UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq
16 February
Four UNMOVIC missile teams inspected or visited four separate sites: Al Kindi that is involved in research, development and testing of missile systems; Ibn Al Haytham to tag imported SA-2 engines; Al Mamoun in connection with the casting chambers that were destroyed by UNSCOM but reconstituted by Iraq; and the Taji area to tag newly produced Al Samoud II missiles.
An UNMOVIC chemical team visited Falluja III, located about 100 km northwest of Baghdad. This inspection involved the verification of declared items.
An UNMOVIC biological team inspected a food processing facility at Baquba, approximately 50 km northwest of Baghdad. Subsequently, the team inspected the Biology Department of the College of Sciences at Baquba University. A second biological team inspected another food processing company in the Diyala area, and then visited the Diyala Tuberculosis and respiratory disease centre.
The IAEA's inspection activities today will be reported tomorrow.
Addition to the Press Statement of 15 February:
Two UNMOVIC multidisciplinary teams had a joint operation and inspected the Hadr Ammunition Storage Facility outside Mosul. The Mosul-based team went there by road and a small team from Baghdad flew there by helicopter. The facility is about 100 square km. The teams covered a vast amount of ground, which included roughly 300 storage warehouses, bunkers, brick stores, metal containers and external munitions dumps. The inspection lasted the entire day.
Hiro Ueki
Spokesman for UNMOVIC and the IAEA in Baghdad
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