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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. First Page | Prev Page | Next Page | Back to Text |