Inspectors from the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency have now visited dozens of sites in the round of post-Gulf War inspections that resumed Nov. 27 after a four-year lapse.  The following chart summarizes some of their reported activities.

Date	Site	Activity
Dec. 20	Tuwaitha Industrial Chemical Research Center	Site officials briefed UNMOVIC inspectors on the activities of their departments (see GSN, Dec. 20).
	Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center	IAEA inspectors requested access to a site facility during nonstandard hours and observed work-shift levels during a non-work day (see GSN, Dec. 20).
	Shakyli stores	IAEA inspectors conducted a non-work day inspection and environmental gamma radiation surveys (see GSN, Dec. 20).
Dec. 19	Veterinary Drug Research Production Center at the bin al-Baetar Center	See GSN, Dec. 20.
	Chemical Production and Analysis facility at the bin al-Baetar Center
	Biological Research and Development Department at the at the bin al-Baetar Center
	Underground facilities near the northern city of Mosul	IAEA inspectors evaluated the facility’s function and recent activities.
	Al-Jesira former nuclear facilities	IAEA inspectors verified sites associated with movement of materials and equipment from al-Jesira.
	Jaber bin Hayam	See GSN, Dec. 20.
	Al-Kindi State Company, in the northern city of Mosul
	Nahrawan conventional metals matching plant, in Baghdad	IAEA inspectors monitored previously known dual-use equipment and inspected new equipment.
	Mamoun factory at the Rasheed State Company, in Baghdad
	Al-Fao military industrial facility	See GSN, Dec. 19.
	Al-Hareth at Taji
	Al-Tariq Company pesticide and insecticide plant
	Bin Firnas engineering firm
Dec. 18	Mosul Bakery Yeast Factory
	Former Taji Project 144 site
	3.5-kilometer area on both sides of the al-Saklawiya River
	Saidiya Specialized Institute for Engineering Industries, in the Baghdad area
	Hydraulics factory in the Baghdad area
	Daura Industrial Engine Factory, in the Baghdad area
	Baghdad water facility	See GSN, Dec. 18.
	Missile launch pad north of Baghdad
	Paint factory in south
	Biology department of a university in the northern city of Mosul
	Engineering Industries Institute
	Al-Fida Company at Dora, just south of Baghdad
	Saddam Dam, near the northern city of Mosul
	Al-Nassr Company for Mechanical Industries at the Taji area, north of Baghdad
	Directorate for Military Works and Clothing Stores depot
Dec. 17	Previously declared biological sites near the northern city of Mosul	See GSN, Dec. 18.
	Oxidizer Production plant
	Al-Almeen factory
	Falluja 2 site
	Iraqi Plant facility
	Several medical and biotechnology laboratories at Baghdad University	See GSN, Dec. 17.
	Unspecified site in the northern city of Mosul
	Pharmaceutical factory in the northern city of Mosul
	Radwan, 10 miles west of Baghdad
	Dijla, northeast of Baghdad
	Al-Sawari company at Taji, on the northern outskirts of Baghdad
Dec. 16	Saad General Company	See GSN, Dec. 17.
	Taji Fiberglass production plant, part of the Thaat al-Sawary plant
	Amariyah Serum and Vaccine Institute, west of Baghdad at Abu Ghraib	UNMOVIC inspectors conducted an inventory of the site and took samples (IAEA release, Dec. 16).
	Al-Nassir al-Atheen State Company	UNMOVIC inspectors conducted a rebaselining inspection and inspected all buildings and dual-use equipment (IAEA release, Dec. 16).
	Iskanderya Foundry, part of al-Hatten	IAEA inspectors took environmental samples, inspected machine tools and conducted a radiological survey (IAEA release, Dec. 16).
	Iskanderya State Enterprises for Mechanical Industries	IAEA inspectors took environmental samples, inspected machine tools and conducted a radiological survey (IAEA release, Dec. 16).
	Mussayib Army Munitions Depot	IAEA inspectors monitored production of small rockets (IAEA release, Dec. 16).
	Al-Motaseem factory
	Al-Hatten Establishment’s testing range
	Al-Qaqaa company	See the Dec. 15 entry below.
