE OF 
CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORED AT THE BASE.  
[b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c); b.6.}                 HE FURTHER STATED 
THAT THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORED AT THE BASE COULD CONTAMINATE AN 
AREA 25 KILOMETERS IN DIAMETER.  

		[b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c); b.6.]

COMMENTS:  [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)] 
//IPSP CODE:  (U) PG 2200//. 
//COMSOBJ:  (U) 111//. 

PROJ:  (U) 1421-10. 
INSTR:  (U) US NO. 
PREP:  (U) 1-10129. 
ACQ:  U) [b.2., b.6.]
DISSEM:  (U) FIELD:  NONE. 
WARNING:  (U)   [b.2.]

DECL:OADR 
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