UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq
20 January
An UNMOVIC biological team revisited the Communicable Diseases Control Centre in Baghdad to carry out discussion related to the site activity. The Centre is responsible for the infectious diseases epidemic control in the country. Another biological team revisited Kham Vani Saad located 50 km northeast of Baghdad to inspect two large hangers. It is a declared site with tagged equipment.
The third biological team revisited Baghdad Alcoholic Drinks Company, a brewery, in the Zafarania industrial area of Baghdad. The quality control laboratory of the company and the tagged equipment were inspected. The fourth biological team revisited an agricultural site in the southern outskirts of Baghdad. The team completed the inspection of the remaining buildings that were sealed during their first inspection on 15 January.
An UNMOVIC chemical team returned to the Al Qa Qaa complex to inspect production units.
An UNMOVIC multidisciplinary team inspected the Rashdiya Munitions Filling Plant.
An UNMOVIC missile team traveled 90 km south of Baghdad to inspect the Al Qa Qaa Static Test Stands used to test small rocket motors. These test stands are located within the Al Qa Qaa complex. Another missile team went to the Al Harith Workshop to re-tag SA-2 missiles, whose tags had been removed the week before for maintenance, and to remove tags from other SA-2 missiles that will go through a maintenance cycle next.
The IAEA, supported by UNMOVIC geophysical and chemical inspectors, conducted a simultaneous inspection of two previously uninspected sites in the north of Baghdad.
Hiro Ueki
Spokesman for UNMOVIC and the IAEA in Baghdad
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