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IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) FACILITIES AND STORAGE AREAS  

Filename:0503rept.90
DTG: 281930Z DEC 90 
FM: DIA 
VIA: [    b.2.    ] 
TO: CENTAF (PASS TO [   (b)(6)   ] 

SUBJECT: IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) FACILITIES AND STORAGE 
AREAS  

1.  PURPOSE: TO PROVIDE JS WITH BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON 
IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WARFARE STORAGE FACILITIES. 

2. POINTS OF MAJOR INTEREST: A. SUMMARY: SAMARRA IS THE ONLY 
CW AGENT PRODUCTION FACILITY IN IRAQ. THERE ARE NINE CW AGENT 
PRODUCTION BUILDINGS/BUNKERS AT THE SAMARRA FACILITY. 
COLLECTIVELY, THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE MUSTARD (A 
BLISTER AGENT), AND THE NERVE AGENTS TABUN, SARIN, AND GF. THE 
ONLY CW AGENT FILING FACILITY, WITH THREE FILLING LINES, IS 
LOCATED AT SAMARRA. HABBANIYAH PRODUCES PRECURSOR CHEMICALS. 
SALMAN PAK IS THE CENTER FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 
RESEARCH. FACILITIES FOR STORAGE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS AND 
WEAPONS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT IRAQ. THERE ARE 22 [      
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED) 
BUNKERS AT AMMO STORAGE FACILITIES AND AIRFIELDS. SAMARRA HAS 
EIGHT CRUCIFORM BUNKERS. IN ADDITION, 17 PROBABLE 
REFRIGERATED [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] STORAGE 
BUNKERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. 
B. LONGEVITY OF STORAGE. THE SHELF-LIFE OF IRAQI UNITARY 
CHEMICAL FILLS IS ABOUT 4-6 WEEKS. THERE HAS BEEN NO EVIDENCE 
OF A MAJOR PRODUCTION RUN AT THE SAMARRA CHEMICAL PRODUCTION 
FACILITY SINCE BEFORE LATE SEPTEMBER-EARLY OCTOBER. ANY 
UNITARY CHEMICAL FILL FROM THAT PRODUCTION RUN SHOULD HAVE 
DETERIORATED TO THE POINT OF HAVING LIMITED MILITARY USE. 
BINARY CHEMICAL FILLS HAVE A MUCH LONGER SHELF-LIFE, AND IRAQ 
HAS A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR BINARY CHEMICAL FILLS. HOWEVER, 
IT IS ASSESSED THAT IRAQ HAS ONLY A LIMITED BINARY CHEMICAL 
CAPABILITY. 
C. TYPES OF STORAGE FACILITIES: THERE ARE 23 "S-SHAPED" 
BUNKERS (22 OPERATIONAL, 1 ABANDONED) LOCATED AT 13 SITES 
THROUGHOUT IRAQ WHICH HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL 
WEAPONS STORAGE. THESE BUNKERS HAVE BEEN CHARACTERIZED AS 
EARTH-MOUNDED REINFORCED CONCRETE (EMRC) DRIVE-THROUGH 
BUNKERS. THE BUNKERS HAVE TWO OFFSET ENTRANCES GIVING THEM AN 
"S"-SHAPED CONFIGURATION.
IN ADDITION TO THE "S"-SHAPED BUNKERS, THERE ARE EIGHT 
CRUCIFORM BUNKERS AT THE SAMARRA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION 
AND STORAGE FACILITY. THESE BUNKERS ARE EARTH COVERED WITH 
REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION. SECURITY BARRIERS ARE 
MAINTAINED AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE WHICH IS DOUBLE-DOORED. [    
  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]





THE POSSIBLE STORAGE OF BIOLOGICAL
AGENTS AND/OR WEAPONS. THE REFRIGERATION WOULD MAKE THEM IDEAL 
FOR
THE STORAGE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND WOULD BE USEFUL IN 
EXTENDING
THE SHELF-LIFE OF IRAQ'S UNSTABLE UNITARY CHEMICAL AGENTS. THE
BUNKERS COULD ALSO BE USED TQ STORE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, 
FUEL-AIR
EXPLOSIVES, AND/OR SMART WEAPONS. IN RECENT MONTHS, [      
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]
HAS LEAD TO THE LOCATION OF THE OTHER 15 BUNKERS. [      
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]




 NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY HAS BEEN NOTED AT THESE REFRIGERATED 
BUNKERS IN RECENT MONTHS. [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]

D. INTEGRATION OF SCUD MISSILES WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS: IRAQI 
SCUD-TYPE UNITARY CW WARHEADS HAVE AN INCREASED PROBABILITY OF 
LEAKAGE DUE TO THE POOR AGENT OUALITY. AS A RESULT THEY WILL 
PROBABLY HAVE [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] STORAGE AREAS 
FOR THE CHEMICAL WARHEADS. THESE STORAGE AREAS AS WITH 
CONVENTIONAL WARHEADS, [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]




IRAQ'S OPERATIONAL BINARY CW WARHEADS WOULD NOT HAVE AGENT
LEAKAGE PROBLEMS. BINARY WARHEADS WOULD NOT NEED THE SPECIAL
HANDLING FOR MATING OR STORAGE REQUIRED FOR A UNITARY WARHEAD. 
A
BINARY WARHEAD WITH A RUPTURABLE MEMBRANE AND A MIXING 
MECHANISM
WOULD NOT EVEN REQUIRE ANY SPECIAL WARHEAD PREPARATION.
SOPHISTICATED BINARY WARHEADS ARE VIRTUALLY INDISTINGUISHABLE 
FROM
THEIR CONVENTIONAL COUNTERPARTS.
3. EXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS: IN GENERAL, CHEMICAL PRODUCTION AND
STORAGE RELATED ACTIVITY HAS BEEN AT A VERY LOW LEVEL SINCE 
MID-
OCTOBER. THERE HAS BEEN NO CONFIRMED MOVEMENT OF CHEMICAL 
AMMUNITION
OR FILLS. PRIOR TO IRAQI FORCES USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, [    
  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]



COORDINATION: NONE.
PREPARED BY: [   (b)(6)   ][    b.2.    ]


CHEMICAL WARFARE STORAGE LOCATIONS: THE FOLLOWING IS A
LIST OF CHEMICAL RELATED BUNKERS WITH [      (b)(1) sec 
1.3(a)(4)    ] CHEMICAL
RELATED ACTIVITY. CHEMICAL RELATED ACTIVITY AT AIRFIELDS IS 
ALSO
INCLUDED.
A. MOSUL AIRFIELD
    [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
    	1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] CHEMICAL 
WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)
	STORAGE BUNKER
MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: ON  NOV 90, A TENT WAS SETUP NEAR 
ENTRANCE TO






THE [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] STORAGE BUNKER. ON  SEP 
90, A TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE, A
SEDAN, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE NEAR THE BUNKER ENTRANCE. A 
SOUAD-
SIZED TENT ERECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 SEP WAS STILL PRESENT, BUT
DECONTAMINATION EOUIPMENT WAS NOT EVIDENT.
B. OAYYARAH WEST AMMO DPO
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]    4 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 
   ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)
STORAGE BUNKERS
C. OAYYARAH WEST AIRFIELD
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]    1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 
   ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)
STORAGE BUNKER (ABANDONED)
MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: ON  OCT 90 AN UNIDENTIFIED LIOUID WAS
OBSERVED RUNNING FROM A DUAL BAY, DRIVE THROUGH, HARDENED 
AIRCRAFT
SHELTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN DISPERSAL AREA. IT COULD POSSIBLY 
HAVE
BEEN A CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION WASHDOWN EXERCISE.
D. KIRKUK AMMO DPO W
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]    3 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 
   ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)
STORAGE BUNKERS
MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: ON  SEP 90, ONE OF THE "S"-SHAPED 
BUNKERS HAD
A CARGO TRUCK NEAR ITS ENTRANCE. THERE WERE NO PEOPLE OR 
EOUIPMENT
WAS NEARBY.
E. KIRKUK AIRFIELD
    
