Subject: IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE FACILITIES  

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence 

 

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APR 9 2 

 

CITE CIA 331049 

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 

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APRIL 1992 

 

COUNTRY:  IRAQ 

 

SUBJ: REPORT ON THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE FACILITIES AT 

THE AQABA ESTABLISHMENT, AND PROJECTS 600 AND 400, 

 

SUMMARY:  THIS REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION 

OF AND ACTIVITIES AT THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM 

FACILITIES AT THE AQABA ESTABLISHMENT, AND PROJECTS 600 AND 

400.  INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON FACILITIES' DESCRIPTIONS, 

EQUIPMENT, AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE WEAPONIZATION ACTIVITIES.  

 

TEXT: 1. THE AQABA ESTABLISHMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1986 AND 

WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROJECTS 400 AND 600 (BOTH FACILITIES 

INVOLVED IN THE WEAPONIZATION OF IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 

(BW) AGENTS). 

 

 

2. THE AQABA ESTABLISHMENT WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF BAGHDAD IN 

THE VICINITY OF (33-08 N, 44-21 E), WEST OF HIGHWAY 8, AND 

TWO KILOMETERS (KM) NORTH OF THE BADR ESTABLISHMENT.  THE 

FACILITY WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO KM FROM THE MAIN HIGHWAY.  A 

CLUSTER BOMB FACTORY WAS LOCATED          NEARBY                                                                              

(c) 

 

                                  ALL MAP COORDINATES 

PROVIDED IN THIS REPORT GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES.) 

 

4. PROJECT 600 WAS KNOWN AS THE "BABY MILK FACTORY" AND WAS 

LOCATED ON THE HIGHWAY FROM BAGHDAD TO FALLUJAH IN THE 

VICINITY OF (33-18 N, 44-11 E) SOME EQUIPMENT FOR A MILK 

FACTORY WAS INSTALLED AT THE FACILITY AND SAMPLES WERE 

DISTRIBUTED. 

BASED ON THE LEVEL OF SECURITY AT THE FACTORY, 

IT DID NOT MAKE MILK.) THE FACILITY HAD VERY HIGH-SECURITY 

INCLUDING GUARDS AND SENTRIES WHO PATROLLED THE COMPOUND, 

A CONCRETE FENCE AND BERM.  AND ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY 

EMPLACEMENTS. 

 

5. THE PROJECT 600 FACILITY WAS CONVERTED TO A BW FILLING       

PLANT 

THE FILLING  FACTORY WAS  BUILT WITHIN THE PREEXISTING MILK 

FACTORY.  A SIX M HIGH DIRT BERM WAS CONSTRUCTED AROUND THE 

FACILITY 

 

6. IN    1990,THE-FACILITY WAS READY TO FILL BW WEAPONS