U.S. intelligence information indicates Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has authorized his military commanders to use chemical weapons in a war with the United States without any further orders from Baghdad, Defense Department officials said yesterday (see GSN, March 18).
“We continue to receive reports supporting the assertion that there is a high risk the Iraqi regime would use chemical weapons at some point during any conflict,” Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.
Iraq’s chemical weapons are believed to be mainly in the hands of the elite Republican Guard, deployed mostly in and around Baghdad, U.S. officials said. Iraqi chemical munitions are believed to have been loaded onto artillery shells and rockets with a range of about 12 miles, they said.
It is unknown which Iraqi commanders had been authorized to use chemical weapons, Pentagon officials said. It is unlikely that the authorization extended to company-level commanders, they said, adding Iraq was likely to use chemical weapons to cover a retreat or to crush internal revolt (Matt Kelley, Associated Press/Yahoo.com, March 19).
Defense Intelligence Agency Vice Adm. Lowell Jacoby said he believes Hussein will order use of chemical or biological weapons against U.S. troops.
“This person has used (chemical weapons) on his own population, has used it previously, he’s crossed that inhibition line,” Jacoby said in an interview with the Washington Post. “The question we’re normally asked is, ‘Well, when might he employ?’ And our assessment is, when he believes the regime is going down,” he added (Loeb/Weisman, Washington Post, March 19).
If Iraqi forces were to use chemical weapons against U.S. troops, it will be met with a “dramatic” response, said U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David McKiernan, commander of U.S. forces in Kuwait.
“It would be a hugely bad choice on the part of any Iraqi leader or commander to employ chemical weapons,” McKiernan said (Patrick McDowell, Associated Press/Yahoo.com, March 19).
U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said yesterday that he doubted Iraq would use chemical or biological weapons for fear of changing international opinion to favor the United States.
“There’s a fair amount of skepticism about the armed action, and it’s clear now that skepticism will turn immediately around if they use chemical and biological weapons,” Blix said (Elizabeth Neuffer, Boston Globe, March 19).
“I doubt that they will have the will,” Blix said. There are “some people who care about their reputation even after death,” he added.
Blix also said that it “was not reasonable” for the United States to bring the U.N. inspections process in Iraq to an end when Baghdad was providing more cooperation than it had in more than 10 years.
“I don’t think it is reasonable to close the door on inspections after 3 1/2 months,” Blix said. “I would have welcomed some more time,” he added (Colum Lynch, Washington Post, March 19).
The United States has deployed a number of mobile laboratories and specialized teams of intelligence officials and disarmament specialists in Kuwait to aid in the search for Iraq weapons of mass destruction once war begins, according to senior Bush administration officials.
The Pentagon has deployed several new units called mobile exploitation teams, which would be responsible for locating and surveying between 130 and 1,400 suspected WMD sites, according to the New York Times. The Pentagon also plans to locate and interview Iraqi WMD scientists and technicians to obtain their help in disarming Iraq, officials said.
Over the last two weeks, the Pentagon has also made contact with a number of former U.N. weapons inspectors who worked for the U.N. Special Commission on Iraq, which conducted inspections in Iraq from 1991 to 1998. U.S. officials have asked the former inspectors to join the military teams to aid them in finding hidden WMD storage sites, collect documents, and interview scientists.
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, which will oversee the WMD search, has printed about 9,000 booklets to help U.S. troops identify and handle suspect facilities and materials, the Times reported.
The United States faces a challenging task in trying to locate all of Iraq’s possible hidden WMD stockpiles because Hussein has had more than a decade to develop ways of hiding them, said Maj. Gen. James Marks, a senior Army intelligence official (Judith Miller, New York Times, March 19).
The search for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction could have major ramifications for the Bush administration if no such weapons are discovered, especially if Iraq does not reveal their existence by using them against U.S. forces, said David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security.
“If Iraq doesn’t use chemical or biological weapons, and an investigation of the Iraqi program reveals just a small amount, we will clearly have egg on our face, and it could undermine the Bush administration’s justification for going to war,” Albright said.
A senior U.S. State Department official yesterday dismissed the idea that Iraq might be found to possess no weapons of mass destruction.
Although France has been a staunch opponent of military action against Iraq, French troops could help U.S.-led action if Iraq were to use chemical or biological weapons, French U.S. Ambassador Jean-David Levitte said yesterday.
“If the war starts and if (President) Saddam Hussein uses chemical or biological weapons, it would change completely the situation for the French president and for the French government, and President (Jacques) Chirac will have to decide what we will do to help the American troops to confront this new situation, Levitte told CNN. “But I confirm it would change completely the perception and the situation for us,” he added (CNN.com, March 18).
The United States announced yesterday that 30 countries have publicly vowed to support an invasion of Iraq and another 15 endorse the effort but did not want to be identified.
The coalition, however, is needed more for political gain and reconstruction efforts than military advantage, U.S. officials said.
“The problem is there’s not many countries that can keep up with us” on the battlefield, a senior U.S. Defense Department official said.
After the fighting is over, however, a broad coalition will be needed, according to Owen Cote of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
“We’re embracing what could become an unbelievable sinkhole as far as resources are concerned and an unbelievable political cancer if we have to bear it alone. Having other countries involved helps us defer costs. It helps us with legitimacy in the eyes of the other countries in the region,” Cote said.
Experts said Washington was loosely defining the word coalition.
“If they allow overflight or allow forces to be staged from their countries, they are considered part of the coalition,” said Patrick Garrett, of GlobalSecurity.org (Guynn/Infield, Miami Herald, March 18).
Notably absent from the coalition partners — which include Albania and Eritrea — were Iraq’s Arab neighbors, the Boston Globe reported (Schlesinger, Boston Globe).
Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said U.S. President George W. Bush should step down and avoid war.
“Bush should go away from the presidency and let the Americans lead an ordinary life with other nations, not a life of aggression,” Sabri said. “This policy has brought about disasters to the U.S., so for the U.S. to live properly with the world and for the world nations to live in peace, this crazy man should go,” he added.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said that his soldiers were prepared to die in a U.S. attack.
“Ten Americas would not displace the people of Iraq away from its land, freedom and independence,” he said (Paul McGeough, Sydney Morning Herald, March 19).
“Iraq doesn’t choose its path through foreigners and doesn’t choose its leaders by decree from Washington, London or Tel Aviv,” an Iraqi government statement said.
U.S. satellites also detected an oil slick in Iraq’s southern oil fields and experts were trying to determine whether it was the result of an accident or sabotage to slow advancing soldiers (Kemper/Salopek, Chicago Tribune, March 19).
Iraq’s Parliament supported Hussein today and vowed to fight to the “last drop of blood.”
“We hear these hollow words by the American administration regarding Iraq and its leader,” said a member of Parliament. “The world has rejected this idiotic policy. But for Bush and his cronies, we say that there is no difference between Saddam Hussein and Iraq, and the people of Iraq will defend their country and their leader. And we advise Bush to stay away from Iraq if he wants to save his skin,” the member added.
U.S. defense officials, meanwhile, told Bush that they were prepared to attack, CNN.com reported (CNN.com, March 19).
U.S. and British troops broke camp and massed at Iraq’s southern border, the Associated Press reported (David Crary, Associated Press/Austin American Statesman, March 19).
U.S.-led forces entered the demilitarized zone on the Iraq-Kuwait border this morning, according to a Kuwaiti official.
“Troops walked into the DMZ this morning at around 11 a.m.,” said the official.
A British military official said that soldiers had taken “forward battle positions” (Samia Nakhoul, Reuters, March 19).
Some U.S. lawmakers made last-ditch efforts to avert war.
“We are making one last plea not only on behalf of ourselves but on behalf of millions of people throughout our country, millions of people throughout the world,” said Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif).
The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), said black lawmakers had attempted to meet with Bush but were refused (Crary, Associated Press).
British Prime Minister Tony Blair won support from the House of Commons to use “all means necessary” to disarm Iraq in a 412-149 vote.
“If this House now demands that, at this moment, faced with this threat from this regime, that British troops are pulled back, that we turn away at the point of reckoning, what then what will Saddam feel? Strengthened beyond measure,” Blair said.
Blair survived the defection of 139 members of his own Labor Party who voted for an antiwar amendment (Beth Carney, Boston Globe, March 19).
He also endured the resignation of Robin Cook, the leader of the House of Commons. Cook criticized the move toward war in his resignation speech.
