Inspectors from the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency have visited more than a dozen sites near Baghdad in the round of post-Gulf War inspections that resumed Nov. 27 after a four-year lapse. The following chart summarizes their activities.
| Date | Site | Activity |
| Dec. 4 | Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center, located south of Baghdad | The IAEA has monitored the center, considered to be Iraq’s main nuclear facility, for the past 10 years, according to Reuters (see GSN, Dec. 4). |
| Al-Muthanna State Establishment, located 45 miles north of Baghdad | Inspectors visited the site to check for resumed chemical and biological weapons activity after equipment and materials were destroyed in the 1990s. They also confirmed the presence of mustard-filled artillery shells, previously tagged by U.N. inspectors (see GSN, Dec. 5). |
| Dec. 3 | Al-Sajoud palace | Inspectors were quickly admitted but appeared to have found nothing, according to the Associated Press. |
| Dec. 2 | Three distilleries near Bakuba, north of Baghdad (first previously unvisited site) | IAEA inspectors did not explain why they visited the distilleries, but possibly searched for hidden nuclear equipment (see GSN, Dec. 3). |
| Waziriyah ballistic missile development site at the al-Karama General Company, outside of Baghdad | Several pieces of equipment tagged in 1998 are now missing, according to the IAEA (see GSN, Dec. 3). Iraqi officials said they revealed the new locations of the equipment in a declaration in October (see GSN, Dec. 4). |
| Dec. 1 | Khan Beni-Saad cropdusting facility, 35 kilometers north of Baghdad | Satellite information “called for a specific investigation of modified aircraft fuel tanks,” according to a U.N. spokesman. Onsite for five hours, the inspectors took samples from tanks and downloaded files from the base director’s computer (see GSN, Dec. 2). |
| Al-Taji complex that houses the bin Firnas and al-Quds missile production facilities | “We gave the inspectors every assistance and answered all their questions,” bin Firnas director Brahim Hussein said (see GSN, Dec. 2). |
| Nov. 30 | Balad Chemical Defense Battalion, where troops train to defend against WMD attacks | Inspectors spent five hours examining storage sheds, opening ordnance crates and operating handheld sensors (see GSN, Dec. 2). |
| Um al-Maarik dual-use equipment production facility, a machine tool factory | Iraqi officials said the facility only produces parts for light machinery and vehicles (see GSN, Dec. 2). |
| Al-Meelad dual-use equipment production facility, formerly known as al-Furat, where centrifuges have been developed | Recent satellite imagery has indicated that construction has taken place at the site since 1998 (see GSN, Dec. 2). |
| Nov. 28 | Al-Dawrah Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine Production Laboratory | Following four hours of inspection, U.N. experts concluded that the plant is no longer operational for any purposes (see GSN, Dec. 2). |
| Al-Nasr industrial complex where uranium enrichment centrifuge rotors and missile engine parts were once made | A newly constructed building identified by U.S. intelligence as suspicious appeared to be inactive, according to IAEA team leader Jacques Baute (see GSN, Dec. 2). |
| Nov. 27 | Al-Tahidi Scientific Research Center | Seven IAEA representatives spent three hours speaking with workers, examining documents and removing an air sampler installed by inspectors in 1998 (see GSN, Dec. 2). |
| Al-Rafah graphite production facility | Graphite can be used in missile components (see GSN, Dec. 2). |
| Al-Rafah missile test stand | UNMOVIC inspectors looked for information indicating range of missiles tested here (see GSN, Dec. 2). |
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