MOSUL U-I PRODUCTION FACILITY U-C

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MOSUL U-I PRODUCTION FACILITY U-C

Filename:00109463
SUBJECT: MOSUL U-I PRODUCTION FACILITY U-C
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 9463
GENDATE:         950718
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ENVELOPE RATMCIAB YEKDQA 4514 0161332-MIDO--YEKDQX
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ZNY MMIDO ZNZ1
ZKZK RR AAZ DE
HEADER R 161332Z JAN 91 ZYS
[      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]









MOSUL U-I PRODUCTION FACILITY U-C/[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
STATACT/OPR//
RMK/IRAQ: INCREASED SECURITY-CONCEALMENT ACTIVITY AT MOSUL
/UNIDENTIFIED FACILITY 
/
/SINCE OCTOBER 1990, INCREASED SECURITY-CONCEALMENT MEASURES AND
/CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY HAVE BEEN [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
AT MOSUL UNIDENTIFIED PRODUCTION FACILITY. MOSUL UNIDENTIFIED 
FACILITY IS 12 NM WEST OF THE MOSUL MISSILE RESEARCH-DEVELOPMENT 
AND PRODUCTION FACILITY [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]AND 7 NM 
SOUTHWEST OF THE AL MAWSIL POSSIBLE RESEARCH
/AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]. 
/
/ [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ], SECURITY-CONCEALMENT MEASURES [   
   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] AT THIS FACILITY INCLUDED 
NETTING-CANVAS THAT HAD BEEN DRAPED OVER THE SOUTHERNMOST 
BUILDINGS IN THE PRODUCTION RESEARCH-DEVELOPMENT (R-D) AREA AND ON 
A SINGLE BUILDING IN A SEPARATE AREA NORTH OF THESE BUILDINGS. 
SOME OF THE CANVAS-NETTING WAS PRESENT AS EARLY AS JULY 1989. THE 
NETTING-CANVAS EFFECTIVELY CONCEALS SOME OF THE BUILDING-ROOF 
LINES AND SURROUNDING ROADWAYS, [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
SIMILAR CONCEALMENT ACTIVITY ON THIS SCALE HAS ALSO BEEN [      
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] AT BAGHDAD NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER [   
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ].
/
/IN ADDITION, THREE REVETTED PARKING POSITIONS, PROBABLY FOR LARGE
/LIQUID TRANSPORT TRUCKS, HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED WEST OF THE MAIN
/ACCESS ROAD BY 10 JANUARY 1991. TWO OF THE REVETTED PARKING
/POSITIONS ARE WEST OF THE PRODUCTION R-D AREA AND THE THIRD IS
/WEST OF THE MATERIAL RECEIVING-TRANSSHIPMENT AREA. IN OCTOBER,
/APPROXIMATELY 80 PROBABLE 37-MM-57-MM ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUNS
/AND THREE SA-3 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SITES RINGED THIS FACILITY.
/[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ].
/
/CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] AT THIS 
FACILITY SINCE OCTOBER INCLUDED A NEW SINGLE-STORY ADMINISTRATION 
BUILDING SOUTHWEST OF THE ADMINISTRATION-ENTRANCE CONTROL BUILDING 
IN THE PRODUCTION R-D AREA. A PROBABLE LABORATORY-SUPPORT BUILDING 
IS ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION EAST OF THE ADMINISTRATION-ENTRANCE 
CONTROL BUILDING. GROUND SCRAPING WAS [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 
   ] IN THE MATERIAL
/RECEIVING-TRANSSHIPMENT AREA EAST OF THE LARGE TWO-BAY 
PEAK-ROOFED
/STORAGE BUILDING, AND PROBABLE BUILDING MATERIAL WAS ON THE 
GROUND
/IN THE AREA. ADDITIONAL GROUND SCRAPING WAS SEEN IN THE HOUSING
/AREA, AND SEVERAL TRAILERS THAT WERE USED AS BARRACKS IN THIS 
AREA
/HAD BEEN REMOVED. A BERM WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED AROUND ONE OF FIVE
/BUILDINGS IN THE HOUSING AREA. 
/
[      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] COMMENTS -- [   (b)(1) sec 
1.3(a)(4)   ], SUGGESTING THAT THIS FACILITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A 
HIGH-PRIORITY MILITARY PROJECT. THE [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ], 
ALSO SUGGESTS THAT SOME TYPE OF CRITICAL OPERATIONS ARE BEING 
CONDUCTED HERE, POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE, 
BALLISTIC MISSILE OR NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS. 
/
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/
/[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
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