Subject: SALMAN PAK BIOLOGICAL WARFARE FACILITY  

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence 

 

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REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN 

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THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON 

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 

 

 

APRIL 1992 

 

COUNTRY: IRAQ 

 

SUBJ: REPORT ON THE SALMAN PAK BIOLOGICAL WARFARE FACILITY 

 

SUMMARY: THIS  REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION 

OF AND ACTIVITIES AT THE IRAQI SALMAN PAK BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 

FACILITY.  SOME INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON THE FUNCTIONS OF 

FACILITY BUILDINGS, 

THIS REPORT SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH 

 (IR 2 350 0072 92)  

 

TEXT: 1. THE SALMAN PAK BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW) FACILITY, 

LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF (33-04 N, 44-35 E) 

COMMENT: ALL MAP COORDINATES PROVIDED IN THIS REPORT 

ARE          COORDINATES.) 

 

3.                                               SALMAN PAK 

WORKED ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF BACTERIA DISEASES    LIKE 

CHOLERA, AND A DISEASE CARRIED-BY RATS IN THE MIDDLE AGES.                  

COMMENT 

                                        IT APPEARS THAT 

PRODUCTION OF BW AGENTS OCCURRED AT SALMAN PAK, AND NOT JUST 

PURE RESEARCH.) FILLING AND WEAPONIZATION OF BW AGENTS TOOK 

PLACE AT PROJECT 600 FACILITIES. 

 

5. THE  IRAQIS CONSIDERED THE SALMAN PAK FACILITY TO BE ONE 

OF A KIND. 

 

SALMAN PAK HAD CONNECTIONS WITH THE ANIMAL MEDICINE FACTORY 

NEAR ABU GHU 

 

6. THE ELECTRONICS PORTION OF THE SALMAN PAK FACILITY WAS 

ALSO INVOLVED IN THE BW PROGRAM 

 

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