Subject: POSSIBLE LOCATION OF SCUD MISSILES IN BAGHDAD  

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence 

 

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DIRECTOR 961163 

 

DIST: 01 NOVEMBER 1991 

 

COUNTRY: IRAQ 

 

SUBJ: POSSIBLE LOCATION OF SCUD MISSILES IN BAGHDAD 

 

DOI: 1991 

 

AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF SCUD MISSILES WITH CHEMICAL 

WARHEADS HAVE BEEN BURIED IN A GRAVEYARD BEHIND A MOSQUE IN 

CENTRAL BAGHDAD.  THE TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR LAUNCHERS (TEL) 

FOR THE MISSILES HAVE BEEN BURIED IN THE BAGHDAD AL-JADIDAH 

SECTION OF THE CITY. 

 

2. THE MISSILES ARE BURIED IN THE 'ABD AL- SALAAM MUHAMMAD 

ARIF CEMETARY, WHICH IS LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE UM AL-

TABUL MOSQUE.  THE MOSQUE AND CEMETARY ARE ON THE 

NORTH SIDE OF THE CLOVER LEAF FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF 

THE AIRPORT EXPRESSWAY AND AL-JINUB STREET.  THE CEMETARY IS 

APPROXIMATELY 750 METERS DEEP BY 450 METERS WIDE. 

 

3. THE TEL'S ARE BURIED IN A LARGE OPEN AREA IN BAGHDAD AL-

JADIDAH. 

 

PREPARATION FOR BURIAL OF BOTH THE MISSILES AND THE TELS 

BEGAN BEFORE THE FIRST UNITED NATIONS INSPECTION TEAM 

ARRIVED IN IRAQ. 

 

ACQ: 1991. 

 

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