HABBANIYAH POSS CW PROD FACILITY 1

File: 961031_950901_8013679_3.txt
Page: 3
Total Pages: 1
HABBANIYAH POSS CW PROD FACILITY 1

Filename:8013679.3
SUBJECT:  HABBANIYAH POSS CW PROD FACILITY 1



PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 136793
GENDATE:         950718
NNNN
TEXT:            
ENVELOPE RATMCIEB YEKDQA 7343 0381449-MIDO--YEKDQX
.
ZNY MMIDO ZNZ1
ZKZK RR AAZ DE
HEADER R 071449Z FEB 91 ZYS


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


HABBANIYAH POSS CW PROD FACILITY 1/[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]

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

STATACT/OPR//
RMK/AD HOC REQUIREMENT-- REPORT INCREASED ACTIVITY, PARTICULARLY 
IN
THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF CW-RELATED MATERIALS AND VEHICLES.


A CHEMICAL PRODUCTION FACILITY AT HABBANIYAH, 100 KM NORTHWEST OF
BAGHDAD, HAS SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE SINCE 30 JANUARY. AT
HABBANIYAH CW PRODUCTION FACILITY I, THE TWIN-LINE PRODUCTION
BUILDING HAS BEEN PARTIALLY DAMAGED AND ALL FOUR DRIVE-THROUGH
WAREHOUSE STORAGE BUILDINGS HAVE EITHER BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
MOREOVER, WHITE SMOKE WAS EMANATING FROM THE RUBBLE OF THE
COMPLETELY DESTROYED DRIVE-THROUGH WAREHOUSE-STORAGE BUILDING.


THE FACILITIES AT HABBANIYAH ARE BELIEVED TO BE PRODUCTION
FACILITIES FOR THE NERVE AGENTS GB AND GD (SARIN AND SOMAN) OR FOR 
THE PRODUCTION OF PRECURSOR CHEMICALS. 

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

[   (b)(2)   ]