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SERIAL:  (U)  IIR 6 021 0099 92.



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COUNTRY:  (U)  IRAQ (IZ).

SUBJECT:  IIR 6 021 0099 92/CHEMICAL ROCKET DESTRUCTION

IN KHAMISIYAH 



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DOI:  (U)  920324.

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SUMMARY:                                A UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL

COMMISSION CHEMICAL DESTRUCTION TEAM, UNSCOM 29 (CD 1),

DESTROYED A TOTAL OF 463 BINARY CHEMICAL (GB, GF) 122-MM

ROCKETS NEAR KHAMISIYAH CW STORAGE SITE, IRAQ.





TEXT:  1.                                                   THIS IIR IS

BEING RETRANSMITTED AT WASHINGTON CUSTOMER REQUEST TO BE

INSERTED INTO THE DIA DATA BASE.  THE ORIGINAL

TRANSMISSION OF THIS IIR WAS DTG 11    APR 92.///

DURING THE PERIOD 23 FEB - 22 MAR 92, A UNITED NATIONS

SPECIAL COMMISSION CHEMICAL DESTRUCTION TEAM, UNSCOM 29

(CD 1), DESTROYED A TOTAL OF 463 BINARY CHEMICAL (GB, GF)

122-MM ROCKETS FROM KHAMISIYAH CW STORAGE SITE

//GEOCOORD:304420N0462640E// NEAR AN-NASIRIYAH, IRAQ.

NINETY PERCENT OF THE ROCKETS ACTUALLY CONTAINED AGENT,

WITH AN ESTIMATED TOTAL AGENT WEIGHT OF 3 TONS.

2.                                             LOCATION.  DESTRUCTION TOOK

PLACE IN THE VICINITY OF //GEOCOORD:304325N0464045E//.

THE TEAM SELECTED THIS LOCATION AFTER CAREFUL

CONSIDERATION OF SUCH FACTORS AS TOPOGRAPHY, WEATHER, AND

POPULATION CENTERS.  SAFETY WAS THE PRIMARY DETERMINANT,

GIVEN THE MAIN WIND DIRECTION.           UNDER THE

WIND CONDITIONS MOST PREVALENT IN THE AREA, THE SAFETY

ANGLE OF THIS LOCATION IN RELATION TO THE POPULATION

CENTERS NEARBY WAS 150 DEGREES.

3.                                  IN ADDITION TO THE ROCKETS

DESTROYED, THE TEAM DISCOVERED 74 ROCKETS, 8 WARHEADS,

AND 4 ROCKET MOTORS AT KHAMISIYAH CW STORAGE SITE.  THEY

WERE RECOVERED FROM THE SAND BANK BETWEEN THE CHEMICAL

WEAPONS STORAGE AREA AND THE CANAL TO THE SOUTH.

             THE TEAM LEADER INSTRUCTED THE IRAQIS TO

CONTINUE TO SEARCH IN THE SAND BANK FOR ANY MORE ROCKETS,

THEN TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE NUMBER OF

ROCKETS FOUND.

4.                                 THE TEAM STATED THAT OTHER AREAS

NEAR AN-NASIRIYAH WILL NEED TO BE INSPECTED IN DETAIL FOR

POSSIBLE STORED CW MUNITIONS.  (b.1. sec. 1.5.c.)

BELIEVED THAT ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND WORK IS REQUIRED TO

IDENTIFY THE ORIGINAL STORAGE LOCATION OF THE CHEMICAL

ROUNDS THAT THEY DESTROYED.  THE IRAQIS CLAIMED THAT ALL

DAMAGE IN THE AREA WAS CAUSED BY COALITION FORCES THAT

HAD OCCUPIED THE AREA.  THE TEAM THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS

SUFFICIENT UNCERTAINTY TO MERIT FURTHER EXAMINATION OF

THIS ISSUE.

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COMMENTS:  1.                                      IRAQ DECLARED

KHAMISIYAH AS A STORAGE SITE FOR CHEMICAL MUNITIONS, BUT

INITIALLY GAVE NO SPECIFIC LOCATION FOR THE FACILITY

OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS NEAR AN-NASIRIYAH.  THE U.S.

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INITIALLY BELIEVED THAT AN-

NASIRIYAH DEPOT SOUTHWEST //GEOCOORD:3057N04611E// WAS

THE MOST LIKELY STORAGE FACILITY FOR CW MUNITIONS IN THE

AREA.  THE UNSCOM TEAM TASKED TO VERIFY THE STORED

CHEMICAL MUNITIONS, UNSCOM 20, DID NOT VISIT THIS DEPOT,

HOWEVER, AS THE IRAQIS TOOK THEM TO KHAMISIYAH CW STORAGE

SITE.

2.       THIS IIR IS A RETRANSMISSION; ORIGINAL DTG OF

IIR IS 11      APR92.

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ADMIN

PROJ:  (U)  2908.



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