“Iraq probably has no weapons of mass destruction in the commonly understood sense of the term, a credible device capable of being delivered against a strategic city target. It probably does still have biological toxins and battlefield chemical munitions, but it has had them since the 1980s, when U.S. companies sold Saddam anthrax agents,” Cook said, “and the then-British government approved chemical and munitions factories. Why is it now so urgent that we should take military action to disarm a military capacity that has been there for 20 years and which we helped to create?” he added (Federal News Service transcript, March 17).
The final U.N. employees to be evacuated from Iraq arrived in Cyprus, according to a U.N. official.
Several inspectors were upset that the inspections had ended.
“I feel personally that if we had one more month it would have been enough,” German inspector Bernd Birkicht said. “Our goal was to find something or to prove there was nothing. Our mission has not ended,” he said.
“The Iraqis we left back there are very sad. They know bad things are going to happen to them,” said an inspector from an Asian country (Reuters/Jordan Times, March 19).
Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix presented to the Security Council this morning a proposed new program of work for disarming Iraq even as he reported that all inspectors are now out of the country ahead of an apparently certain U.S.-led attack.
“I naturally feel sadness that 3 1/2 months of work carried out in Iraq have not brought the assurances needed about the absence of weapons of mass destruction ... in Iraq, that no more time is available for our inspections and that armed action now seems imminent,” he said.
Organized under 12 headings, Blix’s proposed program of work would require Iraq to “present any remaining quantities” of anthrax, botulinum toxin, mustard gas, VX, sarin, binary agents or provide “credible evidence” that these agents have spoiled or been destroyed. Iraq would also be required to “present any remaining chemical and/or biological munitions, including aerial bombs, rockets or missile warheads, artillery shells, cluster munitions and fragmentation rounds.”
Presenting his report under the mandate of Resolution 1284, which established the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, Blix said it would be possible for the council “to single out a few issues for resolution within a specific time.”
The two council members most vocal in their opposition to the use of force — France and Germany — began the debate.
“For France, war can only be the exception, and collective responsibility the rule,” said French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin. “Whatever our aversion for Saddam Hussein’s cruel regime, that holds true for Iraq and for all the crises that we will have to confront together.”
“The path we mapped out together in the context of Resolution 1441 still exists,” he continued. “In spite of the fact that it has been interrupted today, we know that it will have to resume as soon as possible. ... To those who choose to use force and think they can resolve the world’s complexity through swift and preventive action, we offer in contrast determined action over time.”
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said the Blix program was a “realistic description of the unresolved disarmament issues. ... Peaceful means have therefore not been exhausted. For that reason, Germany emphatically rejects the impending war.” He added, “Iraq’s readiness to cooperate was ... hesitant and slow. The council agrees on that. But can this seriously be regarded as grounds for war, with all its terrible consequences?”
Six foreign ministers were attending the meeting. The United States and the United Kingdom were represented by their U.N. ambassadors.
At a press conference yesterday at U.N. headquarters, Blix said this is “a rather sad moment” and that he still sees a role for UNMOVIC after the war ends.
When Resolution 1441 was adopted, he said, he believed council members “were all genuine. They thought [disarmament] might be possible … but then some of them had given up patience a little earlier than others had done, and I think that’s a pity.”
At the beginning, Blix said, “There was no lack of good faith” on the part of the United States. It was “a wholehearted attitude at that time,” he said, “but clearly, there have been many in the administration who all the way through had been very skeptical and might not have abandoned their skepticism.”
Regarding a role for the inspectors if the United States attacks, Blix said, “We have no indication from the U.S. side that they would be interested in having any assistance from the U.N. in examining what they may find” in terms of weapons of mass destruction. “We are very interested to see what comes out” when Iraqis are free to speak and troops can “examine intelligence we have not had access to,” he said.
Blix said anthrax is “the one area we are most skeptical about the Iraqi declaration.”
“We felt there were fairly strong indications that they had more anthrax in 1991 [when the first Gulf War ended] than they declared and that the anthrax could have remained in containers,” Blix said. While it is “not likely to be viable ... the remnants of it ought to be somewhere and be declared,” he added.
In the last few days, Blix said, Iraqi officials have been “almost frantic in what they are doing, so I would describe it as very proactive. ... The eagerness with which they go at this does not necessarily prove there couldn’t be something else.”
Blix said UNMOVIC inspectors could still be used by the international community, either soon or at some future time. UNMOVIC has “competence” in many areas of weaponry, Blix said. “If the Security Council would want to have a sort of standby institution that would be capable of carrying out inspections” on missiles or biological weapons, “here is an embryo for it.” He added, “This is speculation, and it would certainly be after my time.” Blix’s contract with the United Nations ends in June (Jim Wurst, Global Security Newswire, March 19).
Experts from the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency conducted hundreds of inspections in Iraq after resuming the post-Gulf War inspection regime Nov. 27, 2002. Faced with an apparently imminent U.S. attack on Iraq, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan ordered the inspectors to withdraw from country March 18. The following chart summarizes the inspectors’ reported activities.
| Date | Site | Activity |
| March 17 | Al-Taji | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of al-Samoud 2 missiles and related equipment (see GSN, March 18). |
| Tikrit Dairy Factory | See GSN, March 18. |
| Al-Sina Center |
| March 16 | Al-Taji | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of al-Samoud 2 missiles and related equipment (U.N. release, March 16). |
| Al-Aziziyah Airfield and Firing Range | UNMOVIC biological inspectors supervised the excavation of R-400 bombs (U.N. release, March 16). |
| Al-Rashidiyah military stores | U.N. release, March 16. |
| Technical Institute of Kerbala |
| Kerbala Health Centre Respiratory and Chest Diseases Consultation Clinic |
| Al-Habbaniyah and al-Fallujah Missile Facility |
| March 15 | Taji Technical Battalion | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of al-Samoud 2 missiles and related equipment (U.N. release, March 15). |
| Al-Qaid Warhead Filling Plant of the al-Qa Qaa State Company | UNMOVIC missile inspectors placed tags on five al-Fatah warheads (U.N. release, March 15). |
| Daura Oil Refinery | UNMOVIC chemical experts worked to identify the changes made to the site over the last four years (U.N. release, March 15). |
| Al-Rhashidyah Military Store | U.N. release, March 15. |
| Site in the area of Jabal Hamryn, north of Baghdad |
| Large underground facility |
| Daura SEHEE |
| Tho al-Fekar Plant |
| Area northwest of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (U.N. release, March 15). |
| March 14 | Taji Technical Battalion | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of al-Samoud 2 missiles and related warheads (U.N. release, March 14). |
| Al-Muthanna | Inspectors destroyed chemical waste left over at the site (U.N. release, March 14). |
| Site west of the northern city of Mosul | Inspectors inspected a destroyed ballistic missile launcher (U.N. release, March 14). |
| Northeast Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (U.N. release, March 14). |
| March 13 | Fasten Frozen Foods Co. Ltd. | U.N. release, March 13. |
| State Company for Canned Foods |
| Al-Taji | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of al-Samoud 2 missiles (see GSN, March 13). |
| March 12 | Al-Baghdadyia Co. for Juice Industry | See GSN, March 13. |
| Iraqi Dairy and Ice Cold Products Company |
| That al-Suwavi Co. |
| Saddam Center for Cancer and Medical Genetics Research | IAEA inspectors visited the sites in connection with their use of radioisotopes (see GSN, March 13). |
| Saddam Neurosciences Center in Baghdad |
| Al-Taji | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of al-Samoud 2 missiles (see GSN, March 12). |
| March 11 | Taji Technical Battalion | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of al-Samoud 2 missiles (see GSN, March 12). |
