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SECTION 1 OF 2 



SERIAL:  (U) IIR 1 521 0272 95. 

 

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COUNTRY:  (U) IRAQ (IZ). 



SUBJECT:  IIR 1 521 0272 95/UNDERGROUND CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

FACILITY IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ (U).

 

WARNING:  (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTEL. 













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                        DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

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DOI:  (U) 930000- [b.6.]



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SOURCE:  [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)]



SUMMARY:                REPORT PROVIDES CHEMICAL AND 

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (CBW) INFO ON A CBW FACILITY IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ. 

THIS INCLUDES INFORMATION ON THE FACILITY'S UNDERGROUND PORTION;

CBW 

AGENTS USED IN THREE MOBILE MISSILES AND DURING THE PERSIAN GULF 

WAR; A NEW CANNON; METAL BOXES USED TO TRANSPORT CBW AGENTS. 

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          A CBW FACILITY LOCATED IN BAGHDAD.  

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2.                                    ALLIED BOMBING OF THIS 

FACILITY DID NOT CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO THE CBW WORK AREAS.  



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                           PERSONNEL WORKING 

IN THESE INTENSE RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION LABORATORIES WORE 

PROTECTIVE SUITS, INCLUDING GLOVES AND MASKS SIMILAR TO THOSE WORN 

IN A HOSPITAL OPERATING ROOM.  SOURCE KNOWS OF NO OTHER PROTECTIVE 

SUITS WORN.  UNITED NATIONS INSPECTORS HAD INSPECTED THIS FACILITY 

SINCE THE PERSIAN GULF WAR.  NFI. 

3.                     CBW AGENTS.  THIS FACILITY PRODUCED 

UNIDENTIFIED (U/I) CBW AGENTS FOR CBW-CAPABLE WARHEADS FROM VARIOUS

U/I MISSILE SYSTEMS, TO INCLUDE THOSE DESIGNATED AS AL HUSAYN, AL 

ABBAS, AND ABBA BIL.  EXACT NAMES OR FORMULAS OF CBW AGENTS

PRODUCED WERE UNKNOWN.  WHETHER BULK AGENTS WERE STORED ON THE

PREMISES OR NOT WAS UNKNOWN.  RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF ALL THREE

MISSILES WAS COMPLETE.    [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)]



                                       ALL THREE MISSILES WERE MADE



TO CARRY CBW AGENTS.  

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3A.                      AL HUSAYN.  NAMED AFTER A SHIITE IMAM,

THIS MISSILE WAS USED WITH CBW AGENTS DURING THE IRAN/IRAQ WAR. 

THOUGH TRANSPORTED BY VEHICLES, IT WAS MOUNTED ON AN AUTOMATIC

LAUNCHER THAT COULD CARRY THREE DIFFERENT CHEMICALS AND

MICROBACTERIALOGICAL AGENTS.  NFI. 

3B.                      AL ABBAS.  THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A FOREIGN 

(GERMAN OR RUSSIAN) MISSILE THAT WAS MODIFIED TO GO LONGER RANGES. 

RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF THIS MISSILE WAS COMPLETED AFTER THE 

PERSIAN GULF WAR.  THIS MISSILE HAD NEVER BEEN USED SINCE ITS 

PRODUCTION.  NFI. 

3C.                      ABBA BIL.  THE NAME, TAKEN FROM THE KORAN,

DESCRIBED THE KIND OF MISSILE THE ABBA BIL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. 

THIS MISSILE, ORIGINALLY FROM RUSSIA OR GERMANY, WAS MODIFIED TO GO

LONGER RANGES.  RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF THIS MISSILE WAS NOT 

COMPLETED UNTIL AFTER THE PERSIAN GULF WAR.  THIS MISSILE HAD NEVER

BEEN USED.  NFI. 



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5.                      CBW USAGE.  SMALL AMOUNTS OF U/I CBW AGENTS

MANUFACTURED AT THIS FACILITY WERE USED DURING THE GULF WAR.  THESE

CBW AGENTS WERE USED AGAINST U.S. TROOPS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN 

PART OF SAUDI ARABIA.  IRAQI EMPLOYEES AT THIS CBW FACILITY OFTEN 

BRAGGED ABOUT THESE CBW AGENTS AS THEY CONSIDERED THE ATTACKS 

AGAINST U.S. TROOPS AS ONE OF THEIR GREATEST FEATS.  NFI. 



6.                      METAL BOXES.  OCCASIONALLY, LARGE OR SMALL 

METAL BOXES ARRIVED.  THESE WERE USUALLY SQUARE, SOMETIMES 

RECTANGULAR BOXES MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL.  THEY WERE REPORTED TO 

CONTAIN CHEMICALS AND MICROBACTERIALOGICAL SUBSTANCES IN POWDER 

FORM.  WHETHER THESE COMPOUNDS WERE SHIPPED SEPARATE OR TOGETHER OR

WHETHER THE CBW AGENTS WERE MIXED TOGETHER WAS UNKNOWN.  THE BOXES 

DID NOT MAKE NOISE WHEN MOVED OR SHAKEN.  THESE SAME TYPE OF BOXES 

WERE SENT OUT WITH CHEMICALS OR MICROBACTERIALOGICAL PRODUCTS 

PRODUCED AT THIS FACILITY.  ONLY OFFICES RECEIVING OR SENDING THESE

BOXES, KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY CONTAINED.  CBW AGENTS WERE NEVER PUT

DIRECTLY INTO A WEAPON AT THIS FACILITY AS THEY WERE ALWAYS SENT

OUT AND INSTALLED ELSEWHERE.  THE LOCATIONS WHERE CBW AGENTS WERE

SENT OR INSTALLED WAS UNKNOWN.  NFI. 

COMMENTS:    

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DISSEM:  (U) FIELD:  NONE. 



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