Other Names: Al-Safah, Fudhaliyah site

Location: Fudhaliyah, east of Baghdad between Baghdad and Al A'zamiyah

Photo taken inside the Agricultural and Water Research Station: bags of agro-chemicals appear in the foreground.

Short Descriptor: Aflatoxin production claimed; aflatoxin and genetic engineering research

Details:

Iraq declares that aflatoxin production began at Fudaliyah in January 1990, although oral testimony indicates the date is actually September 1990. The "Hakam report" indicates that Iraq produced 2200 liters of aflatoxin, but it does not specify the location of that production.

The site was also, possibly, an alternative headquarters for Technical Research Center (TRC; Salman Pak) during the Gulf War.

Other Information:

...Another large production facility at Al-Manal (south of Baghdad near the Baghdad broadcast station) is involved in the production of viruses. Although this facility was damaged during the Gulf War, production activity is being carried out in three large buildings equipped with four 2,200-liter fermentation tanks. Fungus agents are being produced [at] a large facility of six buildings in Al-safa Al-Fadhaliya, east of Baghdad.... [1]

Key Sources:
[1] GulfLink, "Status of Biological Weapons; Country: Iraq; Subj: Reorganization of the Ministry of Industry and Military Industrialization," August 1991 (date of information, early August 1991), CIA, file: cia_62856_62856_01.txt.

	Updated February 2006