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COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).

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SUBJ: IIR 2 201 0022 92/INSPECTION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE

FACILITIES (U).

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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DOI: (U) 910815-910822.

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REQS: (U) G-AIF-1620-01-90; G-AIF-1620-02-90; C-SW9-1620-12-90;

M-5AX-1620-03-90.

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SUMMARY:        THIS REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON UNSCOM-9

TECHNICAL INSPECTION OF IRAQ'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION AND

STORAGE FACILITIES - ENCLOSURE.

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TEXT: (U)

1.        UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION NUMBER NINE -

UNSCOM-9 WAS THE NINTH UN INSPECTION OF IRAQI FACILITIES AND THE

SECOND INSPECTION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) SPECIFIC LOCATIONS'

THE FIRST CW INSPECTION WAS DESIGNATED UNSCOM-2. THE UN TEAM

SPENT ONE DAY EACH AT THE THREE HABBANIYAH/FALLUJAH FACILITIES,

TWO DAYS AT THE DECLARED AL MUTHANNA (SAMARRA) FACILITY' AND ONE

DAY DAY AT THE AL TAQQADUM AIR BASE. THE UN TEAM CONSISTED OF 22

PERSONS FROM 11 NATIONS. THE TEAM WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO A CONTROL

GROUP, A SAFETY TEAM, AND A REPORTING TEAM.

2.        ALL THREE HABBANIYAH SITES ARE SUBSIDIARY TO THE AL

MUTHANNA SITE AND PRODUCE PRECURSOR CHEMICALS - THE CHEMICAL

WARFARE AGENT' OR FINAL PRODUCT, IS PREPARED AT AL MUTHANNA. THE

THREE SITES ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR IN THAT ALL BUILDINGS ARE OF

MODULAR DESIGN. THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPHS CONTAIN SPECIFIC INFO

ON THE THREE HABBANIYAH SITES.

A.        HABBANIYAH-1 - ALSO KNOWN AS FALLUJAH-3 AND AL

FAROUK. THIS FACILITY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORMULATION OF

PESTICIDES, PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC BOTTLES, AND STORAGE OF CHEMICAL

PRECURSORS.

B.        HABBANIYAH-2 - ALSO KNOWN AS FALLUJAH-2 AND AL

MAAMOUN. THIS FACILITY PRODUCED CHLORINE, HYDROCHLORIC ACID,

CAUSTIC SODA' SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE' SULFUR CHLORIDE, SULFUR

TRIOXIDE, THIONYL CHLORIDE, DICHLORO METHYL PHOSPHINE OXIDE,

DIFLUROR METHYL PHOSPHINE OXIDE, PHOSPHORUS TRICHLORIDE,

PHOSPHORUS OXYCHLORIDE, AND METHYL PHOSPHITE. THE HABBANIYAH-2

FACILITY PRODUCED "DICHLOR" FROM THE ABOVE MATERIALS. STORAGE OF

PRECURSORS INCLUDED 12 TONS OF DIISOPROPYL AMINE, 25 TONS OF

DIMETHYLAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, 40 TONS OF THIODIGLYCOL, AND 52 TONS

OF 2-CHLOROBENZALDEHYDE. ((SOURCE COMMENT) - THE

CHLOROBENZALDEHYDE WAS USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF "CS" TEAR GAS).

C.        HABBANIYAH-3 - ALSO KNOWN AS FALLUJAH-1. CONSTRUCTION

OF THIS FACILITY STARTED IN 1985 AND WAS SUSPENDED AT THE END OF

1987. THIS FACILITY HAD NO COMPLETED PRODUCTION WORKS OR STORAGE

SITES. THIS FACILITY WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY ALLIED BOMBING.

3.        THE DECLARED FACILITY AT AL MUTHANNA CONTAINED ONE

PILOT PLANT FOR DMMP (DIMETHYL METHYLPHOSPHONATE) AND ONE PILOT

PLANT FOR DMHP (DIMETHYL HYDROGEN PHOSPHITE). PART OF THE TWO

PILOT PLANTS WAS UNDERGROUND - THIS AREA SUSTAINED LITTLE DAMAGE

FROM THE ALLIED BOMBINGS. AL MUTHANNA ALSO CONTAINED A CHEMICAL

AGENT DESTRUCTION SITE'

4.        TAMMUZ (AL TAQQADUM) AIR BASE' 200 MUSTARD BOMBS

WITHOUT MARKINGS WERE STORED AT THIS SITE' AT LEAST ONE OF THE

MUNITIONS WAS LEAKING WITH THE MUNITIONS BEING SCATTERED. THE

BOMBS WERE REPORTEDLY MOVED FROM AL MUTHANNA IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP

THEM FROM BEING HIT DURING ALLIED BOMBING. THE UN INSPECTION TEAM

PICKED FOUR RANDOM BUNKERS TO CHECK FOR OTHER CHEMICAL MUNITIONS:

HOWEVER, FOUND NONE.

