IAEA Media Advisory
IAEA Media Advisory 2003/0703 (7 March 2003)
News Update on Iraq Inspections
UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq, 7 March 2003
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7 March 2003 -- An UNMOVIC biological team inspected
the maintenance department of the railway station in Mosul. The
team then inspected the Mosul branch of the Mesopotamia State Company
for Seed Handling in the outskirts of Mosul. Another biological
team returned to the Al Aziziyah Airfield and Firing Range and continued
to supervise the excavation of R-400 bombs. The team took samples
from the remainders of the containers that, Iraq has stated, had
been used to transport biological agents.
Hiro Ueki
Spokesman for UNMOVIC and the IAEA in Baghdad
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