Location: Near Ramadi, 100km west of Baghdad

Short Descriptor: Possible storage/deployment site for BW-type R-400 bombs

Details:
 
Iraq declares that some BW-type R-400 bombs were stored/deployed at this location [note: Iraq also filled R-400 bombs with chemical agent]. UNSCOM discovered R-400 bombs at the site, although it found no evidence of BW-type weapons at the location.

Other Information:

...K-3 Airfield (Haditha; Air Strip 37) BW Munitions have been stored at this facility...[1]

...There are 75 biological weapons of agents A, B, and C hidden near Airstrip 37, located northeast of the Al-Muhammadi Airbase. These are 90-liter bombs buried one meter underground. Also buried one meter underground are two tanks of liquid spore (possibly agent B). Unable to identify the agents. Previous reporting referred to the agents as 1, 2, and 3.[2]

Key Sources:
[1] GulfLINK, "BW Stored," n.d., CIA, file: cia_62841_62841_01.txt.
[2] GulfLINK, "Status of BW," CIA, August 1991, file: cia_62856_62856_01.txt.

	Updated February 2006