[ b.2. ] BW Storage Locations (C)

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[    b.2.    ]  BW Storage Locations (C)

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16 DEC  1240 [   (b)(6)   ]


SUBJECT:   [    b.2.    ]  BW Storage Locations (C)

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1.        In response to your request regarding information on 
which BW storage facilities are most probably storing BW agents, 
the following information is provided:

    a.             Seventeen [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
storage bunkers with probable refrigeration equipment have been 
identified at nine locations in Iraq.  All of these [      (b)(1) 
sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] bunkers are similar to the two bunkers located 
at Salman Pak Chemical and Biological (CBW) Research, Production, 
and Storage Facility, Iraq's prime biological warfare (BW) 
facility.  Before Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, only the
bunkers at Salman Pak were known.  The other bunkers have been 
identified since August.  Nonetheless, all but one of the bunkers 
were built in the late 1970's, and their probable refrigeration 
equipment was installed since 1982.  The bunker at Qabatiyah is a 
relatively new bunker constructed within the last two years.

     b.             [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]



  The refrigerated bunkers could also be used for the storage of 
electronics, fuel air explosives, or smart weapons.
Another possibility is the storage of chemical weapons, using the 
refrigeration to extend the shelf-life of Iraq's unstable unitary 
chemical fills.  No unusual activity has been noted in the 
vicinity of these special bunkers. 

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