| Waziriyah plant | UNMOVIC missile inspectors inventoried destroyed al-Samoud 2 missile components (see GSN, March 12). |
| Kerbala for Canning Foods Co. Ltd in Kerbala | See GSN, March 12. |
| State Company for Battery Manufacturing-owned factory in Baghdad |
| Second State Company for Battery Manufacturing-owned factory in Baghdad |
| State Company for Battery Manufacturing plant west of Baghdad |
| Mosul branch of the Mesopotamia Seed Company |
| Ur General Establishment, near Nasiriyah |
| March 10 | Nehrawan branch of the Mesopotamia State Company for Seed Handling | See GSN, March 11. |
| State Establishment for Mechanical Industries in Iskandariyah |
| Hiteen State Company |
| Al-Tuwaitha | IAEA inspectors reviewed the status of radioactive waste stored at the site and conducted a radiation survey (see GSN, March 11). |
| Al-Taji | Inspectors observed the destruction of prohibited al-Samoud 2 missiles (see GSN, March 10). |
| Al-Aziziyah Airfield and Firing Range | Inspectors searched for additional R-400 bombs (see GSN, March 10). |
| Nahrawan leather-dyeing factory | See GSN, March 10. |
| March 9 | Arabic Gulf Company in Mosul | IAEA release, March 11. |
| Al-Taji | Inspectors observed the destruction of prohibited al-Samoud 2 missiles (see GSN, March 10). |
| Al-Qa Qaa storage site | Inspectors verified the tagging of al-Samoud 2 warheads and inspected the facility’s solid propellant production plant (see GSN, March 10). |
| Al-Fatah Factory of the Karama State Company | Inspectors destroyed mechanical parts of guidance and control assemblies for al-Samoud 2 missiles (see GSN, March 10). |
| Al-Aziziyah Airfield and Firing Range | UNMOVIC biological experts supervised the transfer of excavated R-400 bombs to a more secure section of the site (see GSN, March 10). |
| Tadmur Company for Tanning and Leather Industry | See GSN, March 10. |
| Undisclosed areas northwest of the northern city of Kirkuk. |
| General Systems Company in central Baghdad |
| Jurf al-Naddaf complex, south of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey at buildings within the complex (see GSN, March 10). |
| March 8 | Taji Technical Battalion | Inspectors supervised the destruction of al-Samoud 2 missiles (U.N. release, March 8). |
| Al-Samoud Factory | U.N. release, March 8. |
| Al-Qa Qaa | UNMOVIC missile inspectors verified the emptying and tagging of warheads for al-Samoud 2 missiles (U.N. release, March 8). |
| Al-Aziziyah Airfield and Firing Range | UNMOVIC biological inspectors supervised the excavation of R-400 bombs (U.N. release, March 8). |
| Al-Qa-Qaa sulfuric acid plant | U.N. release, March 8. |
| Yellow Corn Workshop/al-Haydaria |
| Military factory currently under construction south of Baghdad |
| High explosives-related sites south of Baghdad |
| Sahal al-Din Company |
| Area northwest of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (U.N. release, March 8). |
| March 7 | Maintenance department of the Mosul railway station | U.N. release, March 7. |
| Branch of the Mesopotamia State Company for Seed Handling |
| Al-Aziziyah Airfield and Firing Range | UNMOVIC biological inspectors took samples from the remainders of containers used to transport biological agents (U.N. release, March 7). |
| March 6 | Al-Mutasim | UNMOVIC missile inspectors observed the final concrete encasing of two destroyed casting chambers (see GSN, March 7). |
| Al-Samoud Factory | UNMOVIC missile inspectors inventoried al-Samoud 2 missile components (see GSN, March 7). |
| Al-Aziziyah Airfield and Firing Range | UNMOVIC biological inspectors took samples from excavated R-400 bombs (see GSN, March 7). |
| Two facilities near Aziziyah owned by the Mesopotamia State Company for Seeds | See GSN, March 7 |
| Akashat Phosphate Mine in al-Qaim |
| Undisclosed site in northern no-fly zone | Inspectors conducted aerial inspections of the sites (see GSN, March 7). |
| Second undisclosed site in northern no-fly zone |
| Third undisclosed site in northern no-fly zone |
| North Gas Company in Kirkuk | See GSN, March 7. |
| SAAD State Company in Baghdad | IAEA inspectors reviewed designs for a new factory (see GSN, March 7). |
| Private trading company in the Mansour district of Baghdad | See GSN, March 7. |
| North Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (see GSN, March 7). |
| Al-Taji | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of al-Samoud 2 missiles (see GSN, March 6) |
| March 5 | Al-Qa Qaa | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors inspected two plants at the site (see GSN, March 6). |
| Bashair Trading Company | UNMOVIC biological inspectors worked to assess the site’s role in Iraq obtaining mobile biological laboratories (see GSN, March 6). |
| Samarra East Airfield | See GSN, March 6. |
| Salahaddin University in Irbil |
| Mosul Gas Electric Company |
| State-owned trading company in central Baghdad |
| Computer center of a state-owned bank in central Baghdad |
| Area southeast of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (see GSN, March 6). |
| Al-Taji | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of al-Samoud 2 missiles (see GSN, March 5). |
| Al-Mutasim | See GSN, March 5. |
| Al-Aziziyah Airfield and Firing Range |
| March 4 | Al-Taji | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of al-Samoud 2 missiles and missile engines (see GSN, March 5). |
| Al-Mutasim | UNMOVIC missile inspectors observed the destruction of a second casting chamber for al-Samoud 2 components (see GSN, March 5). |
| Ibn Fernas Center in northern Baghdad | See GSN, March 5. |
| Al-Basil Nawaran |
| North Oil Company-owned oilfield in the northern city of Kirkuk | Inspectors conducted an aerial inspection (see GSN, March 5). |
| Northern Region Customs | See GSN, March 5. |
| March 3 | Al-Muthanna | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors observed the destruction of 14 empty 155 mm artillery shells, 10 of which had once been filled with mustard gas agent (see GSN, March 4). |
| Mesopotamia State Company for Seeds in Baghdad | See GSN, March 4. |
| Biology Department at the College of Science at Mosul University |
| Al-Taji | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of six al-Samoud 2 missiles (see GSN, March 4). |
| Al-Mutasim | UNMOVIC missile inspectors completed the destruction of a casting chamber and began the destruction of a second casting chamber (see GSN, March 4). |
| Al-Furat State Company | See GSN, March 4. |
| Anti-aircraft missile component storage facility outside of Baghdad |
| Construction agency related to spray irrigation systems |
| Area north of Baghdad, near the town of Tarmya | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (see GSN, March 4). |
| Chemical and explosives plant | See GSN, March 3. |
| Rocket factory |
| Al-Aziziya |
| State-owned trading company in the Sadoon district of Baghdad | IAEA release, March 3. |
| Private trading company in the Mansoor district of Baghdad |
| National Chemical Plastics Industries plant in Baghdad |
| March 2 | Al-Taji | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of six al-Samoud 2 missiles (IAEA release, March 2). |
| Al-Mutasim | UNMOVIC missile inspectors supervised the destruction of a casting chamber (IAEA release, March 2). |
| Al-Aziziyah Airfield and Firing Range | UNMOVIC biological inspectors took samples from R-400 bombs at the site reported to have been filled with biological agents (IAEA release, March 2). |
| Fallujah 2 | IAEA release, March 2. |
| SA-2 missile support facility near Kadhimiya, Baghdad |
| Private trading company in central Baghdad |
| Area north of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (IAEA release, March 2). |
| Feb. 28 | Al-Muthana | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors continued the destruction of mustard gas-filled artillery shells (see GSN, Feb. 28). |
| Northern Refineries Company in Baiji | See GSN, Feb. 28. |
| Al-Aziziyah Airfield and Firing Range | UNMOVIC biological inspectors observed the continued search for R-400 aerial bombs and fragments (see GSN, Feb. 28). |
| David Bros Company in Baghdad | UNMOVIC missile inspectors sought information concerning a supplier of specialized missile equipment (see GSN, Feb. 28). |
| Site west of Baghdad | Inspectors conducted an aerial survey of the sites (see GSN, Feb. 28.). |
| Site southwest of Baghdad |
| State Establishment for Electrical Industries in Baghdad | See GSN, Feb. 28. |
| Industrial areas west of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (see GSN, Feb. 28). |
| Feb. 27. | Al-Aziziyah Range | UNMOVIC biological inspectors inspected excavated munitions and fragments and conducted an aerial survey (see GSN, Feb. 27). |
| Al-Muthana | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors resumed the destruction of mustard gas-filled artillery shells (see GSN, Feb. 27). |
| Dar al-Salam Sulfuric Acid facility | See GSN, Feb. 27. |
| Al-Naif Sulphonic Acid facility |
| Al-Shika Company | UNMOVIC missile inspectors worked to verify Iraq’s declaration of the site and to establish a comprehensive monitoring system (see GSN, Feb. 27). |
| Al-Amin Factory | UNMOVIC missile inspectors inspected and tagged equipment that had been previously destroyed by inspectors, but later rebuilt (see GSN, Feb. 27). |
