1PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 16662

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ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX079 MCN = 91098/20033 TOR = 910981732

PTTSZYUW RUEKJCS0497 0981726-SSSS--RUEALGX.





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SECTION 01 OF 03



SERIAL: (U) IIR 1 778 0097 91.





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BODY PASS: (U) FSTC FOR [b.6.]



COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).



SUBJECT: IIR 1 778 0097 91/ FOLLOW-UP ON PRE-GULF CONFLICT STATUS

OF IRAQI WEAPONS INDUSTRY- DESERT STORM (U).







WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED

INTELLIGENCE. 



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DOI: (U) 900700.



REQS: (U) T-8C2-2650-01-90.



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



SUMMARY:           PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DATA ON THE STRUCTURE/

ACTIVITIES OF THE IRAQI WEAPONS INDUSTRY PRIOR TO RECENT

HOSTILITIES.     [b.1.  sec. 1.5. (c)]



TEXT:

1.           (FIELD COMMENT-- THIS REPORT IS A FOLLOW-ON TO [b.1.

sec. 1.5.(c)]     IIR 1 778 0057 91 ON THE PRE-DESERT STORM STATUS

OF THE IRAQI WEAPONS INDUSTRY AND DEFENSE BUILDUP). REPORT PROVIDES

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON IRAQI WEAPONS SYSTEMS AND R&D AND

PRODUCTION FACILITIES PRIOR TO DESERT STORM/SHIELD HOSTILITIES, 

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





2.           PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL MUNITIONS--

A.           BADER ESTABLISHMENT-- THE IRAQI BADER ESTABLISHMENT

HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS

CONTAINERS MADE OF SYNTHETIC MATERIALS FOR USE WITH MULTIPLE ROCKET

LAUNCHERS. THIS PRODUCTION LINE WAS INSTALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF

1987 



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



                                                  BY MAR 89,     

BADER HAD ESTIMATED THAT THEY WOULD OUTFIT 1500 ROCKETS WITH THE

FILLED CONTAINERS. 

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

B.           EL MUTHANA-- EL MUTHANA WAS A FACTORY DESIGNED TO

EXCLUSIVELY PRODUCE CHEMICAL WEAPONS. (NO LOCATION PROVIDED). 



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



IN 1988, BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY (BBC)

RADIO BROADCAST A STORY ABOUT THIS FACILITY). AS MENTIONED ABOVE,

EL MUTHANA FILLED THE CYLINDERS PRODUCED AT THE BADER

ESTABLISHMENT. THIS WORK WAS USUALLY ACCOMPLISHED BY LABORERS WITH

A LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS. (FIELD COMMENT-- SOURCE REPORTED WITH

HORROR THAT HE HAD SEEN THESE WORKERS FILL CONTAINERS WITH

CHEMICALS USING ONLY A HOSE AND FUNNEL. THESE WORKERS HAD A VERY

HIGH DEATH RATE. THE MANAGEMENT WORKERS IN THE PRODUCTION AREA

ALSO USED ONLY A SIMPLE MASK OVER THEIR MOUTHS FOR PROTECTION.)

EACH SET OF THREE CONTAINERS PRODUCED AT BADER COULD BE FILLED WITH

ABOUT 13 KG OF CHEMICALS AT EL MUTHANA. 



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

                                                   THERE

WAS NO QUALITY CONTROL, BUT IN PRINCIPAL ALL CONTAINERS PRODUCED

WERE ACCEPTABLE. THE FILLED CONTAINERS WERE THEN STORED AT EL

MUTHANA UNTIL THEY WERE READY TO BE PLACED ON THE ROCKETS OF MRL

UNITS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

C.           THE ROCKETS THEMSELVES WERE OF REASONABLE QUALITY AND

WERE PRIMARILY PURCHASED AS ENTIRE UNITS FROM THE SOVIET UNION AND

EAST EUROPE. THE ROCKETS GENERALLY DID NOT HAVE AN EXPLOSIVE

ORDNANCE. LOADING THESE ROCKETS WITH CHEMICAL MUNITIONS ENTAILED

SCREWING THE CHEMICAL CONTAINERS INTO THE ROCKETS. THE ROCKETS

CONTAINED A FINE SCREW-THREAD.





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







4.           UQUBA BIN NAFEE'-  [b.1.  sec. 1.5.(c)]            

                               UQUBA BIN NAFEE' IS A SPECIAL

FACTORY FOR THE RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR BOMBS. IT IS A

BREAKOUT (FORMER PROJECT F) OF THE BADER ESTABLISHMENT AND WAS

CO-LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF THE BADER COMPLEX). 

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



 THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PERSONNEL AT THE END

OF 1990 WAS 900-1000.



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

                                    THE FACILITY CONSISTED OF A

SINGLE FLOOR BUILDING ORIENTED EAST-WEST WITH DIMENSIONS 150 M X 36

M. THE BUILDING IS SITUATED APPROXIMATELY IN THE CENTER OF THE

BADER GROUNDS AND WAS SURROUNDED BY A HIGH FENCE. THE BUILDING IS

PAINTED WITH A KHAKI AND GREEN CAMOUFLAGE DESIGN. THE ENTIRE NORTH

SIDE OF THE BUILDING WAS USED FOR OFFICE SPACE. AMONG OTHER

EQUIPMENT, UQUBA BIN NAFEE' USED MACHINES FROM THE GERMAN FIRM

"SCHIESS/FROHIEP" FROM DUSSELDORF, GM.                            

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

THERE WERE SOME TYPE OF CRANES LOCATED IN THE SOUTH CENTER SECTION

OF THE FACILITY (NFI). THE BADER COMPLEX WAS SURROUNDED BY 57 MM

ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTERIES AND THERE WAS A SURFACE TO AIR

MISSILE SITE 20 KM TO THE SOUTH.

B.  [b.1. sec. 1.5.(c)]           THERE IS ANOTHER FACILITY

ASSOCIATED WITH UQUBA BIN NAFEE' WHICH IS LOCATED ALONG THE WEST

BANK OF THE TIGRIS RIVER, IN THE THE AL FAHAMA AREA 5-20 KM NORTH

OF THE AL TAJE BRIDGE. SOURCE WAS UNCERTAIN OF THE PRECISE

LOCATION AND DID NOT HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE FACILITY.





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1.           (FIELD COMMENT)    [b.1. sec. 1.5.(b), (c)]



                             MANY OF THE FACILITIES MENTIONED IN

THIS REPORT MAY NOT EXIST AT PRESENT, OR MAY BE SEVERELY DAMAGED.







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





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DISSEM: (U) FIELD: NONE. SENT TO: FSTC/AIFICA, FTD/SDMSY,

FTD/SCIS, AND DIA/RTS-2B (W/ENCLOSURES); ALL OTHER ADDRESSEES (W/O

ENCLOSURES).



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DECL: OADR

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