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ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX612 MCN = 91175/21147 TOR = 911751724 RTTSZYUW RUEKJCS1266 1751723-SSSS--RUEALGX. [b.2] [b.2] SECTION 01 OF 07 SERIAL: (U) IIR 1 778 0146 91. /*********** THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE ************/ BODY PASS: (U) [b.2., b.6.] COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ); WORLDWIDE (W). SUBJECT: IIR 1 778 0146 91/ OVERVIEW OF IRAQI WEAPONS INDUSTRY ESTABLISHMENTS (U). WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- DOI: (U) 900000. [b.2] SOURCE: [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] SUMMARY: PROVIDES OVERVIEW OF STRUCTURE/ACTIVITIES OF THE IRAQI WEAPONS INDUSTRY R&D ESTABLISHMENTS PRIOR TO DESERT STORM. [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] TEXT: 1. REPORT PROVIDES FOLLOW ON INFORMATION TO [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] IIR'S 1778 0057 91 AND 1778 0097 91 DEALING WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES OF THE IRAQI WEAPONS AND DEFENSE INDUSTRY PRIOR TO DESERT STORM/SHIELD HOSTILITIES, [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] (2) BADER DID NOT DIRECTLY PRODUCE ANY LONG OR SHORT RANGE MISSILES, ONLY COMPONENTS AND TOOLS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MISSILES. REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL CONTAINERS FOR WEAPONS, BADER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE DESIGN FOR THE CONTAINERS, DEVELOPING THE MOLDS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION, AND DEVELOPING THE ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUES. BADER PRODUCED SOME CONTAINERS INDIGENOUSLY AT THEIR FACILITY ( [b.1. sec. 1.5. (c)] IIR 1 778 0097 91 DESCRIBES THIS PROCESS AND THE TYPES OF CONTAINERS PRODUCED); HOWEVER, MUCH OF THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION WAS DONE BY THE NATIONAL COMPANY FOR CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES. [b.1. sec. 1.5.(a), (c), (d)] (FIELD COMMENT-- THE IRAQI DESIGNATED NAME OF THE LARGE SAMARRA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY IS AL MUTHANA STATE ESTABLISHMENT). [b.1. sec. 1.5.(a), (c), (d)] A LARGER VERSION OF THE BADER-DESIGN CHEMICAL AGENT CONTAINER WAS TO BE DESIGNED FOR USE WITH SCUD MISSILE CHEMICAL WARHEADS, BUT WAS NEVER COMPLETED SINCE [b.1. sec. 1.5. (a), (c), (d)] THE PROJECT WAS NEVER COMPLETED. [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] D. UQUBA BIN NAFEE'-- UQUBA BIN NAFEE' STATE ESTABLISHMENT IS A SPECIAL FACTORY FOR THE RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS OR COMPONENTS FOR NUCLEAR POWER PROJECTS. UQUBA BIN NAFEE' WAS CONSTRUCTED BY YUGOSLAVIA AND IS A BREAKOUT (FORMER PROJECT F) OF BADER. IT IS LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE THE GROUNDS OF THE BADER COMPLEX [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] THE FACTORY WAS SURROUNDED BY A HIGH FENCE AND HAD VERY TIGHT SECURITY. THE ESTABLISHMENT USES GERMAN CNC MILLING CENTERS AND LATHES. REPORTEDLY YUGOSLAVIA WAS PROVIDING MUCH OF THE EXPERTISE FOR THE PROJECT. [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] UQUBA BIN NAFEE' HAS A SMALL BRANCH LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE TIGRIS RIVER IN THE AL-FAHAMAH SECTION NORTH OF THE AL-TAJE BRIDGE. THIS FACILITY WAS INDIGENOUSLY CONSTRUCTED. E. AL MUTHANA STATE ESTABLISHMENT-- THE AL MUTHANA STATE ESTABLISHMENT AT SAMARRA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1985 FROM A PESTICIDE PRODUCTION PLANT THAT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED BY IRAQI INTELLIGENCE IN 1982. AL MUTHANA FELL DIRECTLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE MIC. THE DIRECTOR WAS BRIGADIER FAIEZ ((SHAHEEN)) WHO WAS ALSO DIRECTOR OF SAMARRA MEDICINE INDUSTRIES. (SOURCE COMMENT-- THE SAMARRA MEDICINE INDUSTRIES MAY BE INVOLVED IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.) (FIELD COMMENT-- [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] DESCRIBED THE FILLING OF WARHEADS AND CONTAINERS AS BEING DONE BY HAND IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. MANY WORKERS DIED OF THE HEALTH HAZARDS. [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] THE CONTAINERS WERE FILLED FOR USE IN ARTILLERY AND SHORT RANGE MISSILES. THE CHEMICALS STORED AT AL MUTHANA WERE KEPT IN GLASS OR CERAMIC VESSELS. EL MUTHANA LOADED CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONTAINERS ONLY WITH LOW CORROSIVE TYPES OF CHEMICALS. SOURCE BELIEVED THAT AL MUTHANA RECEIVED THEIR NITROGEN PHOSPHATES FROM THE AKASHAT MINE (SEE MAP IN ENCLOSURE), SULFUR FROM THE AL MESHRAKE MINES NORTH OF MOSUL (SEE MAP IN ENCLOSURE), AND CERTAIN OTHER KEY CHEMICALS FROM THE MAIN FERTILIZER FACTORY AT BASRA. (FIELD COMMENT-- SOURCE INSISTED THAT NO CHEMICAL AGENTS WERE PRODUCED AT SALAMA PAK OR KERBALA. HE MAINTAINED THEY WOULD NOT BE PRODUCED AT KERBALA BECAUSE OF THE LARGE SHIITE FUNDAMENTALIST POPULATION. SOURCE ALSO MAINTAINED THAT THE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH LOADING CHEMICAL WEAPONS UNTO SCUDS WAS THE MAIN REASON IRAQ DID NOT USE SUCH WEAPONS DURING THE GULF CRISIS.) [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] S. PROJECT 555 AND BABYLON PROJECT - SOURCE MAINTAINED THAT PROJECT 555 WAS INTENDED TO BE A "SECRET" NUCLEAR RESEARCH FACILITY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. HE MAINTAINED THE SITE WAS LOCATED SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF HILLS WEST OF MAKHMUR AND EAST OF DIBAGAH //GEOCOORD 3548N04340E// [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] THE PROJECT IS ABOUT 300 KM NORTH OF BAGHDAD, LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF A NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY BETWEEN MOSUL AND BAGHDAD, AND SITUATED IN A IN A NORTH-SOUTH LINE OF HILLS. THIS SKETCH DOES NOT SEEM TO COINCIDE WITH SOURCES DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT BEING IN THE HILLS BETWEEN DIBAGAH AND MAKHMUR SINCE THERE IS NO MOSUL-BAGHDAD HIGHWAY IN THE VICINITY. FURTHERMORE, SOURCE'S DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION OF PROKECT 555 IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT REPORTED IN [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] IIR 2 340 2862 91 WHICH DESCRIBED PROJECT 555 AS A CHEMICAL WEAPONS MANUFACTURING FACILITY LOCATED AT BAYJI //GEOCOORD 3456N04329E//). SOURCE AGAIN DESCRIBED THE MASSIVE CONCRETE SLABS THAT WERE LAID AT THIS SITE IN 1988 AS REPORTED IN [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] IIR 1 778 0057 91. [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] (FIELD COMMENT-- IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOURCE WAS DISORIENTED ON THE MAP WHEN HE WAS INDICATING THIS LOCATION AS THE SITE FOR PROJECT 555 [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] [b.2.] 1. [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)] DISSEM: (U) FIELD: NONE. SENT TO: DIA/RTS-2B, FSTC/AIFICA, FTD/SCIS, FTD/TTTRL, FTD/SDJE, NTIC/0311, MSIC/AIAMS-DA, AFMIC-CR, AND AFWL/IN (W/ENCLOSURES); ALL OTHER ADDRESSEES (W/O ENCLOSURES). [b.2.] DECL: OADR BT
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