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Tracking Inspections in Iraq

RFE/L

14 MARCH 2003

       A team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors conducted a car-borne radiation survey in northeast Baghdad, according to the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC). Both UNMOVIC and the Iraqi Foreign Ministry stated that the inspections included sites belonging to the Ministry of Transport, military units, industrial sites, and residential areas.
       An UNMOVIC missile-inspection team returned to the Al-Taji Technical Battalion to supervise the destruction of four Al-Sumud 2 missiles, seven warheads, and 14 fuel tanks, the Foreign Ministry reported. UNMOVIC confirmed the destruction of the missiles and warheads but did not give a count on the fuel tanks, stating, "some propellant tank cylinder parts" were destroyed. "Today's action brings the total number of Al-Sumud 2 missiles and warheads destroyed since 1 March to 65 and 42, respectively," UNMOVIC reported. UNMOVIC added that a missile team conducted an aerial inspection of Al-Taji.
      A second missile inspection team went to the Al-Karamah State Company to supervise the transportation of warheads to the Al-Taji destruction site. The inspectors also continued inventorying documents related to the missile, and toured a storage area where partially-assembled missiles are kept, the Foreign Ministry stated. UNMOVIC noted that "some more materials" related to the Al-Sumud 2 missile were destroyed at Al-Waziriyah, but did not specify. It did confirm that the destroyed materials were transported to Al-Taji.
      An UNMOVIC chemical-inspection team visited the Al-Muthanna site, which belongs to the Al-Tariq State Company, to supervise "the destruction of some equipment at the site," according to the Foreign Ministry. "Some chemical waste left over by UNSCOM [UN Special Commission] as well as consumables from the UNMOVIC Chemical Laboratory were disposed of (burned and dumped)," UNMOVIC stated.
      A Mosul-based joint inspection team went to a destroyed ballistic-missile launch site west of Mosul, UNMOVIC reported. The Foreign Ministry stated that the site was in the Sinjar area.
      A Mirage IV plane conducted reconnaissance for nearly two hours, according to the Foreign Ministry. UNMOVIC did not comment on the flight.

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