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Iraqi Special Weapons Facilities

This is a partial inventory of major Iraqi special weapons facilities. Compilation of such an inventory is a surprisingly complex challenge. It is complicated by Iraqi concealment initiatives in the 1970s and 1980s, which remain surprisingly effective today. These operational security measures included extensive compartmentation of projects, assigning a variety of entity names to specific physical locations. Physical concealment measures during the 1980s included:

The correlation between commonly cited entity names and identifiable geographical place names is a persistent problem, which is compounded by inconsistencies in transliteration from Arabic to English. While UNSCOM inspectors eventually uncovered more than 20 sites involved in the Iraqi nuclear program, 16 of which were described as "main facilities," the Desert Storm target list on 16 January 1991 contained only two nuclear-related targets. Badush, Baiji, Al Qaim, Samarra, Akashat, Al Fallujah, Baghdad, Salman Pak, Musayyib, and Basra were identified as chemical and biological warfare related locations by USCENTCOM as of September 1990. [GulfLINK] But in the CIA Report on Intelligence Related to Gulf War Illnesses, [dated 2 August 1996], the number of sites suspected to have been connected to Iraq's chemical warfare program alone, totaled 34. UNSCOM conducted chemical weapons-related inspections at over 60 locations.

Imagery Locale Entity Latitude Longitude Nuclear CW Control
BW Missile
Abu Ghurayb Project 600 33°18'N 44°16'E
Akashat 33°15'N 40°35'E
Al Furat 33°02'N 44°03'E
Al Hadre 35°18'N 42°37'E
Al Haytham 31°24'N 46°05'E
Al Mamoun 33°01'N 44°13'E
Al Manal Dawrah 33°49'N 44°42'E
Al Qaim 34°22'N 41°07'E
Al Safa 33°25'N 44°34'E
Al Sharqat al-Fajr 35°27'N 43°16'E
An Nasiriyah 31°02'N 46°16'E
Aqaba 33°08'N 44°21'E
Baghdad 33°20'N 44°23'E
Baghdad Radwaniyah Palace 33°??'N 44°??'E
Baghdad Petrochemical-3 33°??'N 44°??'E
Baghdad al-Masbar 33°??'N 44°??'E
Baghdad Nassr 33°25'N 44°23'E
Basrah 30°30'N 47°50'E
Darwah [Dora] Al Farouq 33°2?'N 44°1?'E
Dhu Al Figar 32°5?'N 43°5?'E
Fallujah I Habbaniyah I 33°21'N 43°46'E
Fallujah II Habbaniyah II 32°28'N 43°39'E
Fallujah III Habbaniyah III 33°28'N 43°47'E
Jabal Hamrin Babylon 34°30'N 44°30'E
Jabal Makhul 35°10'N 43°25'E
Jurf as Sakhr Al Hakam 32°52'N 44°13'E
Kamisiyah Tall al Lahm 30°46'N 46°29'E
Karama 33°2?'N 44°1?'E
Latifiyah 33°01'N 44°10'E
Latifiyah Taj al-Ma'arik 33°01'N 44°10'E
Mosul Al Kindi / Saad-16 36°??'N 43°??'E
Mosul Al Jesira 36°??'N 43°??'E
Mosul 36°20'N 43°08'E
Muhammadiyat 33°12'N 42°28'E
Musayyib Al Atheer 32°46'N 44°17'E
Osiraq 33°12'N 44°31'E
Rashidiya Center for Engineering Design 33°33'N 44°22"E
Salman Pak 33°19'N 44°10'E
Samarra Muthanna 33°50'N 43°46'E
Shahiyat Al Rafah 33°03'N 43°44'E
Taji Balat al Shuhada 33°31'N 44°16'E
Taji 33°33'N 44°18'E
Tarmiya Al Hareth 33°40'N 44°23'E
Tharthar 33°43'N 43°29'E
Tikrit 34°36'N 43°42'E
Tuwaitha Al Asil / IAEC 33°12'N 44°31'E
Yawm al Azim Balat al Shuhada 32°3?'N 44°2?'E
Yusufiyah Al Qa Qaa / Badr 33°04'N 44°15'E
Zafaraniyah Dijla / Nida / Rabbiyah 32°32'N 46°29'E

Iraqi Air Force Airfields

Maps of Iraqi Special Weapons Facilities

Sources and Resources



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