UNSCOM Arbitrariness in Destruction Process

UNSCOM : Unfair Measures of Destruction

By paras (8 and 12) of the UN Security Council Resolution 687(1991) the UNSCOM and IAEA are mandated to destroy or render the following harmless :

All chemical and biological weapons, stockpiles of chemical agents, all related sub-systems and constituents and all facilities of research , development , support and design.

All ballastic missiles with a range exceeding 150 Km , the related key parts and the facilities of their maintenance and repair.

Iraq shall agree without any prior condition not to posses or produce any nuclear weapons or materials that can be used for nuclear weapons or any subsidiary systems or constituents or any facility or research , development or support or manufacturing centres that can contribute.

Though this resolution is unjust and does not respect Iraq's legitimate rights to defend its security and sovereignty , Iraq accepted it. Iraq made scarifies in the area of destruction with which the UNSCOM went so far without reasonable justification. This occurred when Iraq was under difficult circumstances following the cease-fire in 1991 and when the economic sanctions were in effect since August 1990.

Iraq , then was short of financial resources and in bad ned for many necessary prerequisites to reconstruct its infrastructures which were heavily damaged or destroyed by the coalition military aggression led by the U.S.A. Thus the behavior of the UNSCOM could be seen as being complementary and an extension to the military aggression . This conclusion became evident when we realized the lengthy list of the UNSCOM's requests to destroy buildings, equipment , machines and general (not special ) use materials. The list also included equipment and materials not used in previous programmes. They were brought in for civil projects established in 1992. Had they not been destroyed by the UNSCOM Iraq would have used them in the reconstruction campaign . The situation that Iraq went through was so difficult and complicated that it could not import or manufacture such equipment and materials . The former executive chairman of the UNSCOM was proud to say that his commission " destroyed more than what the missile and air strikes destroyed in the Gulf war . "

Below are the names of some of the machines , equipment and general-use materials ( listed according to missile , chemical , biological and nuclear activities ) which were destroyed under the supervision f the UNSCOM and IAEA . Iraq scarified these items with a view to achieving a noble aim, that is to lift the economic sanctions

The equipment and materials which were destroyed in the missile field.

Ser. No.	Equipment and materials	No.
1	Oil removal unit	1
2	Sand-blast unit	4
3	Reservoir	2
4	Computer for operating dimension measurement machine	1
5	Cooling set	1
6	Measurement set	1
7	Cooling unit	4
8	Trolleys	2
9	Spot longitude welding machine	1
10	CNC lathe machine	4
11	Hydraulic press	2
12	X-ray scanner	2
13	Cutting machine	1
14	Control system for x-ray scanner	1
15	Display monitor for x-ray scanner	1
16	Hydrostatic test machine	1
17	Heating and cooling unit	2

The equipment and materials which were destroyed in the chemical field.

A. The chemical materials

Ser. No.	Material	Amont
1	Isopropanol	525 tons
2	Ethanol	112 tons
3	Methanol	42 tons
4	Dichloro ethane	4 tons

B. The equipment

Ser. No.	Equipment	No.
1	Condenser HC	11
2	Heat exchanger HC	5
3	Condenser	2
4	Glass-lined reactor	26
5	Graphite heat exchanger	22
6	Glass-lined distillation tower	42
7	Distillation tower HC	3
8	Glass-lined tank	30
9	Glass-lined vessel	10
10	Hillar-lined vessel	7
11	Vessel Hc	2
12	Glass lined Distillation tower	1
13	Distillation tower lined with HC	5
14	Haller-lined tower	1
15	Heat Exchanger H.E S.S	1
16	Glass-lined Heat Exchanger	6
17	S.S centrifuge (stainless steel )	1
18	S.S vaccum pump	2
19	Reacter Monel	1
20	Reacter Teflon	2
21	Plastic reservoir	1
22	Vessel Teflon	2

Ser. No.	Equipment	No.
23	Glass vessel- 5 necks 200 liter	7
24	Glass vessel with (6) necks 100 liter	2
25	Glass vessel-5 necks 100 liter	3
26	Glass vessel- one neck - 50 liter	2
27	Glass vessel 3 necks- 50 liter	4
28	Glass condenser	9
29	Distillation column 3 pieces	1
30	Glass vessel-one neck 50 liter	33
31	Glass vessel-2 neck 50 liter	3
32	Glass vessel-3 neck 50 liter	20
33	Glass vessel (partially damaged)	2
34	Glass vessel-5 neck 100 liter	1
35	Glass vessel-6 neck 100 liter	2
36	Glass vessel-4 neck 200 liter	1
37	Glass condenser	36
38	Glass condenser	2
39	Glass condenser	2
40	Glass condenser	2
41	Distillation tower (different sizes )	4
42	T-shaped Glass ( different sizes )	17
43	Distillation tower - upper section	4
44	Glass vessel 3 necks	10
45	Glass container	23

