IRAQI-LIBYAN INVESTIGATION OF URANIUM EXTRACTION POSSIBILITIES IN SOMALIA

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• Case Number: F-2007-01453
• Publication Date: March 13, 1999

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An1Nf4 SUBJ: IRAQI-LIBYAN INVESTIGATION OF URANIUM EXTRACTION
POSSIBILITIES IN SOMALIA
Central Intelligence Agency
13 March 1999
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FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE
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"(S/n/14F) 1. ON 7 MARCH 1999, AN AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT THE FORMER SOMALI AIR FORCE BASE AT (b)(3)
BALIDOGLE WITH A DELEGATION OF 15 PERSONS CONTAINING TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS IN THE
EXTRACTION OF URANIUM FROM GROUND DEPOSITS. THE DELEGATION INCLUDED SEVEN IRAQIS
FOUR IRANIANS, AND FOUR LIBYANS. COMMENT: THE (b)(1)
IRANIANS APPEAR TO BE TECHNICIANS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE A JOINT (b)(3)
LIBYAN/IRAQI PROJECT.) IN EARLIER ACTIVITY CONNECTED TO THIS DELEGATION, FIVE LIBYANS
ARRIVED ON 5 MARCH 1999 IN SOMALIA TO EVALUATE AND DISCUSS WITH THE SOMALIS THE
POSSIBILITY OF EXTRACTING URANIUM FROM THE DEPOSITS AT BUR ACABA, ABOUT 180 KM WEST
OF MOGADISHU TOWARDS THE ETHIOPIAN FRONTIER, AND MOVING THE EXTRACTED URANIUM TO
THE SOMALI PORT OF MERCA. COMMENT: WITH THE BREAKDOWN OF THE PEACE IN (b)(1)
SOMALIA, LIBYA IS INCREASING ITS INFLUENCE AND PRESENCE IN THE COUNTRY. BALIDOGLE AIR (b)(3)
BASE HAS BEEN USED FOR FLIGHTS IN THE PAST BY LIBYA AND IT IS ALSO USED FOR SMALL
COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS FROM THE ARABIAN GULF.)
(`S)F��R) 2. THE ITALIAN ENERGY COMPANY ENI HAD OBTAINED THE CONCESSION TO THE
URANIUM DEPOSITS IN BUR ACABA AND HAD WORKED IN THE AREA IN THE EARLY 1980S, BUT
FIGHTING IN SOMALIA SUBSEQUENTLY CLOSED ALL FOREIGN ACTIVITIES COMMENT:
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URANIUM IN BUR AC BA TO BE OF HIGH QUALITY.)
ARE THAT ENI DID NOT CONSIDER THE (b)(1)
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