Subject: IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM  

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence 

 

TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN 

REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN 

TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF 

THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON 

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FM CIA 

 

 

CITE CIA 331114 

 

 

 

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 

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COUNTRY: IRAQ 

 

SUBJ: REPORT ON THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 

PROGRAM ANIMAL MEDICINE FACTORY 

SUMMARY: THIS REPORT PROVIDES SOME INFORMATION ON THE 

LOCATION OF AND ACTIVITIES AT THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 

ANIMAL MEDICINE FACTORY LOCATED BETWEEN BAGHDAD AND ABU 

GHURAYB. 

 

TEXT: 1. THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW) PROGRAM ANIMAL 

MEDICINE FACTORY WAS LOCATED BETWEEN BAGHDAD AND ABU GHURAYB 

IN THE VICINITY OF (33-3.8 N, 44-IS E), APPROXIMATELY 400 

METERS (M) BEFORE THE VETERINARY COLLEGE, -100 M FROM THE 

HIGHWAY, AND JUST BEYOND THE RACE TRACK 

 

2. THE FACILITY BUILDING WAS U-SHAPED AND BADLY DAMAGED 

DURING THE GULF WAR. 

 

3. MOST OF THE FACILITY WAS DEDICATED TO VETERINARY 

MEDICINE,  BUT THE RIGHT ARM OF THE U-SHAPED BUILDING WAS 

INVOLVED IN THE BW EFFORT. 

                                                  WAS   

PHYSICALLY SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER  SECTIONS OF THE 

FACILITY. 

 

      A BACTERIA WAS WORKED ON WORKED ON AT THE FACILITY 

WHICH WHILE MEDICINAL IN SMALL QUANTITIES, BECAME A HIGHLY 

ACTIVATED, LETHAL BIOLOGICAL AGENT WHEN CONCENTRATED. 

 

4. 

 

ADMIN 

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