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Subject: SALMAN PAK FACILITIES

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

REQUEST.







FEB 92     CIA 252068







CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.







COUNTRY:  IRAQ



SUBJ:  ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON IRAQ'S AL-HAKAM

SALMAN PAK FACILITIES







2. THE ONLY TIES THAT EXIST BETWEEN SALMAN PAK AND AL-HAKAM

ARE ADMINISTRATIVE ONES; BOTH FALL UNDER THE MILITARY INDUSTRY BOARD.

BEFORE IRAQ'S BW PROGRAM WAS TRANSFERRED TO SALMAN PAK, IT IS LIKELY

THAT SOME BW-RELATED ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE AT AL-HAKAM.







 4. PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST INSPECTION TEAM IN IRAQ,

SOME BW-RELATED EQUIPMENT WAS HIDDEN, BUT MOST WAS DESTROYED

COMPLETELY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRAQ'S DENIAL OF BW PRODUCTION

CAPABILITY. SOME FACILITIES SURROUNDING THE TOXICOLOGY BUILDING AT

SALMAN PAK WERE TORN DOWN BECAUSE THEY WERE STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED

DURING THE GULF WAR







5. THE lNHALATION CHAMBER AT SALMAN PAK WAS LOCATED IN A

SMALL BUILDING SITUATED BEHIND THE TOXICOLOGY BUILDING. THE CHAMBER

AND ITS CONTROL PANEL WERE DAMAGED DURING COALITION AIR STRIKES.

EQUIPMENT USED AT SALMAN PAK INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING:  LABORATORY

FERMENTORS, 150-LITER FERMENTOR, INHALATION CHAMBER, ANIMAL HOUSES,

AND REGULAR LABORATORY APPARATUS, INCLUDING GROWTH MEDIA.







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