5.        THE IRAQI CW PROGRAM - 1982-1987 - THE IRAQI'S

PRODUCED "H" MUSTARD AND GA NERVE AGENT EARLY IN THEIR WAR AGAINST

IRAN. GB' AND A GB/GF MIXTURE WERE LATER PRODUCED DURING THE

IRAN/IRAQ WAR' THE IRAQI'S USED A QUASI "BINARY" METHOD IN MIXING

COMPONENTS JUST BEFORE FILLING AND USING THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS'

THIS METHOD PROVIDED A POOR QUALITY OF ONLY 50-65 PERCENT.

BECAUSE OF THE RAPID HYDROLYSIS OF THIS LOW QUALITY FINAL PRODUCT,

THE IRAQI'S DID NOT STOCKPILE CHEMICAL MUNITIONS. THE IRAQI'S

SCALED BACK THEIR PROGRAM FROM 1987-1990. AS MENTIONED EARLIER,

THE HABBANIYAH-3 FACILITY WAS NOT COMPLETED. THE IRAQI'S SEARCHED

FOR COMMERCIAL USES FOR THESE FACILITIES - PESTICIDES FORMULATION,

CHLORINE, HYDROCHLORIC ACID, AND THE MANUFACTURE OF PESTICIDES.

THE IRAQI'S RE-STARTED THEIR CHEMICAL PROGRAM IN 1990 AT THE AL

MUTHANNA FACILITIES. START-UP TOOK MANY MONTHS AND THERE WAS ONLY

LIMITED PRODUCTION. THE CHEMICALS AND THE CHEMICAL WEAPON STOCKS

WERE ALL DISPERSED.

6.        CHEMICAL MISSILE WARHEADS - THE IRAQI'S STILL POSSESS

30 AL-HUSSAIN CHEMICAL WARHEADS. 16 ARE "READY-TO-GO" WITH THE

GB/GF MIXTURE. THE OTHER 14 CONTAIN ONLY THE ALCOHOL (BINARY

REACTION WITH "DIFLUOR").

7'        CHEMICAL AGENTS. THE IRAQI'S INTENTIONALLY PRODUCED

THE 60/40 GB/GF MIXTURE IN AN EFFORT TO LOWER THE AGENT'S

VOLITILITY AND INCREASE ITS PERSISTENCY IN A DESERT ENVIRONMENT.

STABILITY IS ESTIMATED AT THREE MONTHS - ONCE THE AGENT DROPS

BELOW 50 PERCENT, IT IS RELATIVELY INEFFECTIVE. THERE WAS NO

EVIDENCE OF ANY SOMAN (GD) PRODUCTION - THE IRAQI'S COULD NOT

PRODUCE THE PINACOLYL ALCOHOL. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY VX

WORK. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY LEWISITE WORK AND THE IRAQI'S

SAID THEY NEVER PRODUCED ANY OF THIS AGENT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE

OF ANY HYDROGEN CYANIDE PRODUCTION. IRAQI DEMILITARIZATION

CONSISTED OF CHEMICAL NEUTRALIZATION FOLLOWED BY INCINERATION.

ADDITIONALLY' THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY SUB-MUNITIONS'

8'        CURRENT STATUS. THE IRAQI'S ARE REBUILDING THEIR

CHLORINE FACILITY AND THEIR PESTICIDE FORMULATION PLANT AT

HABBANIYAH-2. THEY ARE REQUESTING TO CONDUCT THEIR OWN CHEMICAL

DEMILITARIZATION OPERATIONS (1) TO KEEP THEIR PEOPLE EMPLOYED AND

(2) TO SAVE FACE.

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COMMENTS: (U) NONE.

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//IPSP: (U) PT 1620; PT 1620; PT 1620: PT 1620//.

//COMSOBJ: (U) 141; 141: 141: 143//.

ADMIN PROJ: (U) 202029.

INSTR: (U) US NO'

PREP: (U) 2-10463.

ENCL: (U) 1 ENCLOSURE - REPORT' "UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL

COMMISSION, SECOND CW INSPECTION (UNSCOM-9)", (U), 15-22 AUGUST

1991, 1 COPY, 122 PAGES, (U).

ACQ: (U) ALEXANDRIA, VA (910917).

DISSEM: (U) DIA: RTS-2B, FIELD: NONE' SENT TO: NONE.

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