Subject: IRAQI FACILITIES AT HABBANTYAH AND SAMARRA  

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence 

 

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FM CIA 

CITE CIA 535031 

 

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 

 

NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE 

FEBRUARY 1991 

 

COUNTRY: IRAQ 

 

SUBJ: IRAQI FACILITIES AT HABBANTYAH AND SAMARRA 

                                                                

IRAQ PRODUCES MUSTARD GAS AT A FACILITY IN HABBANTYAH  

THE FACTORY PRODUCED (CH2CLCH)2S FOR USE AGAINST THE 

IRANIANS DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR. COMMENT:. THIS IS 

THE CHEMICAL COMPOUND FOR THE BLISTER AGENT MUSTARD GAS.) 

THE PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF THE FACTORY IS 60-80 TONNES PER 

YEAR.  ALL THE RAW MATERIALS ARE INDIGENOUS. 

 

2. THE SAMARRA DRYING INDUSTRIES PLANT ALSO IS A CHEMICAL 

WARFARE FACILITY AND PRODUCES NERVE AGENTS.  THE FACTORY IS 

LOCATED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE MALATYA.  AT SAMARRA. 120 

KILOMETERS NORTH OF BAGHDAD.  THE PLANT WAS BUILT TO PRODUCE 

PHARMACEUTICALS, BUT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE STATE 

ORGANIZATION OF TECHNICAL INDUSTRIES (SOTI).  SOTI EXPANDED 

IT AND CONVERTED IT INTO A CHEMICAL WARFARE FACILITY.  A 

SIMILAR FACILITY EXISTS IN DOUR, 25 KILOMETERS NORTH OF 

SAMARRA DRYING INDUSTRIES AND ABOUT 3 KILOMETERS EAST OF THE 

TIGRIS RIVER