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UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq

News Update on Iraq Inspections

2003/1902

For full coverage, see the pages on IAEA and Iraq.

The IAEA interviewed an engineer previously associated with Iraq's former gas centrifuge enrichment programme.

Five UNMOVIC missile teams inspected 5 separate sites: Al Fida Company that is involved in the maintenance of the Al Samoud 2 missile launcher; Ibn Al Haythm that is involved in the manufacture and assembly of the Al Samoud 2 missile; Al Samoud Factory that fabricates Al Samoud 2 missile components; Al Mamoun that manufactures solid propellant rocket motors and a location of field deployment of Al Samoud 2 missiles. The teams continued to verify the number and location of Al Samoud 2-related items and to tag relevant items.

An UNMOVIC chemical team returned to Al Mutanna and continued the process of destroying the artillery shells filled with mustard gas. A second chemical team inspected two sites belonging to the State Establishment for Vegetable Oils: Al Rasheed and Al Mamoun, both located in Baghdad.

An UNMOVIC biological team inspected the College of Agriculture, the College of Sciences, and the College of Engineering, all located on the campus of Tikrit University in Tikrit, 160 km northwest of Baghdad. Subsequently, the team inspected the College of Women Education at Tikrit University and a dairy factory, both located in south Tikrit.

An UNMOVIC multidisciplinary team inspected the Ibn Al Waleed State Company in Baghdad. It is a factory specialized in the repair and maintenance of military vehicles.

One IAEA team inspected the Al-Feda'a hydraulics factory and the manufacturing, storage and repair facility for the State Company of Mechanical and Electrical Contracts, located south of Baghdad. A second IAEA team inspected Al Zawraa, an electronics company, 17km south of Baghdad. A third IAEA team performed a car-borne radiation survey in an area 25km to 60km east of Baghdad.

Last update: 20 June 2018

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