Subject: IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS FACILITIES  

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence 

 

TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN 

REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN 

TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF 

THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON 

REQUEST. 

 

6. IN 1978 THERE WERE FEW BUILDINGS AT THE SALMAN PAK 

FACILITY, -HOWEVER, THE STATE COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION 

CONSTRUCTED A LARGE NUMBER OF TWO TO THREE STORY STRUCTURES 

AT THE SITE BETWEEN 1981 AND 1983. 

 

7. A BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS FACILITY WAS     I  LOCATED AT THE 

VETERINARY MEDICAL FACTORY IN THE EL AMAR IYE SUBURB OF 

BAGHDAD, 200 M SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 10, JUST EAST OF THE 

VETERINARY COLLEGE, AND JUST BEFORE THE CHECK POINT TO ABU 

GHURAYB. 

                                THE FACILITY HAD 

SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED A SUPPLY OF A VERY 

STRONG CHOLERA BIOLOGICAL-WARFARE AGENT, WHICH WAS NO LONGER 

STORED AT THE FACILITY AS OF 1991. 

 

                               THE FACILITY BELONGED TO THE 

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE BUT HAD BEEN PLACED UNDER THE 

CONTROL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S SON, ((UDAY)) SADDAM HUSAYN.  

THE FACILITY WAS SUBORDINATE TO, AND ENJOYED CLOSE LIAISON 

WITH, THE SALMAN PAK BIOLOGICAL WARFARE COMPLEX.  

 

THE U-SHAPED VETERINARY MEDICAL FACTORY WAS BADLY DAMAGED 

DURING THE GULF WAR, 

                               AS OF          1991, THE 

FACILITY BUILDING WAS EMPTY AND NOT   IN OPERATION. 

 

8. THE AQABA ESTABLISHMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BIOLOGICAL 

WARFARE.  PROJECTS 400 AND 600.  THE ESTABLISHMENT WAS 

LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF (33-14 N, 44-20E) NEAR THE TOWN 

OF AL YUSIFIYA, ABOUT-20 KMS SOUTH OF BAGHDAD ALONG THE ROAD 

To AL HILLAH, AND ABOUT ONE KM WEST OF  THE HIGHWAY. THE 

DIRECTOR. OF THE AQABA ESTABLISHMENT WAS BRIGADIER GENERAL 

ABDEL' FATAH (.(MAHMUD)). THE FACILITY CONSISTED   OF 

NUMEROUS  LARGE BUILDINGS, AND ENTRY WAS STRICTLY 

CONTROLLED. 

 

9.  CONSTRUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROJECTS 400 

(MANUFACTURE OF ARTILLERY SHELLS FOR BIOLOGICAL WARFARE) AND 

600 (BABY MILK-FACTORY) HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED BEFORE 1990. 

 

 

                                                                           

ENTRANCE TO BOTH PROJECTS WAS STRICTLY CONTROLLED. - WORKERS 

AT SALMAN PAK AND PROJECT 600 WERE REQUIRED TO WEAR GAS 

MASKS AND POLYETHYLENE PROTECTIVE GEAR. 

 

10. PROJECT 400 WAS A LARGE PLANT WITH AN AIR-COOLED        

CHILLER, SIMILAR TO THAT USED ON RAILROAD TRAINS. THE PLANT 

PRODUCED PARTS FOR BIOLOGICAL BOMBS. 

 

11. PROJECT 600 WAS    INITIALLY CONSTRUCTED TO PROCESS      

MILK, BUT WAS NEVER USED FOR THAT FUNCTION.  THE FACILITY 

WAS CONVERTED (DATE UNKNOWN) TO MAKE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS; AND 

MANY NEW LARGE, STEEL BUILDINGS (EACH SEVEN TO EIGHT METERS 

HIGH WERE BUILT 

                                                             

PROJECT 600'S   PRODUCTION 

            EQUIPMENT WAS REMOVED IN MAY 1991. 

 

 

 

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