MOSUL U-I PRODUCTION FACILITY U-C
Filename:00109463
SUBJECT: MOSUL U-I PRODUCTION FACILITY U-C
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 9463
GENDATE: 950718
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TEXT:
ENVELOPE RATMCIAB YEKDQA 4514 0161332-MIDO--YEKDQX
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ZNY MMIDO ZNZ1
ZKZK RR AAZ DE
HEADER R 161332Z JAN 91 ZYS
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
MOSUL U-I PRODUCTION FACILITY U-C/[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
STATACT/OPR//
RMK/IRAQ: INCREASED SECURITY-CONCEALMENT ACTIVITY AT MOSUL
/UNIDENTIFIED FACILITY
/
/SINCE OCTOBER 1990, INCREASED SECURITY-CONCEALMENT MEASURES AND
/CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY HAVE BEEN [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
AT MOSUL UNIDENTIFIED PRODUCTION FACILITY. MOSUL UNIDENTIFIED
FACILITY IS 12 NM WEST OF THE MOSUL MISSILE RESEARCH-DEVELOPMENT
AND PRODUCTION FACILITY [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]AND 7 NM
SOUTHWEST OF THE AL MAWSIL POSSIBLE RESEARCH
/AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ].
/
/ [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ], SECURITY-CONCEALMENT MEASURES [
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AT THIS FACILITY INCLUDED
NETTING-CANVAS THAT HAD BEEN DRAPED OVER THE SOUTHERNMOST
BUILDINGS IN THE PRODUCTION RESEARCH-DEVELOPMENT (R-D) AREA AND ON
A SINGLE BUILDING IN A SEPARATE AREA NORTH OF THESE BUILDINGS.
SOME OF THE CANVAS-NETTING WAS PRESENT AS EARLY AS JULY 1989. THE
NETTING-CANVAS EFFECTIVELY CONCEALS SOME OF THE BUILDING-ROOF
LINES AND SURROUNDING ROADWAYS, [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
SIMILAR CONCEALMENT ACTIVITY ON THIS SCALE HAS ALSO BEEN [
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AT BAGHDAD NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER [
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ].
/
/IN ADDITION, THREE REVETTED PARKING POSITIONS, PROBABLY FOR LARGE
/LIQUID TRANSPORT TRUCKS, HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED WEST OF THE MAIN
/ACCESS ROAD BY 10 JANUARY 1991. TWO OF THE REVETTED PARKING
/POSITIONS ARE WEST OF THE PRODUCTION R-D AREA AND THE THIRD IS
/WEST OF THE MATERIAL RECEIVING-TRANSSHIPMENT AREA. IN OCTOBER,
/APPROXIMATELY 80 PROBABLE 37-MM-57-MM ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUNS
/AND THREE SA-3 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SITES RINGED THIS FACILITY.
/[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ].
/
/CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AT THIS
FACILITY SINCE OCTOBER INCLUDED A NEW SINGLE-STORY ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING SOUTHWEST OF THE ADMINISTRATION-ENTRANCE CONTROL BUILDING
IN THE PRODUCTION R-D AREA. A PROBABLE LABORATORY-SUPPORT BUILDING
IS ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION EAST OF THE ADMINISTRATION-ENTRANCE
CONTROL BUILDING. GROUND SCRAPING WAS [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)
] IN THE MATERIAL
/RECEIVING-TRANSSHIPMENT AREA EAST OF THE LARGE TWO-BAY
PEAK-ROOFED
/STORAGE BUILDING, AND PROBABLE BUILDING MATERIAL WAS ON THE
GROUND
/IN THE AREA. ADDITIONAL GROUND SCRAPING WAS SEEN IN THE HOUSING
/AREA, AND SEVERAL TRAILERS THAT WERE USED AS BARRACKS IN THIS
AREA
/HAD BEEN REMOVED. A BERM WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED AROUND ONE OF FIVE
/BUILDINGS IN THE HOUSING AREA.
/
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] COMMENTS -- [ (b)(1) sec
1.3(a)(4) ], SUGGESTING THAT THIS FACILITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A
HIGH-PRIORITY MILITARY PROJECT. THE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ],
ALSO SUGGESTS THAT SOME TYPE OF CRITICAL OPERATIONS ARE BEING
CONDUCTED HERE, POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE,
BALLISTIC MISSILE OR NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS.
/
[ (b)(6) ][ (b)(2) ]
/
/[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
[ (b)(2) ]
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