IIR 2 762 0150 91/DESERT STORM--SAMARRA

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SERIAL:   (U)  IIR 2 762 0150 91. 

 
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COUNTRY:  (U)  IRAQ (IZ); GERMANY (GM); LIBYA (LY). 
 
SUBJECT:  IIR 2 762 0150 91/DESERT STORM--SAMARRA
CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PLANT IS BUILT BY THE GERMAN COMPANY,
HEBERGER-BAU-GMBH (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)  910116. 
 

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SOURCE:   [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)]


SUMMARY:  [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)]
 
TEXT:  1.  [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)] 
 
     2.              THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS INVESTIGATING 
HEBERGER-BAU GMBH'S FINANCIAL RECORDS AND INTERVIEWING EMPLOYEES 
CONCERNING ITS CONTACTS WITH IZ AFTER THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) 
EMBARGO BEGAN IN AUGUST 1990.  [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)]


 
COMMENTS:  (U)    [b.2.] 




 
     2.  THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 6 JANUARY 1989, HEADLINE--BONN LINKS 
FIRMS TO IRAQI ARMS, REPORTS THAT HEBERGER-BAU OF SCHIFFERSTADT AND

KARL KOLB AMONG OTHER COMPANIES ARE SUSPECTED OF ASSISTING IN THE 
IRAQI GOVERNMENT IN CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION.  THE CHRISTIAN 
SCIENCE MONITOR, DATED 13 DECEMBER 1988, HEADLINE--TRAIL TO 
SAMARRA, REPORTS THE KARL KOLB GMBH AND CO PROVIDED THE SAMARRA 
PLANT WITH CORROSION-RESISTANT VESSELS AND PIPES AS WELL AS 
SOPHISTICATED DEVICES.   THE KARL KOLB GMBH ALLEGEDLY COORDINATED 
ITS ACTIVITIES WITH THE IRAQI STATE ENTERPRISE FOR PESTICIDE 
PRODUCTION (SEPP). 
 

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DISSEM:     (U)  NONE   FIELD:  NONE   SENT TO:  NONE.