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RESPONSE TO RII-2O93,

Filename:027pgv.91d

                                                          
DTG:  07112OZ FEB 91
FM:   DIA WASHINGTON DC
TO : CENTCOM



SUBJ:   RESPONSE TO RII-2O93,
        LOCATION OF ALL IRAQI CW/BW
        CONTAMINATION SITES AND AMMO
        STORAGE AREAS IN THE KTO (U)

1.                        REPORTED LOCATIONS OF
DECONTAMINATION SITES IN THE KTO ARE AS
FOLLOWS:

            304449N   0474424E       285120N  O48134SE
            30O8O2N   O4739O3E       3OO802N  04739O3E
            30440ON   O473S0OE       3O5410N  0472900E
            310105N   0472312E       301000N  0472312E
            3OO63ON   047533OE       3002O0N  04743OOE
            3OO945N   0475105E       3O310ON  0473030E
            300734N   0471224E       303400N  O4710OOE
            30330ON   047120OE       295330N  O4735OOE
            301700N   0472800E       2959O0N  O474SOOE
            300700N   046O700E       29140ON  O463700E
            30110ON   O4727OOE       3OOSOON  0461000E
            302931N   04729O3E       3O110ON  O4727OOE

IT IS PROBABLE THAT MANY OF THESE SITES ARE NOW
ABANDONED AND THATNEW, AS YET UNDETECTED, SITES
MAY HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED.

2.               WE DO NOT KNOW WITH ANY
DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE WHERE THE IRAQIS ARE
STORING THEIR CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN THE KTO.
TRADITIONALLY, IRAQ HAS NOT DEPLOYED ITS
CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO FORWARD BASED UNITS UNTIL
THEIR USE WAS IMMINENT.  SINCE THE COALITION'S
BOMBING CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAQI CHEMICAL
PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND FILLING FACILITIES
BEGAN ON 17 JANUARY, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY
HAVE PROBABLY DISPERSED THEIR SENSITIVE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS STOCKS TO IMPROVE
SURVIVABILITY.  THE CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF
THEIR CHEMICAL INVENTORY IS UNKNOWN.  WHILE WE
MAINTAIN A  LISTING OF 22 5-SHAPED BUNKERS
SUSPECTED OF CW STORAGE (SIX HAVE NOW BEEN
DAMAGED) AND 19 SPECIAL REFRIGERATED BUNKERS
(12 ARE NOW DESTROYED) THAT COULD ALSO BE USED
FOR CW STORAGE, ONLY THREE OF THEIR LOCATIONS
ARE WITHIN THE KTO.  RECENT ATTEMPTS TO SEARCH
FOR INDICATIONS OF CHEMICAL STORAGE IN
AMMUNITION SUPPLY POINTS WITHIN THE KTO HAVE
NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

3.                       THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST
OF STORAGE SITES WITHIN THE KTO THAT ARE
SUSPECTED OF STORING CHEMICAL WEAPONS, [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 
   ]

A.  ASH SHUAYBAH
  [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 302840N 0473830N HAS ONE 5-SHAPED
CW BUNKER [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]

B.  TALLIL AIRFIELD
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 3056O6N 046O527E HAS ONE 5-SHAPED
BUNKER 
C.  REPUBLICAN GUARD�AMMO STORAGE FAC. I
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]   302931N 04272903E
D.  REPUBLICAN GUARD AMMO STORAGE FAC II
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 3O310SN 0472803E BOTH OF THESE
RG FACILITIES HAVE V-SHAPED TRENCHES, REVETTED
STORAGE WITH LIGHTNING ARRESTORS, AND INCREASED
SECURITY (CONCERTINA WIRE)
E.  CW STORAGE DEPOT ABOUT 25 TO 30 KM NW OF AZ
AUBAYR IN THE VICINITY OF 3037OON 0471SO0E.
DEPOT WAS REPORTEDLY USED IN THE IRAN IRAQ WAR
BY THE III AND VII FOR CW MUNITION STORAGE.  IT
WAS REPORTEDLY ATTACKED BY THE IRANIANS IN
1987, BUT UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS COULD
REMAIN.
F.  UUM QASR: CHEMICAL BOMBS REPORTED BEING
STORED AT 3002N 04757E
G.  ABRAQ AL HABARI: MISSILES WITH CHEMICAL
5 REPORTED AT 2929N 04656E
H.  DESERT OF AL AHMADI AREA REPORTED MISSILE
STORAGE AT 290SN O48OSE
I.  PORT OF MINA AL AH'ADI    REPORTED MISSILE
STORAGE AT 2909N 04809E
J.. AL JARRA AREA REPORTED MISSILE STORAGE AT
2922N 04742E
H.AL JAHRA AREA REPORTED CW STORAGE AT 2913N
04748E
L.AL JAHRA AREA REPORTED MISSILE STORAGE AT
2923N 04740
M.  POSSIBLE CW STORAGE IN FIVE BUNKERS REPORTED
AT 292100N 046S600E

4.                         THIS LIST SHOULD NOT BE
CONSIDERED COMPLETE.  FURTHER RESEARCH WOULD BE
NEEDED TO PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST.  ALMOST
ALL OF THESE SITES HAVE HAD [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]  
CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORAGE
CANNOT BE CONFIRMED AT THESE OR ANY OTHER
LOCATIONS.
 

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