Iraq's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Facilities

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This is a list of Iraqi facilities engaged in work on nuclear weapons (nw), biological weapons (bw) and chemical weapons (cw). The Iraqi National Congress has received this information from sources in Iraq. Some of these facilities are not currently functioning but are maintained in a condition to allow work to start again as soon as sanctions end. Name of facility Location Products and specialisations 1 Badr General Establishment Yousefiya (30 km south of Baghdad) missile casings, mobile launchers, spare parts for casings 2 Qaqa'a General Establishment as above missile fuel, warheads 3 Al Wafa'a Gen.Est. Jurf Al Sakhar (west of Karbala) missile research 4 Al Faris Gen. Est. Abu Ghraib mechanical parts and outer structures of missiles 5 Al Wathiq Gen. Est. Al Taji (north of Baghdad) epoxy and fibreglass for missile casings 6 Ibn Majid Gen. Est. Basra missile structures, distilling vats, large metal parts 7 Heavy Industrial Gen. Est. Al Doura (Baghdad) nuclear reactor parts, high pressure equipment for reactors 8 Al Hareth Gen. Est. Tarmia(Baghdad) missile reasearch, chemical weapons containers 9 Thaet Al Sawari Gen. Est. Al Taji missile production 10 Oxide Magnesium Gen. Est. Khawr Al Zubayr (Basra) heavy water 11 Metal Conversion Gen. Est. Al Tajiyat district- Al Taji labs for nuclear fuel for PWR reactors 12 Al Kindi Gen. Est. Mosul UCL4 for the production of Uranium 235 for nuclear weapons 13Jaber bin Hayan Gen.Est. Mosul UF6 for the production of Uranium 235 for nuclear weapons 14 Al Asil Gen. Est. Al Tuweitha (south of Baghdad) headquarters of the Iraqi Nuclear Commission 15 The Iraqi Factory Al Taji houses the new engineering centre for the nw programme 16 Salahudin Gen. Est. Tikrit mechanical spare parts for nw/bw programmes 17 Al Mansour Est. on the farm rd. bet. Qadmia/Muthana equipment for laser-guided weapons 18 Al Youm Al Adeem Jurf Al Sakhar R&D for SCUD missiles 19 Al Jazirah Skarkat (south of Mosul) chemicals for the cw programme 20 Ibn Al Athir Est. Jurf Al Sakhar nuclear warheads for the future 21 Technical Research Centre Salman Pak/Baghdad/Jurf Al Sakhar support and research for bw programme 22 Sabah Nisan Est. Jurf Al Nidaf (Baghdad) equipment for nw programme 23 Saddam Gen. Est. Yousefiya nuclear parts, lasers and optical equipment, Tahmouz missile 24 Bilad Al Shuheda Al Taji R&D for missile launchers 25 Al Muthanna Gen. Est. near Thartar Lake (outside Baghdad) biggest factory for production of chemical weapons 26 Hateen Gen. Est. Latifiya (south of Baghdad) different types of ammunition, missile parts 27 Al Faw Est. a number of locations around Baghdad digging equipment, building underground sites 28 Sabahasher Nisan Est. a number of different locations delicate measuring instruments 29 Nasr Est. Abu Ghraib (on Agarquf Road) R&D of missile control systems 30 Ur Gen. Est. Naseriya metal casings for missiles 31 Al Fida Est. Zafraniya nuclear warheads, containers for missile and nuclear fuels 32 Al Qadissiya Est. Diyala centrifuges for productions of U235 33 Al Yarmouk Gen. Est. Yousefiya missile parts, ammunition with special specifications 34 Saad 16 Est. Mosulcw equipment 35 Project 946 Tarmia U235 production 36 Al Az Est. Baghdad computer centre for missile control systems R&D 37 Al Rafah Est.Jurf Al Sakhar permanent launchers for surface to surface missiles 38 Al Jihad Gen. Est. Baghdad construction of military industrial facilities 39 Al Mujahid Gen. Est. Rashidiya (Baghdad) biological weapons facility 40 Al Walid Est. south of Baghdad training school for the Military Industrial Organisation 41 Umm Al Marik Est. Yousefiya missile fuel and warheads 42 Project 710 under Presidential Palace in Baghdad production of long-range missiles (over 710 km) 43 Project 707 as above production of short-range missiles (under 707km) 44 Project 505 Sherkhat heavy water 45 Al Rashid Gen. Est. Khanbari mouldings and technical equipment for Nasr Est. 46 Babel Est. secret locations in the Hamrin Mts. was responsible for Supergun, now nw programme 47 Optical Centre Jadriya (behind the Science College) lasers, headed by Saddam's nephew Dr. Nafa Al Tikriti 48 Sad Al Adhim Project Hamrin Mountains disguising and transporting equipment associated with nw 49 Lithium Collection Project Hamrin Mountains headed by Dr. Ahmad Abdul Jagar Shansal 50 Heavy Water Project as above as above 51 High Pressure Project Al Qadissiya generators for making U235 52 Aqaba Ibn Nafa'a Gen. Est. Yousefiya metal casings for Project 946 53 Project 212 Jurf Al Sakhar production of chemicals used in making U235 54 Saad 13 Est. unknown electronics for weapons with help from CSF Thomson of France 55 Project 2000 Jurf Al Sakhar missiles over 2,000 km range 56Pure Lead Project Al Tuweitha insulation for nw programme 57 Industrial Thermal Gen. Est. Faluja high temperature ovens (over 2000 deg. C.) 58 Al Shamouq Gen. Est. Baghdad R&D for Lithium Project 59 Oxide Aluminium Factory Al Taji missilecasings