C. Chemical Analysis Instruments

Ser. No.	Instruments	No.
1	Gass C	13
2	Integrator	7
3	Sensor	5
4	Data base	1
5	I.R	3
6	Injection set	1
7	Vertical furnace	1
8	Atomic Absorptian Spectro scope	4
9	Type-writter	6
10	Mechanical-thermal analysis set	2
11	Calorie measurement set	1
12	Processor	1
13	Thermal balance	1
14	Low temperature cell	1
15	Data processor	1
16	Thermal unit	2
17	Colter counter system	2
18	Sampling unit	1
19	Graph set	2
20	Balance	2
21	Automatic Titration	2
22	Photo sensor unit	1
23	Melting-boiling temperature measurement set	1
24	Cell (MBC)	1
25	Density measurement set	2
26	Heating unit	1
27	Polarity measurement set	1
28	Acidity	1
29	HPLC	1
30	Variable radiation reflection	1
31	Pump	1
32	Furnace-control unit	1
33	Blood analysis set	1
34	Auto sampling unit	1
35	Colter counter	1
36	Diluter	1
37	Data processor	1

3. Equipment and materials destroyed in the Biological field which were not used in the past programs.

Ser. No.	Instruments	No.
1	Air-conditioning and cooling set (Window Types)	30
2	Fermenters 75,300,1500 liters with accessories	3
3	Fermenter 4500 liters	2
4	Tanks 50m³ , 10m³ 3500L. ,1000 L. , 520 L. , 600 L. , 400 L. , 50 L. with mixer	10
5	Tanks of 20 liters	3
6	Tanks 200 L. , 2500 L. , 2200 L.	6,5,2
7	Centrifuge	2
8	Spray dryer	1
9	Control units of fermenters not used in the past programmes	8
10	Drum dryer	1
11	Control unit attached to centrifuge	1
12	Autoclave	1
13	Thermal Furnace	1
14	Steam generator	3
15	Petrol tanks	6
16	Pipes , constructional and sanitary materials and hand tools	Large No.
17	Electricity generating station	1
18	Lab furniture and refrigerators	Large quantity.
19	Carboard and plastic cases	Large quantity
20	Air-cooling units	3
21	Scientific books and periodicals	Thousand
22	Financial and administrative documents and papers	Large quantity
23	Raw materials for producing Bio pesticides and single cell protein	Tenth of Tons
24	Petrol station	1
25	Spare parts	Large quantity
26	Electricity generators	16
27	Ventilation system- Foot and Mouth Disease Site	180 pipes

Notes :-

The abovementioned equipment and materials were not used in the past programs. Most of them were even brought after 1992.

All the equipment were destroyed either by cutting or exploding or crushing them by a shovel. Then the destroyed parts were gathered and buried in big holes and then covered by cement. The buildings were destroyed by exploding through the use of high explosives.

In addition to the said materials, the relevant buildings , and stores were destroyed.

4. The equipment and materials which were destroyed in the nuclear field .

Ser. No.	Equipment and materials	No.
1	High frequency transformer of different equipment	3
2	Furnaces	10
3	Copper Coils	15
4	Fixed pressure meters	4
5	Different Furnaces	5
6	Vacuum plasma spray system	1
7	Spraying system	1
8	Jig Grinding & turning machines	6
9	Vacuum chamber Die	1
10	Dies pressing	1
11	Flow forming machine of cylinder equipment	1
12	Secondary transformer of rotary cylinder machine	1
13	Stabilizer of CNC lathe machine	1
14	Filament for welding machine	1
15	Vertical balance machine	1
16	Horizontal balance machine	1
17	Mandrill for flow forming machine	1
18	Electronic panels for power supplier	1
19	EBW fixer	1
20	Fixer for tumachine	1

Ser. No.	Equipment and materials	No.
21	Wheels for flow forming machine	1
22	Discharge pipe for different equipment	4
23	Test lifter	2
24	Cast to press the parts of discharge cases of different equipment	2
25	Lifts	1
26	Maraging steel	100 Tons
27	Aluminum pipes in different forms	45 Tons
28	Copper Coils	15
29	Magnetized iron rings in different sizes	10009 pieces
30	Different types of flanges	102
31	Valves of different kinds	20
32	Pumps	5
33	Pipes of 8 Cm x 15 cm dimension type St. St.	45
34	Rings (outside diameter 1 cm )	107
35	Sensor holder of different equipment	36
36	Small sensor holder of different equipment	6
37	Magnetized connecting ring (1.5 cm x6.5 cm )	13
38	Washers (0.5 cm x 4.5 cm )	60
39	Rings (8 cm x 1 cm )	5
40	Aluminum pipes of different dimensions	81
41	Motor-Coil rings (outside diameter 10.5 cm x 1cm)	5
42	Pipes of 2.2 cm x 20 cm dimensions	22
43	Leveling arm	21
44	Washers	18
45	Aluminum bottom flange	16
46	Quality control room	1
47	Electric power supply stations	5

Notes :

The materials, equipment, instruments and buildings were wholly destroyed by explosives during 1991-1992 under the supervision of teams of IAEA.

The destruction unfairly covered buildings and equipment which were not specialized.

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