IAEA Media Advisory
IAEA Media Advisory 2003/2202 (22 February 2003)
News Update on Iraq Inspections
UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq, 22 February 2003
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22 February 2003 -- Three UNMOVIC missiles teams performed three separate inspections. One team inventoried Al Samoud 2 components and sub-assemblies at Ibn Al Haytahm that carries out the final assembly of the Al Samoud 2 missile. A second team inspected the remains of a liquid engine propellant test stand and placed tags on two pieces of manufacturing equipment. A third team inspected Al Nasser, which is a large production facility involved in the production of components for the Al Samoud 2 missile.
An UNMOVIC multidisciplinary team inspected the Iraqi Army’s Liquid Propellant Analytical Laboratory situated in west Baghdad. The facility performs validation and control analyses of rocket and missile fuel used in air defense.
An UNMOVIC biological team visited two sites in the Baghdad area, one a research centre and the other a testing laboratory, to observe the destruction of a relatively small amount of out of date bacterial growth media previously monitored by the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM). This action was taken, following a formal request from the sites transmitted through the Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate.
One IAEA team conducted a car-borne radiation survey in the area
of the Yarmouk GE Site approximately 40km west of Baghdad. A second
IAEA team inspected the Al Kadessiya General Establishment 35km
south of Baghdad. A third IAEA team inspected the Al Nahrawan munitions
factory, 25km east of Baghdad.
Hiro Ueki
Spokesman for UNMOVIC and the IAEA in Baghdad
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