	Al-Hatteen	See the Dec. 12 entry below.
	Electronics and heavy machinery factory in Baghdad
	Biological and Technical Institute at Baghdad Univeristy
	Small boat factory 20 miles north of Baghdad
Dec. 15	Al-Fatah State Company	See Baghdad Iraqi Satellite Television, Dec. 15, in FBIS-NES, Dec. 16.
	Theo al-Fekar factory	UNMOVIC inspectors visited the site, which produces missile components.
	Al-Mutassem Solid Rocket Plant	UNMOVIC inspectors visited the site, which conducts the final assembly of the Ababil and al-Feta’h ballistic missiles.
	Al-Qaqaa company	UNMOVIC inspectors updated information about select facilities, including a sulfuric acid plant and an explosives production plant.
	Amariyah Serum and Vaccine Institute, west of Baghdad at Abu Ghraib	See the Dec. 10 entry below.
	Al-Maarik	IAEA inspectors worked to review the site’s activities since 1998 and to review the use of dual-purpose items.
	Sites near al-Maarik	IAEA inspectors worked to review the site’s activities since 1998 and to review the use of dual-purpose items.
	Badr	IAEA inspectors worked to review the site’s activities since 1998 and to review the use of dual-purpose items.
	Ramadi Glass and Ceramic Company
	Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center, located south of Baghdad	IAEA inspectors took water and silt samples for radiological analysis.
Dec. 14	Al-Quds State Company	IAEA inspectors asked experts about the nature of the company’s work and inspected several buildings at the site (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Television, Dec. 14, in FBIS-NES, Dec. 16).
	Al-Mahawil Warehouse	IAEA inspectors determined the nature of some materials at the site subject to monitoring (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Television, Dec. 14, in FBIS-NES, Dec. 16).
	Al-Nasr State Company	IAEA inspectors evaluated seals on several of the site’s buildings (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Television, Dec. 14, in FBIS-NES, Dec. 16).
	Dhu-al-Faqqar factory, part of al-Rashid State Company	IAEA inspectors examined machines at the site (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Television, Dec. 14, in FBIS-NES, Dec. 16).
	Al-Tahaddi State Company	IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Television, Dec. 14, in FBIS-NES, Dec. 16).
	Samarra	IAEA inspectors examined remote monitoring systems (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Television, Dec. 14, in FBIS-NES, Dec. 16).
	Al-Qayyarah
	Al-Mishraq
	Al-Kindi, in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul	IAEA inspectors examined the remnants of a remote monitoring system damaged during the 1998 U.S.-British air campaign (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Television, Dec. 14, in FBIS-NES, Dec. 16).
	Center for the Control of Communicable Diseases in Baghdad	UNMOVIC inspectors reviewed seals that had been placed on locked areas.
	Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center
	Al-Samood factory	See the Dec. 10 entry below.
	Al-Fat’h facility, west of Baghdad
	Sulphiric acid plant at the al-Qaqaa company	UNMOVIC inspectors verified equipment and materials at the site.
	The main storage areas of the al-Qaqaa company	UNMOVIC inspectors verified equipment and materials at the site.
	Shaheed
	Al-Hatteen	See the Dec. 12 entry below.
	Iskanderiya
	Daura heavy engineering facility	IAEA inspectors reviewed the use of dual-use machine tools.
Dec. 13	Al-Mussaib Pesticide Store
	Three Major Iraq Surface Water Drainage Basins of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers	IAEA inspectors performed hydrological sampling.
	Baghdad area	IAEA inspectors conducted a wide-area gamma survey.
	Bin al-Haitham missile center in the northern Baghdad suburb of Kadhimiya	UNMOVIC inspectors visited the facility, which was built in 1982 to help develop the short-range al-Sumoud ballistic missile, according to a report by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (see GSN, Dec. 13).
	Center for the Control of Communicable Diseases in Baghdad	The UNMOVIC team that visited the center — which the Iraqi Health Ministry operates — had to summon top Iraqi and U.N. monitoring officials to gain access to several rooms (see GSN, Dec. 13).
Nov. 27- Dec. 12	See GSN, Dec. 13.

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