    [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]	1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)
	  STORAGE BUNKER
MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: ON 19 OCT 90, TWO CARGO TRUCKS WERE ON 
THE
ACCESS ROAD TO THE STORAGE BUNKER. SINCE 17 OCT 90, EARTHEN 
WALLS
WERE CONSTRUCTED JUST OPPOSITE THE TWO ENTRANCES TO THE [     
 (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]
STORAGE BUNKER.
F. SAMARRA CW RSCH, PROD & STOR
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]    8 CRUCIFORM BUNKERS
MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: ON 23 NOV 90, PROBABLE TRANSSHIPMENT 
ACTIVITY
WAS UNDERWAY. ON 13 NOV 90, A STAKE-BED TRUCK (LOADED WITH 
FIVE
CANVAS COVERED POSSIBLE CRATES OR STACKS OF CASES) WAS NEXT TO 
THE
PROBABLE TEFLON CONTAINER MANUFACTURING BUILDING AT THE NORTH 
END OF
THE MATERIAL-CHEMICAL STORAGE AREA. GENERALLY, ACTIVITY AT 
THIS
FACILITY CONSISTS OF        MINOR MOVEMENT OF FACILITY 
ASSOCIATED
VEHICLES. SINCE  DECEMBER, TWO TRUCKS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT 
THE
MUNITIONS FILLING AND STORAGE AREA IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE
FACILITY. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED IF THESE WERE STAKE-
BED
TRUCKS.
G. H-3 AIRFIELD
    [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
    [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]	5 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)
  STORAGE BUNKERS
H. QUBAYASAH STOR & AMMO DPO
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]    NO [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 
   ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)
-		STORAGE BUNKERS
MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: SINCE AT LEAST JULY 88 TWO ARS-12-14 
TYPE
DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES HAVE BEEN PARKED IN FRONT OF THE 
HIGH-







SECURITY SECTION OF THE GABLE-ROOFED STORAGE AREA . IT IS THE 
SAME TYPE OF DECONTAMINATION VEHICLE WHICH ACCOMPANIED THE 
PROBABLE CW WEAPONS CONVOYS DEPARTING SAMARRA DURING THE I 
RAN-IRAQ WAR . ON AUG 90, TWO STAKE-BED TRUCKS LOADED WITH 
POSSIBLE CW MUNITIONS WERE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE HIGH 
SECURITY SECTION OF THIS FACILITY. ON AUG 90, THREE STAKE-BED 
TRUCKS WERE [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] ADJACENT TO TWO 
BUNKERS IN THE WEAPONS STORAGE AREA. A DDA-66 DECONTAMINATION 
VEHICLE AND PROBABLE SCUD ASSOCIATED VEHICLES WERE NO LONGER [ 
     (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] IN THE AREA .
I . AL TAQADDUM A I RF I ELD

