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COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).
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SUBJ: IIR 2 201 0022 92/INSPECTION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE
FACILITIES (U).
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WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT' NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
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DOI: (U) 910815-910822.
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REQS: (U) G-AIF-1620-01-90; G-AIF-1620-02-90; C-SW9-1620-12-90;
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SUMMARY: THIS REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON UNSCOM-9
TECHNICAL INSPECTION OF IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION AND
STORAGE FACILITIES - ENCLOSURE.
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TEXT: (U)
1. UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION NUMBER NINE -
UNSCOM-9 WAS THE NINTH UN INSPECTION OF IRAQI FACILITIES AND THE
SECOND INSPECTION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) SPECIFIC LOCATIONS'
THE FIRST CW INSPECTION WAS DESIGNATED UNSCOM-2. THE UN TEAM
SPENT ONE DAY EACH AT THE THREE HABBANIYAH/FALLUJAH FACILITIES,
TWO DAYS AT THE DECLARED AL MUTHANNA (SAMARRA) FACILITY' AND ONE
DAY DAY AT THE AL TAQQADUM AIR BASE. THE UN TEAM CONSISTED OF 22
PERSONS FROM 11 NATIONS. THE TEAM WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO A CONTROL
GROUP, A SAFETY TEAM, AND A REPORTING TEAM.
2. ALL THREE HABBANIYAH SITES ARE SUBSIDIARY TO THE AL
MUTHANNA SITE AND PRODUCE PRECURSOR CHEMICALS - THE CHEMICAL
WARFARE AGENT' OR FINAL PRODUCT, IS PREPARED AT AL MUTHANNA. THE
THREE SITES ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR IN THAT ALL BUILDINGS ARE OF
MODULAR DESIGN. THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPHS CONTAIN SPECIFIC INFO
ON THE THREE HABBANIYAH SITES.
A. HABBANIYAH-1 - ALSO KNOWN AS FALLUJAH-3 AND AL
FAROUK. THIS FACILITY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORMULATION OF
PESTICIDES, PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC BOTTLES, AND STORAGE OF CHEMICAL
PRECURSORS.
B. HABBANIYAH-2 - ALSO KNOWN AS FALLUJAH-2 AND AL
MAAMOUN. THIS FACILITY PRODUCED CHLORINE, HYDROCHLORIC ACID,
CAUSTIC SODA' SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE' SULFUR CHLORIDE, SULFUR
TRIOXIDE, THIONYL CHLORIDE, DICHLORO METHYL PHOSPHINE OXIDE,
DIFLUROR METHYL PHOSPHINE OXIDE, PHOSPHORUS TRICHLORIDE,
PHOSPHORUS OXYCHLORIDE, AND METHYL PHOSPHITE. THE HABBANIYAH-2
FACILITY PRODUCED "DICHLOR" FROM THE ABOVE MATERIALS. STORAGE OF
PRECURSORS INCLUDED 12 TONS OF DIISOPROPYL AMINE, 25 TONS OF
DIMETHYLAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, 40 TONS OF THIODIGLYCOL, AND 52 TONS
OF 2-CHLOROBENZALDEHYDE. ((SOURCE COMMENT) - THE
CHLOROBENZALDEHYDE WAS USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF "CS" TEAR GAS).
C. HABBANIYAH-3 - ALSO KNOWN AS FALLUJAH-1. CONSTRUCTION
OF THIS FACILITY STARTED IN 1985 AND WAS SUSPENDED AT THE END OF
1987. THIS FACILITY HAD NO COMPLETED PRODUCTION WORKS OR STORAGE
SITES. THIS FACILITY WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY ALLIED BOMBING.
3. THE DECLARED FACILITY AT AL MUTHANNA CONTAINED ONE
PILOT PLANT FOR DMMP (DIMETHYL METHYLPHOSPHONATE) AND ONE PILOT
PLANT FOR DMHP (DIMETHYL HYDROGEN PHOSPHITE). PART OF THE TWO
PILOT PLANTS WAS UNDERGROUND - THIS AREA SUSTAINED LITTLE DAMAGE
FROM THE ALLIED BOMBINGS. AL MUTHANNA ALSO CONTAINED A CHEMICAL
AGENT DESTRUCTION SITE'
4. TAMMUZ (AL TAQQADUM) AIR BASE' 200 MUSTARD BOMBS
WITHOUT MARKINGS WERE STORED AT THIS SITE' AT LEAST ONE OF THE
MUNITIONS WAS LEAKING WITH THE MUNITIONS BEING SCATTERED. THE
BOMBS WERE REPORTEDLY MOVED FROM AL MUTHANNA IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP
THEM FROM BEING HIT DURING ALLIED BOMBING. THE UN INSPECTION TEAM
PICKED FOUR RANDOM BUNKERS TO CHECK FOR OTHER CHEMICAL MUNITIONS:
HOWEVER, FOUND NONE.
