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P 281901Z OCT 89  
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC  
INFO RUEADWD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC  
RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC  
RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC  
RUEACMC/CMC WASHINGTON DC  
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] 
RUEALGX/SAFE  
P 241227Z OCT 89  
FM [b.1.  sec 1.5.(c)] 
TO AIG 9135  
RUEHC/STATE DEPT WASHDC //INR-IC-CD//  
RUEORDF/DIRAFMIC FT DETRICK MD //AFMIC-CR//  
RUEOAYB/FSTC INTEL OPS CHARLOTTESVILLE VA //AIFICB//  
RUESST/USDAO BAGHDAD IZ  
RUFHMS/USDAO MUSCAT MU  
RUHGBAA/COMIDEASTFOR  
RHEPAAB/TAC IDHS LANGLEY AFB VA //INPC//  
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SECTION 01 OF 02  
SERIAL:   (U)  IIR 2 762 0027 90.  
  
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PASS:     (U)  NSACSS FOR ZKZK PP DXD DE FOR INFO.  
  
COUNTRY:  (U)  IRAQ (IZ); SOVIET UNION (UR); ISRAEL (IS).  
  
SUBJ:  1.  IIR 2 762 0027 90/IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PRODUCTION  
AND STORAGE FACILITIES AT SALMAN PAK (U).  
  
  
     2.  IRAQI BIOLOGICAL TESTING SITE NEAR AN NASIRIYAH, IZ (U).  
  
WARNING:  (U)  THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED  
INTELLIGENCE.   
  
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                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE  
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DOI:      (U)  89[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]  
  
REQS:     (U)  D-AH6-1610-01; T-8CX-1600-04; K-DC4-00033.  
  
SOURCE:   [b.1.  sec 1.5.(c)] 
 
  
SUMMARY:              THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW) PRODUCTION  
AND STORAGE FACILITIES AT SALMAN PAK, IZ ARE LOCATED IN TEN BUNKERS  
THAT ARE 80 PERCENT UNDER GROUND.  THE IRAQIS ARE USING THE  
LANDS SOUTHEAST OF AN NASIRIYAH, IZ AS A BW TESTING SITE.  
  
TEXT:  1.              AN IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW) PRODUCTION  
AND STORAGE FACILITY IS CO-LOCATED WITH THE CHEMICAL WARFARE  
FACILITY AT THE SALMAN PAK COMPLEX //330403N/0443501E//, IZ.   
 
	[b1. sec. 1.5.(c)] 
  
     2.              THERE ARE TEN BUNKER-TYPE STRUCTURES BUILT OF  
REINFORCED CONCRETE WHICH ARE 80 PERCENT BELOW GROUND LEVEL.   
[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] 
  OF THE TEN BUILDINGS, FIVE ARE BEING USED FOR  
PRODUCTION.  TWO OF THE BUILDINGS ARE AT 75 PERCENT OPERATIONAL  
CAPACITY PRODUCING BOTH CHOLERA AND TYPHUS BACTERIA.  THE  
PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY OF THE OTHER THREE BUILDINGS ARE UNKNOWN.  
INITIAL PRODUCTION OF BW AGENTS BEGAN IN 1986, AT 30 PERCENT OF  
PROJECTED CAPACITY AND INCREASED TO 50 PERCENT BY 1987.  THE BW  
AGENTS ARE BEING PLACED INTO 122 MILIMETER ARTILLERY SHELLS AND  
THEN STORED IN THE REMAINING BUNKERS.  
  
 
	[b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] 
 
     4.              IZ IS USING SOME OF THE MARSH LANDS SOUTHEAST  
OF AN NASIRIYAH //310241N/0461621E//, IZ, AS A BW TESTING GROUND.  
AFTER THE IRAN/IRAQ WAR ENDED, THE AREA WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED  
FOR USE BY THE IRAQI MILITARY.  ALL THE VILLAGES IN THE AREA WERE  
SUBSEQUENTLY RAZED BY THE IRAQI MILITARY IN ORDER TO FORCE THE  
VILLAGERS TO RELOCATE.  
  
     5.              IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM ((HUSAYN)) IS PUSHING  
FOR CONTINUED STOCKPILING OF BW AGENTS AND RELATED MUNITIONS FOR  
USE IF NEED BE AGAINST IS.  HUSAYN REPORTEDLY CONSIDERED BW TO BE  
IRAQ'S WEAPON OF LAST RESORT AGAINST THE IRANIAN MILITARY DURING  
THE IRAN/IRAQ WAR.  
  
COMMENTS:  (U)   SOURCE COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL  
INFORMATION AT THIS TIME.  
  
//IPSP:     (U)  PT 1610; PT 1600//.  
//COMSOBJ:  (U)  141; 141//.  
 
PROJ:       (U)  215132.  
INSTR:      (U)  US  NO.  
PREP:       (U)  2-10208.  
ACQ:        (U)  [b.2.] 
DISSEM:     (U)  NONE  FIELD:  NONE  SENT TO:  NONE.  
  
 
SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED--NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS.  
DECL:OADR  
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