| Al-Basil Company | UNMOVIC missile inspectors tagged piece of equipment there that had been previously destroyed by inspectors but was later rebuilt (see GSN, Feb. 27). |
| Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Unit in Mosul | See GSN, Feb. 27. |
| Badush Cement Factory |
| Ibn al-Beythar Research Center in the Taji area, north of Baghdad |
| Zafaraniya area of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (see GSN, Feb. 27). |
| Feb. 25 | Al-Rasheed Company | See GSN, Feb. 26. |
| Al-Fatah Factory |
| Electronic Base factory |
| Al-Kadhimiya Company |
| Al-Qa Qaa Storage |
| Al-Falha Egg Production Company |
| Baji underground refinery |
| Department of Food Technology of the College of Agriculture and Forestry at Mosul University |
| Department of Plant Protection of the College of Agriculture and Forestry at Mosul University |
| Khalil customs post |
| Mosul Ammunition Storage Facility |
| Al Tahdi electronics research and electrical repair factory |
| Nida | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (see GSN, Feb. 26). |
| Feb. 24 | Al-Rasheed Company | See GSN, Feb. 25. |
| Al-Qaid Factory |
| Al-Eyz State Company |
| Al-Mutasim Factory |
| Baghdad Institute of Technology | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors conducted a rebaselining inspection (see GSN, Feb. 25). |
| Airfield southwest of Baghdad | See GSN, Feb. 25. |
| Munitions test range southwest of Baghdad |
| Old munitions destruction site | UNMOVIC biological inspectors inspected munitions fragments (see GSN, Feb. 25). |
| Environmental Engineering Laboratory at Mosul University’s Department of Civil Engineering | See GSN, Feb. 25. |
| Mosul Airfield | UNMOVIC biological inspectors inspected shelters and bunkers related to the site (see GSN, Feb. 25). |
| Area southwest of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a car-borne radiation survey (see GSN, Feb. 25). |
| Al-Midlad State Company | IAEA inspectors inspected the use of high-strength magnets at the sites (see GSN, Feb. 25). |
| Al-Karama |
| Al-Razzi State Company |
| Al-Yarmook |
| Missile engine and guidance system production plant | See GSN, Feb. 24. |
| Missile engine and guidance system production plant |
| Chemical and explosives plant |
| Anti-aircraft missile maintenance facility |
| Feb. 23 | Al-Rafah | UNMOVIC missile inspectors observed a static test of an al-Samoud 2 missile (see GSN, Feb. 24). |
| Al-Quadissiya | See GSN, Feb. 24. |
| Al-Melad |
| Al-Murage Company for Perfume Production in Baghdad |
| Tabook State Company, formerly known as the Karbala Ammunition Filling Plant |
| Veterinary College at Mosul University in Mosul |
| Ninevah Food Industrial Company in Mosul |
| Al-Muthanna area | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (see GSN, Feb. 24). |
| Feb. 22 | Ibn al-Haytahm | UNMOVIC missile inspectors inventoried al-Samoud 2 missile components and subassemblies (IAEA release, Feb. 22). |
| Undisclosed area | UNMOVIC missile inspectors inspected the remains of a liquid engine propellant test stand and tagged two pieces of manufacturing equipment (IAEA release, Feb. 22). |
| Al-Nasser | IAEA release, Feb. 22. |
| Iraqi Army Liquid Propellant Analytical Laboratory in west Baghdad |
| Research center in the Baghdad area | UNMOVIC biological inspectors observed the destruction of a small amount of previously monitored out-of-date bacterial growth media (IAEA release, Feb. 22). |
| Testing laboratory in the Baghdad area |
| Yarmouk GE Site area | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (IAEA release, Feb. 25). |
| Al-Kadessiya General Establishment | IAEA release, Feb. 22. |
| Al-Nahrawan munitions factory |
| Feb. 21 | Musaayib Power Station | UNMOVIC missile inspectors checked for possible storage of missile-related items (IAEA release, Feb. 21). |
| Area west of Baghdad | UNMOVIC biological inspectors conducted an aerial inspection of an undisclosed site (IAEA release, Feb. 21). |
| Area northwest of Baghdad | UNMOVIC biological inspectors conducted an aerial inspection of an undisclosed site (IAEA release, Feb. 21). |
| Feb. 20 | Areas in Baghdad | UNMOVIC missile inspectors placed additional tags on al-Samoud 2 missiles and warheads (see GSN, Feb. 21). |
| Al-Qudis factory | See GSN, Feb. 21. |
| Al-Wazariya site |
| Sites northwest of Baghdad, located up the Tigris River to the city of Tikrit | Inspectors an aerial survey via helicopter (see GSN, Feb. 21). |
| Al-Aaela Factory for Sulfochemicals | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors conducted a rebaselining inspection (see GSN, Feb. 21). |
| Site west of Baghdad | UNMOVIC biological inspectors performed an aerial inspection (see GSN, Feb. 21). |
| Site southwest of Baghdad | UNMOVIC biological inspectors performed an aerial inspection (see GSN, Feb. 21). |
| Alcohol-producing factory south-southwest of the city of Amarah in southeastern Iraq | See GSN, Feb. 21. |
| Al-Karama facility | IAEA inspectors inspected flow-forming equipment at the site (see GSN, Feb. 21). |
| Ghraib facility | IAEA inspectors inspected flow-forming equipment at the site (see GSN, Feb. 21). |
| Shakyli Stores at Tuwaitha | IAEA inspectors inspected materials from Iraq’s past centrifuge program (see GSN, Feb. 21). |
| Al-Eyz Company | See GSN, Feb. 21. |
| ElBasel Company-ElNahrawan | IAEA inspectors conducted radiation surveys (see GSN, Feb. 21). |
| Sabaa (Seven) Nissan General Company |
| Oil workers residential complex |
| Department of Oil Truck Maintenance |
| Air defense unit east of Baghdad |
| Taji missile site | See GSN, Feb. 20. |
| Ibn al-Haytham missile site |
| Al-Quds missile site |
| Karameh missile site |
| Al-Samoud Factory |
| Al-Basil Company |
| Feb. 19 | Al-Samoud Factory | See GSN, Feb. 20. |
| Tikrit University’s College of Agriculture |
| Tikrit University’s College of Sciences |
| Tikrit University’s College of Engineering |
| Tikrit University’s College of Women Education |
| Dairy factory in south Tikrit |
| Ibn al-Waleed State Company in Baghdad |
| Al-Feda’a hydraulics factory |
| State Company of Mechanical and Electrical Contracts’s manufacturing, storage and repair facility |
| Areas east of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (see GSN, Feb. 20). |
| Abu Ghraib | An al-Samoud missile site, northwest of Baghdad (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Al-Mamoun | UNMOVIC team inspected this military compound near Baghdad (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Ibn al-Haithem | UNMOVIC team inspected this military compound near Baghdad (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Al-Fidaa | UNMOVIC team inspected this military compound near Baghdad (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Al-Muthanna | UNMOVIC chemical team visited site near Baghdad (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Vegetable oil factory | Inspectors visited factory in Baghdad (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Al-Nidaa | IAEA inspectors visited military compound (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Al-Zawra | IAEA inspectors visited military compound (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Nahrawan | IAEA inspectors visited military compound south of Baghdad (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Feb. 18 | Al-Khadima | Facility responsible for final assembly of al-Samoud missiles (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Al-Harith | Missile engine and gyroscope research and development facility (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Al-Qaid | Site where al-Samoud missile warheads are filled (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Al-Radwan | Facility manufactures missile parts and containers (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Deployed al-Samoud missiles | UNMOVIC missile team visited deployed missiles (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Al-Mutanna | Team visited facility to continue destroying artillery shells filled with mustard agent but were delayed by weather (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Sa’ad State Company | UNMOVIC team visited mechanical engineering and design center (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Al-Naser al-Adheem General Company | IAEA team visited facility in Baghdad’s Daura district (see GSN, Feb. 19). |
