burn remaining chemical warfare agents. Muthana was also the initial location for Iraq's biological weapons program (1985-1987). Muthana State Establishment
had seized control of the Muthana State Establishment, including a chemicalweapons depot northwest of Baghdad. The facility was partially destroyed and
targeted a suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq training facility southwest of the city of Samarra near the MuthanaChemical Complex south of Lake Tharthar. In the first