5. THE IRAQI CW PROGRAM - 1982-1987 - THE IRAQI'S
PRODUCED "H" MUSTARD AND GA NERVE AGENT EARLY IN THEIR WAR AGAINST
IRAN. GB' AND A GB/GF MIXTURE WERE LATER PRODUCED DURING THE
IRAN/IRAQ WAR' THE IRAQI'S USED A QUASI "BINARY" METHOD IN MIXING
COMPONENTS JUST BEFORE FILLING AND USING THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS'
THIS METHOD PROVIDED A POOR QUALITY OF ONLY 50-65 PERCENT.
BECAUSE OF THE RAPID HYDROLYSIS OF THIS LOW QUALITY FINAL PRODUCT,
THE IRAQI'S DID NOT STOCKPILE CHEMICAL MUNITIONS. THE IRAQI'S
SCALED BACK THEIR PROGRAM FROM 1987-1990. AS MENTIONED EARLIER,
THE HABBANIYAH-3 FACILITY WAS NOT COMPLETED. THE IRAQI'S SEARCHED
FOR COMMERCIAL USES FOR THESE FACILITIES - PESTICIDES FORMULATION,
CHLORINE, HYDROCHLORIC ACID, AND THE MANUFACTURE OF PESTICIDES.
THE IRAQI'S RE-STARTED THEIR CHEMICAL PROGRAM IN 1990 AT THE AL
MUTHANNA FACILITIES. START-UP TOOK MANY MONTHS AND THERE WAS ONLY
LIMITED PRODUCTION. THE CHEMICALS AND THE CHEMICAL WEAPON STOCKS
WERE ALL DISPERSED.
6. CHEMICAL MISSILE WARHEADS - THE IRAQI'S STILL POSSESS
30 AL-HUSSAIN CHEMICAL WARHEADS. 16 ARE "READY-TO-GO" WITH THE
GB/GF MIXTURE. THE OTHER 14 CONTAIN ONLY THE ALCOHOL (BINARY
REACTION WITH "DIFLUOR").
7' CHEMICAL AGENTS. THE IRAQI'S INTENTIONALLY PRODUCED
THE 60/40 GB/GF MIXTURE IN AN EFFORT TO LOWER THE AGENT'S
VOLITILITY AND INCREASE ITS PERSISTENCY IN A DESERT ENVIRONMENT.
STABILITY IS ESTIMATED AT THREE MONTHS - ONCE THE AGENT DROPS
BELOW 50 PERCENT, IT IS RELATIVELY INEFFECTIVE. THERE WAS NO
EVIDENCE OF ANY SOMAN (GD) PRODUCTION - THE IRAQI'S COULD NOT
PRODUCE THE PINACOLYL ALCOHOL. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY VX
WORK. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY LEWISITE WORK AND THE IRAQI'S
SAID THEY NEVER PRODUCED ANY OF THIS AGENT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE
OF ANY HYDROGEN CYANIDE PRODUCTION. IRAQI DEMILITARIZATION
CONSISTED OF CHEMICAL NEUTRALIZATION FOLLOWED BY INCINERATION.
ADDITIONALLY' THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY SUB-MUNITIONS'
8' CURRENT STATUS. THE IRAQI'S ARE REBUILDING THEIR
CHLORINE FACILITY AND THEIR PESTICIDE FORMULATION PLANT AT
HABBANIYAH-2. THEY ARE REQUESTING TO CONDUCT THEIR OWN CHEMICAL
DEMILITARIZATION OPERATIONS (1) TO KEEP THEIR PEOPLE EMPLOYED AND
(2) TO SAVE FACE.
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COMMENTS: (U) NONE.
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//IPSP: (U) PT 1620; PT 1620; PT 1620: PT 1620//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) 141; 141: 141: 143//.
ADMIN PROJ: (U) 202029.
INSTR: (U) US NO'
PREP: (U) 2-10463.
ENCL: (U) 1 ENCLOSURE - REPORT' "UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL
COMMISSION, SECOND CW INSPECTION (UNSCOM-9)", (U), 15-22 AUGUST
1991, 1 COPY, 122 PAGES, (U).
ACQ: (U) ALEXANDRIA, VA (910917).
DISSEM: (U) DIA: RTS-2B, FIELD: NONE' SENT TO: NONE.
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