Locations of CW

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Locations of CW

Filename:501wp.90
Subject: Locations of CW


[    b.2.    ]
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 DEC 90 1745 SENT BY: [   (b)(6)   ]



[    b.2.    ]

1.  In response to reference (a), the following is provided:

a.  Yes, Umm Qasser and Umm Qasr refer to the same location.

b.  We cannot confirm or refute the presence of chemical 
weapons at Umm Qasr, or any other location for that matter. We 
can state with some degree of authority that chemical weapons 
may be stored throughout Iraq [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    
]. There is no evidence, however, which confirms chemical 
weapons storage at any of these facilities. During the war 
with Iran, chemical weapons were not stored, but rather were 
transferred directly from the Samarra production facility to 
the front lines.

c. [    b.2.    ] was the first report of chemical weapons 
being stored at Umm Qasr. Moreover, it is second hand 
information which various forward commands have reported as 
reliable. While not discounting [    b.2.    ], based on 
available information, we cannot concur with the assessment 
that chemical weapons are stored at Umm Qasr at this time. 
Until more reliable information surfaces about this facility, 
target planning based on the presence of chemical weapons 
alone is inadvisable.

2. [   (b)(6)   ]