| Al-Qa Qaa | U.N. teams visit this chemical and explosives production plant (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Mansour State Company | IAEA radiation survey of electronics manufacturing facility (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Dar al-Salam chemical plant | (See GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Al-Tahidi factory | Production plant for electrical cables and high-voltage generators (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Qadasiyah Dairy Factory in southern Diwaniya province | (See GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Feb. 17 | Al-Khadimia and al-Samoud Factories | UNMOVIC missile inspectors examined these facilities that work on liquid-fueled engines (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Al-Assma Company | Manufacturing plant for al-Fateh missile components (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Al-Mutasim airfield | Site of Iraqi UAV testing (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Al-Ameen Factory | Site of static testing of al-Fateh and al-Abour missile motor cases (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Um al-Maarik General Establishment | Manufacturing facility for missile and rocket motor cases (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Al-Muthanna | UNMOVIC chemical experts visited “in connection with the mustard gas destruction process and took some chemical samples for analysis” (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Al-Zahif al-Kabeer Center | Chemical plant designed to extract minerals and chemical compounds from mining and seawater (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Al-Fuwayjah | UNMOVIC biological experts visited this seed processing facility (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Hadr Ammuntion Storage Facility | UNMOVIC teams “focused primarily on artillery and small-caliber munitions” (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Samarra | IAEA radiation survey (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Al-Nida | IAEA experts visited this heavy industrial manufacturing plant (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Um al-Maarik | IAEA “no-notice” inspection (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Tho al-Fekar | IAEA team investigates flow forming equipment and processes (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Feb. 16 | Food processing facility at Baquba | UNMOVIC biological inspectors visited (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Biology Department of the College of Sciences at Baquba University |
| Food processing facility at Diyala |
| Diyala Tuberculosis and respiratory center |
| Al-Kindi | UNMOVIC missile experts visited this missile development site (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Ibn al-Haytham | UNMOVIC missile experts tagged SA-2 missile engines (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Taji | Missile experts tagged al-Samoud 2 missiles (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Al-Mamoun | Missile inspectors examined casting chambers rebuilt by Iraq after U.N. inspectors destroyed them in the 1990s (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Fallujah 3 | UNMOVIC chemical experts conducted an “inspection involved [in] the verification of declared items” (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Hadr Ammunition Storage Facility | UNMOVIC teams “covered a vast amount of ground, which included roughly 300 storage warehouses, bunkers, brick stores, metal containers and external munitions dumps” (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Feb. 15 | Al-Nida | UNMOVIC missile inspection of solid propellant mixer plant (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Nissan Factory 17 | Production plant for al-Samound missile components (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Salah al-Din State Company | Manufacturing facility for fuses and printed circuit boards for missiles (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Saddam Center for Biotechnology Research | UNMOVIC biological team visited to “follow up the movement of items notified by the Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate” (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Chemistry Department of Saddam University College of Science | (See GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Southern Refinery Company | UNMOVIC chemical experts sought evidence of chemical weapons production at this facility in Basra (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Tuwaitha | Rockclimbing IAEA inspectors explore previously inaccessible underground chambers at the Israeli-bombed Tamuz 1 reactor complex (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Tuwaitha | IAEA officials inspected and prepared to remove “a small amount of natural uranium slurry,” previously intended for removal in 1998 (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Radwan and Yarmouk facilities | IAEA radiation surveys (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Taji Engineering facility | IAEA inspectors examined this aircraft engine facility (see GSN, Feb. 18). |
| Feb. 13 | Al-Muthanna | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors continued the destruction of shells and mustard gas located at the site (see GSN, Feb. 14). |
| Agricultural airstrip just north of Baghdad | See GSN, Feb. 13. |
| Badr State Company in Baghdad |
| Al-Fida State Company |
| Ibn Roshd State Company in Baghdad |
| Site in the nothern city of Mosul |
| Ibn al-Haitham State Company |
| Military depot and firing range at Fallujah |
| Feb. 12 | Al-Qadissya water treatment plant | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors conducted a baseline inspection (see GSN, Feb. 13). |
| Al-Mahmoudiyah water treatment plant | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors conducted a baseline inspection (see GSN, Feb. 13). |
| Jaber bin Hyan State Company | UNMOVIC missile inspectors worked to verify Iraq’s declaration of the site and established a comprehensive monitoring mechanism (see GSN, Feb. 13). |
| Facility north of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a car-borne radiation survey and installed an air sampler (see GSN, Feb. 13). |
| Facility west of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors inspected the site and installed an air sampler (see GSN, Feb. 13). |
| Foreign Affairs Ministry in Baghdad | IAEA inspectors met with a senior Iraqi diplomat (see GSN, Feb. 13). |
| Al-Muthanna, about 90 miles north of Baghdad | Inspectors began destroying four containers of mustard gas and 10 155 mm artillery shells located at the site (see GSN, Feb. 12). |
| Feb. 11 | Al-Muthanna, about 90 miles north of Baghdad | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors prepared containers of mustard gas and artillery shells at the site for destruction (see GSN, Feb. 12). |
| Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center | See GSN, Feb. 12. |
| Two military bases south of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a radiation survey (see GSN, Feb. 12). |
| 17th of Nissan factory in Baghdad | See GSN, Feb. 11. |
| Feb. 10 | Ibn Firnas Company | UNMOVIC missile inspectors worked to verify Iraq's declaration of the site and establish a comprehensive monitoring mechanism (IAEA release, Feb. 10). |
| Samarra East Airfield | UNMOVIC missile inspectors worked to verify Iraq’s declaration of the site and establish a comprehensive monitoring mechanism (IAEA release, Feb. 10). |
| Al-Mamoun | UNMOVIC missile inspectors worked to verify Iraq's declaration of the site and establish a comprehensive monitoring mechanism (IAEA release, Feb. 10). |
| Al-Fekar Factory | UNMOVIC missile inspectors worked to verify Iraq’s declaration of the site and establish a comprehensive monitoring mechanism (IAEA release, Feb. 10). |
| Military Hospital | UNMOVIC biological inspectors conducted a ground survey in a section of the hospital’s compound (IAEA release, Feb. 10). |
| Seed-processing facility east of An Nu'maniyah. | IAEA release, Feb. 10. |
| 7 Nissan stores in southeast Baghdad |
| Mosul Raiyard AR Rayanihay RR Siding |
| Um al-Maarik | IAEA inspectors worked to establish the current disposition of monitored machine tools (IAEA release, Feb. 10). |
| Badr State Establishment | IAEA inspectors worked to establish the current disposition of monitored machine tools (IAEA release, Feb. 10). |
| Tigris River section, just south of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a carborne radiation survey (IAEA release, Feb. 10). |
| Al-Musaayaib Ammo Depot, south of Baghdad | Inspectors visited the site’s bunkers, warehouses, small buildings and storage areas (IAEA release, Feb. 10). |
| Feb. 9 | Agricultural Research Center | IAEA release, Feb. 9. |
| Agricultural Research Center breeding station |
| School on the western outskirts of Baghdad | UNMOVIC biological inspectors conducted a geo-physical survey of an area of land within the perimeter of the site (IAEA release, Feb. 9). |
| Dairy products facility in an eastern suburb of Baghdad | IAEA release, Feb. 9. |
| Al-Battani Center |
| Al-Mutasim |
| Al-Mamoun |
| Al Taji Ammunition Depot, north of Baghdad | Inspectors recovered a sample from an empty 122mm chemical warhead previously found at the site. Inspectors also discovered an empty 122 mm al-Burak chemical warhead and an empty plastic chemical agent canister (IAEA release, Feb. 9). |
| Nineveh Health Authority Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Unit | IAEA release, Feb. 9. |
| Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a mobile radiation survey (IAEA release, Feb. 9). |
| Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad | IAEA inspectors held technical meetings with officials (IAEA release, Feb. 9). |
| Feb. 8 | Al-Rasheed Water Project in Baghdad | See GSN, Feb. 10. |
| Al-Mutassim Training Institute in northwestern Baghdad |
| Djerf al-Naddaf facility |
| Mosul Technical Institute |
| Baghdad area | IAEA inspectors conducted a motorized radiation survey (see GSN, Feb. 10). |
| Baghdad | IAEA inspectors deployed two mobile air-sampling units at two locations (see GSN, Feb. 10). |
| Feb. 7 | Al-Wathba Water Project in Baghdad | IAEA release, Feb. 7. |
