AL QAIM SUPERPHOSPHATE FTLZR PLNT
Filename:03912422.9
SUBJECT: AL QAIM SUPERPHOSPHATE FTLZR PLNT
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 124229
GENDATE: 950718
NNNN
TEXT:
ENVELOPE RATMCIEB YEKDQA 7007 0521459-MIDO--YEKDQX
.
ZNY MMIDO ZNZ1
ZKZK RR AAZ DE
HEADER R 211459Z FEB 91 ZYS
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
AL QAIM SUPERPHOSPHATE FTLZR PLNT/[ (b)(2) ]
/CTY:IZ/Y//
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]//
RMK/THE AL QAIM SUPERPHOSPHATE FERTILIZER PLANT, APPROXIMATELY 180
/NM NORTHWEST OF BAGHDAD AND 20 NM EAST OF THE SYRIAN BORDER,
/SUSTAINED ADDITIONAL BOMB DAMAGE SINCE 15 FEBRUARY. DAMAGE WAS
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AT THE PLANT'S URANIUM EXTRACTION
AREA AND AT AN
/UNIDENTIFIED BUNKER IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PLANT. THE ROOF
OF
/THE URANIUM EXTRACTION BUILDING HAD COLLAPSED, AND A PIPE GALLERY
/THAT FORMERLY CONNECTED TO THE EXTRACTION BUILDING HAD BEEN
/DAMAGED AND SCORCHED ALONG ITS LENGTH. NEARBY, A HEAVILY-SECURED
/BUNKER IMMEDIATELY NORTHWEST OF THE CHEMICAL PLANT HAS BEEN
/DAMAGED SINCE 15 FEBRUARY. ONE SECTION OF THE ROOF OF THE BUNKER
/HAS COLLAPSED, AND A BUILDING ADJACENT TO THE BUNKER HAS BEEN
/DEMOLISHED.
/
/IN ADDITION, SEVERAL FIRES WERE BURNING WITHIN AN OPEN STORAGE
/AREA BETWEEN THE URANIUM EXTRACTION PLANT AND THE ROTARY KILNS.
A LARGE WHITE CLOUD OF SMOKE WAS EMANATING FROM THE AREA [
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]. A BULLDOZER WAS APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING
/TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRES, WHILE AT LEAST THREE TRUCKS WERE NEARBY
/POSSIBLY ASSISTING IN THE FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS.
//
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
|
NEWSLETTER
|
|
Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list
|
|
|
