Subject: BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES   

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CITE CIA 341473  

  

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY  

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NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE  

REPORT CLASS   

NOVEMBER 1990  

COUNTRY: IRAQ  

  

SUBJ: POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES  

OF A NUTRITIONAL PLANT LOCATED THREE MILES FROM THE ABU- 

GHRAIB MILITARY COMPLEX.  

SUMMARY: THE FOLLOWING PROVIDES  

GHRAIB INFANT FORMULA PRODUCTION PLANT ALTHOUGH THE PLANT   

WAS BUILT IN 1980 AND HAS NEVER BEEN USED TO PRODUCE INFANT  

FORMULA, IT STILL FUNCTIONS IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER WITH  

ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT BEING MAINTAINED.  

  

TEXT: 1. AS OF A 1985 THE NUTRITIONAL PLANT LOCATED  

IN ABU-GHRAIB, THE PLANT WAS FULLY. ACCORDING TO  

                                                           

THE FACILITY HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE 1985 AND THE  

EQUIPMENT IS KEPT IN WORKING CONDITION.  

 

2. THE PLANT WHICH WAS BUILT AS A TURNKEY OPERATION IN 1980   

HAS NEVER BEEN USED TO PRODUCE INFANT FORMULA.  

COMMENT; ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO APPARENT SUSPICIOUS   

ACTIVITIES AT THE PLANT IT DOES HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PRODUCE  

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS FROM THE PLANT'S FACILITIES AND FROM   

FOODSTUFFS STORED AT THE PLANT.  

  

THE IRAQIS  HAVE THE ABILITY FOR BACTERIA PRODUCTION.  

  

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