| Suwaira Stores Plant Protection Division |
| Technical Institute |
| Combined agricultural and ammunition storage site near al-Kut |
| Al-Waziriyah |
| Munitions store | IAEA release, Feb. 8. |
| Samarra Drug Industry | UNMOVIC biological inspectors conducted an aerial inspection of the site (IAEA release, Feb. 7). |
| Salah Ad Din State Company | UNMOVIC biological inspectors conducted an aerial inspection of the site (IAEA release, Feb. 7). |
| Feb. 6 | National Monitoring Directorate | IAEA inspectors held meetings with officials at the site (see GSN, Feb. 7). |
| Ashakyli Stores | IAEA inspectors continued their inspection of the site (see GSN, Feb. 7). |
| Arab Company for Detergent Chemicals in Baiji. | See GSN, Feb. 7. |
| Al-Kadhimiya | UNMOVIC missile inspectors worked to verify Iraq's declaration of the site and to establish a comprehensive monitoring mechanism (see GSN, Feb. 7). |
| Military College of Engineering | UNMOVIC missile inspectors worked to verify Iraq's declaration of the site and to establish a comprehensive monitoring mechanism (IAEA release, Feb. 6.) |
| Abraj Alcohol Production Facility in Baghdad | See IAEA release, Feb. 6 |
| Fallujah Ammunition Depot west of Baghdad | Inspectors examined 23 large ammunition storage bunkers and 81 outdoor storage areas (IAEA release, Feb. 6). |
| General Office of the State Establishment for Water and Sewage in Baghdad | See IAEA release, Feb. 6 |
| Directorate of Teaching Laboratories in Saddam Medical City |
| Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center storage facility | IAEA inspectors monitored the transfer of several radioactive isotope sources from the former site of the al-Salam Company to the site (IAEA release, Feb. 6). |
| Feb. 5 | Heti Readymade Concrete production facility in Baghdad | See GSN, Feb. 6. |
| Sinjar Cement Factory near the northern city of Mosul |
| Al-Riyadh stores |
| Ashakyli Stores south of Baghdad |
| Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate | IAEA inspectors held meetings with officials (see GSN, Feb. 6). |
| Al-Fatah | UNMOVIC missile inspectors worked to verify Iraq’s declaration of the site and to establish a comprehensive monitoring system (see GSN, Feb. 6). |
| Al-Nu’man, a state-operated irrigation company south of Baghdad | See GSN, Feb. 5. |
| Food research center in Baghdad |
| Laser research center at Baghdad University |
| Dairy factory in Abu Ghraib north of Baghdad |
| Al-Mutasim missile plant, about 55 miles west of Baghdad |
| Missile factory belonging to the al-Karamah facility |
| Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center warehouses |
| Former site of the Osirak nuclear reactor |
| Undisclosed site north of Baghdad |
| Feb. 4 | State Establishment for Heavy Engineering Enterprises plant in Doura | See GSN, Feb. 5. |
| Farm north of Baghdad |
| Helicopter support facility north of Baghdad |
| Al-Taji Ammunition Department, north of Baghdad | Inspectors discovered an empty Sakr-18 chemical warhead at the site, similar to empty chemical warheads discovered last month. The Sakr-18 warhead was tagged and secured (see GSN, Feb.5). |
| Mosul Sugar and Yeast Factories | Inspectors worked to determine the site’s present activities (see GSN, Feb. 5). |
| Al-Mamoun plant of the al-Qa Qaa State Establishment, south of Baghdad | See GSN, Feb. 5. |
| Al-Rafah liquid engine test facility, about 80 miles southwest of Baghdad | See GSN, Feb. 4. |
| Al-Harith missile maintenance workshop in Taji, north of Baghdad |
| Al-Mamoun factory of the al-Rasheed State Company, about 40 miles south of Baghdad |
| Water purification station in Doura, just outside of Baghdad |
| Agricultural supply company in Waziriya in Baghdad |
| Nassr State Establishment, about 25 miles northwest of Baghdad |
| Military compound near Baghdad |
| Al-Salam compound at Salman Pak, south of Baghdad |
| Feb. 3 | Applied Science Department of the University of Technology in Baghdad | IAEA release, Feb. 3. |
| Tropical Diseases Unit of the Al Kindi Medical School in Baghdad |
| Military training facility in Salman Pak area |
| Al-Salam |
| Al-Qudis |
| Al-Saad Company |
| Al-Qa Qaa |
| Arab Company for Detergent Chemicals |
| Ibn Al Hytham industrial manufacturing plant in Taji north of Baghdad |
| Areas south of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a motorized radiation survey (IAEA release, Feb. 3). |
| Al-Nidaa State Company | UNMOVIC missile inspectors discovered a ceramic missile mold and a damaged warhead for the Luna short-range missile. Iraq has said the missile’s range is within U.N. limits (see GSN, Feb. 4). |
| Feb. 2 | Chemistry laboratory in the College of Science at Salahaddin University in Erbil, the capital of Kurdish-controlled Iraq | See GSN, Feb. 3. |
| Biology laboratory in the College of Science at Salahaddin University in Erbil, the capital of Kurdish-controlled Iraq |
| Feb. 1 | Waziriyah Industrial Complex | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site obtain clarifications on the present status of al-Samoud ballistic missile guidance and control activities and on the January semi-annual declaration for the site (see GSN, Feb. 3). |
| Al-Mamoun Factory | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site to obtain clarification on the latest declaration for the site (see GSN, Feb. 3). |
| Headquarters of the al-Raya General Company | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site to obtain clarification on the latest declaration for the site (see GSN, Feb. 3). |
| Biotechnology Department of the College of Science at Saddam University in Baghdad | See GSN, Feb. 3. |
| Biology Department of the College of Education at Saddam University in Baghdad |
| Eastern Distillery Company in Baghdad |
| Al-Shaheed State Company |
| Tuz Airfield | Inspectors traveled to the site via helicopter to interview the senior officer present and to inspect the site’s ammunition storage areas and aircraft shelters (see GSN, Feb. 3). |
| Tho al-Fiker industrial machining and manufacturing facility north of Baghdad | See GSN, Feb. 3. |
| College of Science at Saddam University in Baghdad |
| College of Engineering at Saddam University in Baghdad |
| Area southeast of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a motorized radiation survey (see GSN, Feb. 3). |
| Jan. 31 | Abu Ghraib Ammunition Factory | Inspectors visited the site’s production area, quality control, computer system and several warehouses (see GSN, Feb. 3). |
| Fallujah 2 | UNMOVIC biological inspectors conducted an aerial inspection of the site (see GSN, Feb. 3). |
| Fallujah 3 | UNMOVIC biological inspectors conducted an aerial inspection of the site (see GSN, Feb. 3). |
| Agricultural and Biological Research Center | UNMOVIC biological inspectors conducted an aerial inspection of the site (see GSN, Feb. 3). |
| Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center | UNMOVIC biological inspectors conducted an aerial inspection of the site (see GSN, Feb. 3). |
| Former biological research facilities at Salman Pak | UNMOVIC biological inspectors conducted an aerial inspection of the site (see GSN, Feb. 3). |
| Al-Yarmouk State Company | See GSN, Jan. 31. |
| 7 Nissan Company in Nahrawan, about 20 miles east of Baghdad |
| Agricultural equipment company in Waziriya in Baghdad |
| Jan. 30 | State Company for Petrochemicals Industry in the southern city of Basra | See GSN, Jan. 31. |
| 17th April Facility in Baghdad |
| Areas southeast of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a motorized radiation survey (see GSN, Jan. 31). |
| Central public health laboratory in Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 30. |
| Al-Thirthar private brewery in Khan Bani Saad, about 30 miles northeast of Baghdad |
| Al-Awali private brewery in Khan Bani Saad, about 30 miles northeast of Baghdad |
| April 7 factory, a few miles northeast of Baghdad |
| Jan. 29 | Al-Fallujah Ammunition Depot | See GSN, Jan. 30. |
| University of Technology in central Baghdad |
| Two agricultural field stations northwest of Baghdad |
| Sites belonging to the State Company for Drug Marketing Appliances |
| Al-Mamoun | UNMOVIC missile inspectors obtained a sample of propellant used in the al-Fatah missile (see GSN, Jan. 30). |
| Headquarters of the Geological Survey of Iraq in Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 30. |
| Fallujah industrial area and other areas west of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a motorized radiation survey (see GSN, Jan. 30). |
| College of Science at Kufa University | See GSN, Jan. 30. |
| College of Education at Kufa University |
| College of Engineering at Kufa University |
| Jan. 28 | Ukhaider Ammunition and Missile Storage area | Inspectors recovered a sample from an empty chemical warhead previously discovered at the site for further analysis (see GSN, Jan. 29). |
| Saddam Center for Biotechnology Research at Baghdad University | See GSN, Jan. 29. |
| 7 Nissan stores |
| Grain Board of Iraq’s main depot at Taji |
| Furat State Company |
| Al-Harith Missile Maintenance Workshop in Taji | UNMOVIC missile inspectors retagged some SA-2 surface-to-air missiles at the site and removed the tags from others for maintenance purposes (see GSN, Jan. 29). |
| Nassr industrial machining and foundry facility, north of Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 29. |
| Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a motorized radiation survey (see GSN, Jan. 29). |
| University of Babylon‘s College of Science | See GSN, Jan. 29. |
| University of Babylon’s College of Education |
| University of Babylon’s College of Engineering |
| Jan. 27 | Az Zubayr Naval Complex | See GSN, Jan. 28. |
| Al-Rafah Liquid Engine Test Facility | UNMOVIC missile inspectors observed a static test of an al-Samoud missile engine (see GSN, Jan. 28). |
| Al-Majd Center in Amiriyah | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors used a metal analyzer to examine sheets of alloy (see GSN, Jan. 28). |
| Taji area | IAEA inspectors conducted a motorized radiation survey (see GSN, Jan. 28). |
| Al-Kindi Research and Development Company, near the northern city of Mosul | See GSN, Jan. 28. |
| North Refinery Company, near the city of Baji |
| Al-Amiriya medicine stores | See GSN, Jan. 27. |
| Al-Samoud missile factory in Taji |
| Baghdad area | IAEA inspectors conducted a nuclear survey (see GSN, Jan. 27). |
| Jan. 26 | National Project to Control and Combat the Cattle Plague in Baghdad | IAEA release, Jan. 26. |
| Chest and Respiratory Diseases Institute in Baghdad |
| Al-Basil Center, Nahrawan, in Baghdad |
| Karama State Company’s Khadhimiya Plant | UNMOVIC missile inspectors held technical discussions with the leaders of the al-Samoud missile project (IAEA release, Jan. 26). |
| Hittin State Establishment | IAEA release, Jan. 26. |
| Al-Kut Military Hospital |
| Baiji underground refinery located between Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul |
| Um al-Maarik industrial machining and foundry facility, south of Baghdad |
| Salman Pak area | IAEA inspectors conducted a motorized radiation survey (IAEA release, Jan. 26). |
| College of Science at the University of Mosul | IAEA release, Jan. 26 |
| College of Education at the University of Mosul |
| College of Engineering at the University of Mosul |
| Jan. 25 | Al-Mamoun | UNMOVIC missile inspectors met with officials of the al-Rasheed State Company at the site (IAEA release, Jan. 25). |
| Sumaykah surface-to-surface missile support facility | IAEA release, Jan. 25. |
| College of Veterinary Medicine at Quadisiyah University |
| College of Education at Quadisiyah University |
| Al-Qa Qaa | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors conducted a rebaseline inspection at the site (IAEA release, Jan. 25). |
| Storage area of the North Oil Company | IAEA release, Jan. 25. |
| College of Education at Tikrit University in Tikrit |
| College of Engineering at Tikrit University in Tikrit |
| Vicinity of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a motorized radiation survey (IAEA release, Jan. 25). |
| Jan. 24 | Mamoun Factory | IAEA release, Jan. 24. |
| Al-Basil Center in the Jadriyah complex in Baghdad | UNMOVIC chemical Inspectors assessed the site’s current activities (IAEA release, Jan. 24). |
| Al-Qa Qaa | See GSN, Jan. 24. |
| Jan. 23 | Iraqi Ministry of Trade food stores in Tarmiya, about 20 miles north of Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 23. |
| Taji Fiberglass production plant, located a few miles north of Baghdad |
| Al-Qa Qaa |
| College of Science at the University of Mustansiriya in Baghdad |
| College of Medicine at the University of Mustansiriya in Baghdad |
| Jan. 22 | Qayyarah Petroleum Refinery, south of Mosul | See GSN, Jan. 23. |
| Iraq Geological Survey Headquarters in Baghdad |
| Area north of Baghdad | IAEA inspectors conducted a motorized radiation survey (see GSN, Jan. 23). |
| Technology Institute in Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 22. |
| Al-Qa Qaa |
| Al-Badr missile complex |
| University of Basra |
| Jan. 21 | Ukhaider Ammunition Storage Area | Inspectors examined and tagged empty chemical warheads discovered last week and sealed the bunker at the site that contained them (see GSN, Jan. 22). |
| Al-Mutaseem | UNMOVIC missile inspectors observed a static test of a solid propellant al-Fatah motor (see GSN, Jan. 22). |
| Shahiyat Test Facility | UNMOVIC missile inspectors verified that the site was still abandoned (see GSN, Jan. 22). |
| Al-Qa Qaa | UNMOVIC chemical experts inspected chemical production units (see GSN, Jan. 22). |
| College of Agriculture at Baghdad University in Abu Ghraib | UNMOVIC biological inspectors verified tagged equipment at the site (see GSN, Jan. 22). |
| Agricultural Research Center in Abu Ghraib | See GSN, Jan. 22. |
| Lime production facility in the northern city of Mosul |
| Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center | IAEA inspectors conducted a motorized radiation survey, inspected buildings and checked sealed equipment (see GSN, Jan. 22). |
| Jan. 19 | Department of engineering at Baghdad University | IAEA inspectors visited the faculty’s laboratories and asked about research the faculty was conducting (Baghdad Iraqi Satellite Channel Television, Jan. 19, in FBIS-NES, Jan. 19). |
| Jan. 18 | Ukhaider Ammunition Storage Area | Inspectors conducted an additional analysis on a chemical warhead found at the site last week (U.N. release, Jan. 18). |
| Al-Numan General Company | Inspectors assessed the site’s current activities (U.N. release, Jan. 18). |
| Al-Qa Qaa | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors surveyed the site using multifrequency electromagnetic detectors (U.N. release, Jan. 18). |
| Microbiology Department of Kufa University’s College of Medicine in Kufato | (U.N. release, Jan. 18). |
| Kufa University’s College of Science in Kufato |
| Biology Department of Kufa University’s College of Education for Women in Kufato |
| State Company for Foodstuff Trading | UNMOVIC biological inspectors inspected quality control laboratories and two declared mobile laboratories at the site (U.N. release, Jan. 18). |
| Textile factory in the northern city of Mosul | (U.N. release, Jan. 18). |
| University of Baghdad’s College of Science |
| University of Baghdad’s College of Education |
| Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center | IAEA inspectors conducted a motorized survey (U.N. release, Jan. 18). |
| Jan. 17 | General Establishment for Extractional Operations in the northern city of Mosul | See U.N. release, Jan. 18. |
| Fallujah 1, northwest of Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 17. |
| Fallujah 2, northwest of Baghdad |
| Al-Saweira, about 30 miles south of Baghdad |
| Jan. 16 | Al-Nidaa State Company | UNMOVIC missile inspectors held technical discussions with site personnel to verify information obtain during other inspections (see GSN, Jan. 17). |
| Nissan 17 Factory in Baghdad | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site, which produces al-Samoud ballistic missile components (see GSN, Jan. 17). |
| Rasheed State Company for Production of Construction and Building Materials | See GSN, Jan. 17 |
| Ukhaider Ammunition Storage Area | Inspectors discovered at least 11 empty chemical warheads and are conducting further testing (see GSN, Jan. 16). |
| Home of physicist Faleh Hassan | See GSN, Jan. 16. |
| Home of nuclear scientist Shaker el-Jibouri |
| Al-Salamiyat agricultural area, about 10 miles west of Baghdad | Inspectors traveled to the site with Hassan to inspect an apparently manmade earth mound (see GSN, Jan. 16). |
| Site in Karkh belonging to the Iraqi-supported Iranian opposition group Mujahedine Khalq | See GSN, Jan. 16. |
| Ghazaliyeh neighborhood of Baghdad |
| Jan. 15 | Mosul Technical Institute | See IAEA release, Jan. 16. |
| Saad State Company in West Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 16. |
| Khan Dari Stores |
| Nassr al-Adheem State Company |
| Biology department of the College of Education for Women at the Anbar University in Ramadi |
| College of Science at the Anbar University in Ramadi |
| College of Education at the Anbar University in Ramadi |
| College of Medicine at the Anbar University in Ramadi |
| Al-Ameen Factory |
| Al-Rasheed SC Headquarters | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site to verify information obtained from personnel at the al-Ameen Factory (see GSN, Jan. 16). |
| Al-Zafaraniya Military College of Engineering | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site to verify information obtained from personnel at the al-Ameen Factory (see GSN, Jan. 16). |
| Isakandariya State Establishment for Mechanical Industries | See GSN, Jan. 16. |
| Al-Mutaz Technical Institute |
| Hatteen State Company |
| Tiklit Munitions Depot, located at a Mujahedine Khalq-owned site |
| Al-Jamhoury presidential palace in central Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 15 |
| Private farm in Doura, south of Baghdad |
| Jan. 14 | Al-Rabia Center for Agricultural Research in Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 15. |
| Air Force Technical Military Depot in al-Taji |
| Al-Mutaseem site | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site to tag al-Fatah missiles (see GSN, Jan.15). |
| Inskandariya Explosives Research and Development facility | See GSN, Jan. 15. |
| Tho al-Fukar Mechanical Plant |
| Sumood Factory |
| Nassr State Establishment |
| Qa Qaa Stores |
| Missile engine testing plant | See GSN, Jan. 14. |
| Military depot |
| State-owned company housed in the National Monitoring Directorate complex |