1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-
SHAPED)
STORAGE BUNKER
MOST RECENT ACT I V I TY: ON SEP 90, SEVERAL POSSIBLE STACKS 
OF
MATERIEL HAD BEEN MOVED TO AN ENTRANCE OF A VENTED BUNKER 
SINCE 24 AUGUST .
J . BAGHDAD AMMO DPO TAJ I
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]   1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  
  ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)
STORAGE BUNKER
K . UBAYDAH BINAL JARRAH AIRFIELD
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]   2 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  
  ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)
STORAGE BUNKERS
MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: ON 7 AUG 90, POSSIBLE MUNITIONS HANDLING 
WAS UNDERWAY AT ONE OF THE TWO [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    
] STORAGE BUNKERS . A FLATBED TRUCK
WITH POSSIBLE CANISTERS ON B0ARD WAS AT ONE OF THE ENTRANCES 
TO THE BUNKER .
L . AN NASIRI YAH AMMO STOR FAC SW
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]   1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  
  ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED) STORAGE BUNKER MOST RECENT 
ACTIVITY: ON  OCT 90, A HIGH LEVEL OF ACTIVITY WAS UNDERWAY 
THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY . THREE STAKE-BED TRUCKS AND ONE CARGO 
TRUCK WERE INVOLVED IN AMMUNIT ION LOAD ING-UNLOADING AT 
STORAGE BUNKERS IN THE WESTERN PORT ION OF THE FACILITY . IN 
ADDITION, 12 STAKE-BED TRUCKS AND FI VE CARGO TRUCKS WERE IN 
THE BARRACKS SUPPORT AREA AND AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE 
FACILITY. NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY WAS [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 
   ] AT THE SUSPECT CHEMICAL MUNITIONS STORAGE BUNKER . ON 20 
SEP 90 A TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
TO BE INVOLVED IN TRANSLOADING OPERATIONS WITH A CARGO TRUCK 
AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE STORAGE BUNKER .
M . TALLIL AIRFIELD
   [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
   [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]	1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)
	 STORAGE BUNKER
MOST RECENT ACTIVITY:	ON OCT 90, A STAKE-BED TRUCK-TRAILER WAS
[      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] JUST OUTSIDE THE GATE OF THE[ 
     (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] STORAGE BUNKER . THE STORAGE 
BUNKER AND THE TRUCK ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND 
MAY INDICATE THE POSSIBLE MOVEMENT OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS . ON 5 
SEP 90, 25 CANISTERS WERE [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] IN 
THE BUNKER AREA . [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]
 . ON 5 AUG 90, IT WAS NOTED THAT ABOUT 25 PROBABLE CW MUN 
ITIONS CANISTERS HAD BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE
BUNKER SINCE 30 JUL 90 .

. ASH SHUAYBAH AMMO STOR DPO NE
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]   1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)  
  ] CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"-SHAPED)
STORAGE BUNKER
0. AR RUMAYLAH RG AMMO STORAGE FAC 1
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]  RECTANGULAR SHAPED STORAGE 
FACILITIES WITH
INCREASED	SECURITY AND DECONTA MINATION
SITES ("V"-SHAPED
TRENCHES)
MOST RECENT ACTIVITY: INCREASED SECURITY AND "V"-SHAPED 
TRENCHES
NOTED ON  DEC 90. THIS FACILITY SUPPORTS REPUBLICAN GUARD
DIVISIONS. "V"-SHAPED TRENCHES ALSO NOTED AT AR RUMAYLAH RG 
AMMO
STORAGE FACILITY 2 [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] THERE IS NO
TYPICAL "S"-SHAPED BUNKER AT THIS FACILITY. A MULTIPLE ROCKET
LAUNCHER BATTALION IS DEPLOYED ADJACENT TO THE FACILITY. 
MULTIPLE
ROCKET LAUNCHERS WERE ONE CW DELIVERY SYSTEM USED BY THE 
REPUBLICAN
GUARDS DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR.
P. K-2 AIRFIELD
   [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
   [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]	 1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
CHEMICAL WARFARE ("S"- SHAPED STORAGE BUNKER.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF PROBABLE REFRIGERATED BUNKERS.
THESE BUNKERS MAY BE RELATED TO THE STORAGE OF BIOLOGICAL OR 
CHEMICAL AGENTS.
A. AD DIWANIYAH AMMO STOR FAC SW
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]3 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
STORAGE BUNKERS B. AN NASIRIYAH AMMO STOR FAC SW
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]  STORAGE BUNKERS C. ASH SHUAYBAH 
AMMO STOR DEPOT NE
1[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]  STORAGE BUNKER D. FALLUJA AMMO 
DEPOT SOUTH
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 2 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    
] STORAGE BUNKERS E. KARBALA DEPOT AND AMMO STOR FAC
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]2 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
STORAGE BUNKERS F. KIRKUK AMMO DEPOT WEST
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    
] STORAGE BUNKER G. SALMAN PAK CBW RSCH PROD & STOR FAC
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]2 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
STORAGE BUNKERS H. TIRKIT AMMO DEPOT
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
STORAGE BUNKER 1. OABATIYAH AMMO STOR FAC
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 1 [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    
] STORAGE BUNKER

 

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