| Jan. 13 | Al-Ameer Factory | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site, which had produced Scud missile components before 1991 (see GSN, Jan. 14). |
| Airstrip near al-Muhammadiah | See GSN, Jan. 14. |
| Storage area adjacent to the airstrip near al-Muhammadiah |
| Bombing range near al-Muhammadiah |
| Baghdad Technology University | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors conducted a rebaselining inspection and inspected the Department of Chemical Technology. IAEA inspectors verified the scientific and technical activities conducted at the site (see GSN, Jan. 14). |
| Baghdad University College of Science for Women | See GSN, Jan. 14. |
| Department of Biology at the Baghdad University College of Science |
| Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center | IAEA inspectors visited the site to confirm sections of the Iraqi declaration (see GSN, Jan.14). |
| Ibn Rushed Company | See GSN, Jan. 13. |
| Jan. 12 | National Chemical Plastic Industry in Baghdad | IAEA release, Jan. 13. |
| Sharqat EMIS Facility | A joint UNMOVIC and IAEA team visited the site, which was originally designed to house an electromagnetic isotope separation facility (see GSN, Jan. 13). |
| Al-Rafah Liquid Engine Test Facility | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site to observe a static test of an al-Samoud missile engine (see GSN, Jan. 13). |
| Al-Mutaseem | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site to observe a static test of the al-Uboor motor (see GSN, Jan. 13). |
| Iraqi military unit north of the southern city of Mosul | UNMOVIC missile inspectors tagged al-Farah missiles at the unit (see GSN, Jan. 13). |
| Microbiology Department at Baghdad University’s College of Medicine | See GSN, Jan. 13. |
| Baghdad University’s College of Pharmacy |
| Air Force Technical Military Depot at al-Taji |
| Jaber Ben Hayan State Establishment | Inspectors visited the site, which produces chemical protection equipment (see GSN, Jan. 13). |
| Jan. 11 | Bin Sina Center | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited several buildings at the site to verify equipment and raw materials used in missile activities (IAEA release, Jan. 11). |
| Airfield about 300 kilometers west-northwest of Baghdad | IAEA release, Jan. 11. |
| Tiklit University College of Science |
| Tiklit University College of Agriculture |
| Tiklit University College of Engineering |
| Tiklit University College of Medicine |
| Tiklit University College of Women’s Education |
| State Company for Drugs and Medical Appliances Marketing at al-Addile | See the Jan. 10 entry. |
| State Company for Drugs and Medical Appliances Marketing at al-Dabash |
| Mosul Dairy Plant | Inspectors determined the site’s current activities and verified previously tagged equipment (IAEA release, Jan. 11.) |
| Saddam GE Plant | IAEA release, Jan. 11. |
| Qa Qaa Sumood Explosives Plant |
| Jan. 10 | Al-Mamoun Plant of al-Rasheed State Company, about 25 miles southeast of Baghdad | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors visited the site, which produces missile propellants (see GSN, Jan. 10). |
| State Company for Drugs and Medical Appliances Marketing at al-Addile | IAEA release, Jan. 10. |
| State Company for Drugs and Medical Appliances Marketing at al-Dabash |
| Trade Ministry’s al-Dabbash stores in Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 10. |
| Trade Ministry’s al-Adel stores in Baghdad |
| Trade Ministry’s al-Dabbash stores in Baghdad |
| Jan. 9 | Al-Rifah facility in Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 9. |
| Al-Hareth in Taji, about 10 miles north of Baghdad |
| Al-Milad in Yousefiyah, about 10 miles south of Baghdad |
| Al-Rayah facility in Taji, about 10 miles north of Baghdad |
| Ayniyah in Beji, about 110 miles north of Baghdad |
| Baghdad medical laboratory |
| Al-Qadisiyah facility, located northeast of Baghdad |
| Jan. 8 | Medical college in Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 8. |
| Al-Tareq public company, about 60 miles northwest of Baghdad | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors visited the site, which is believed to produce chemical weapons precursors (see GSN, Jan. 8). |
| Al-Mamoun Plant, about 40 miles southeast of Baghdad | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site, which produces components for several types of solid propellant rockets (see GSN, Jan. 8). |
| Mosul medicine factory | See GSN, Jan. 8. |
| Samawa cement plant in the southern part of the country |
| Kofa cement plant in the southern part of the country |
| Kerbala cement plant in the southern part of the country |
| Irrigation Ministry repair company in Baghdad |
| Jan. 7 | Al-Mamoun Plant of the al-Rasheed Company | UNMOVIC missile inspectors tagged critical equipment at the site (see GSN, Jan. 8). |
| Al-Samoud Factory | UNMOVIC missile experts inspected two missile engines scheduled to soon be static-tested by Iraq (see GSN, Jan. 8). |
| Ukhaider Ammunition and Missile Storage Area | See GSN, Jan. 8. |
| Akashat uranium mine in al-Qaim, located about 260 miles west of Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 7. |
| Al-Mutasim missile plant in Jurf al-Sakhr, about 30 miles south of Baghdad |
| Baghdad cancer research center |
| University of Mosul |
| Cement factor in Kbeisi, about 120 miles west of Baghdad |
| Air force base near Kbeisi, about 120 miles west of Baghdad |
| Jan. 6 | Bin Seena Center | An UNMOVIC biological team visited the site, which produces veterinary drugs (see GSN, Jan. 7). |
| Army base located far south of Baghdad | An UNMOVIC missile team began tagging surface-to-surface solid propellant al-Fatah rockets (see GSN, Jan. 7) |
| Maintenance section of the al-Fao Company, in northern Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 7 |
| Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center | See the Dec. 20 entry. |
| Bin Bitar research center, about five miles north of Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 6 |
| Fallujah 3 pesticide factory | See the Dec. 9 entry. |
| Faydah free-trade zone, located about 240 miles north of Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 6 |
| Jan. 5 | Graphite facility | See GSN, Jan. 6 |
| Hospital in the northern city of Mosul |
| University in the southern city of Basra |
| Hospital in the southern city of Basra |
| Food laboratory at the National Monitoring Directorate in Baghdad |
| Glass research center at the National Monitoring Directorate in Baghdad |
| Al-Basel company at the National Monitoring Directorate in Baghdad |
| Al-Khawarizmi company at the National Monitoring Directorate in Baghdad |
| Al-Tabani company at the National Monitoring Directorate in Baghdad |
| Al-Majd company at the National Monitoring Directorate in Baghdad |
| Jan. 4 | Al-Ma’mun Factory, part of the al-Rashid State Company | IAEA inspectors visited the site’s facilities and asked about projects and recently purchased machines (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Radio Main Service, Jan. 4, in FBIS-NES, Jan. 4). |
| Al-Ubur State Company | IAEA inspectors inquired about the company’s affiliation, visited an aluminum pipe storage site and conducted a radiation survey (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Radio Main Service, Jan. 4, in FBIS-NES, Jan. 4). |
| Bin Sina Company | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors met with company officials, searched computers and visited the site’s small production units and various laboratories (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Radio Main Service, Jan. 4, in FBIS-NES, Jan. 4). |
| Army Helicopter Gunships Base at al-Suwayrah | UNMOVIC inspectors met with the base commander and searched the site’s facilities and warehouses (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Radio Main Service, Jan. 4, in FBIS-NES, Jan. 4). |
| Al-Khalis Alcohol distillery | UNMOVIC biological inspectors reviewed the plant’s activities and changes that occurred since 1998 (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Radio Main Service, Jan. 4, in FBIS-NES, Jan. 4). |
| Basra University Faculty of Agriculture | UNMOVIC biological inspectors met with the faculty dean and discussed research conducted since 1998 (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Radio Main Service, Jan. 4, in FBIS-NES, Jan. 4). |
| Basra University Faculty of Nutrition | UNMOVIC biological inspectors verified tags and declarations (Baghdad Republic of Iraq Radio Main Service, Jan. 4, in FBIS-NES, Jan. 4). |
| Jan. 3 | Al Mamoun Plant | UNMOVIC missile inspectors tagged several pieces of declared equipment (IAEA release, Jan. 3). |
| Former ammunitions depot | UNMOVIC inspectors visited the site, which has been a previously used as a chemical weapons storage site (IAEA release, Jan. 3). |
| Adjacent area to the former ammunitions depot | UNMOVIC inspectors visited the site, which had been used for chemical weapons tests (IAEA release, Jan. 3). |
| Al Basil Narawan site, part of the al-Basil Center | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors visited the site, which produces several types of chemicals (IAEA release, Jan. 3). |
| Jan. 2 | Fatah Company currency printing operation, located in Baghdad | See GSN, Jan. 2 |
| Bin Firnas missile site in Taji, north of Baghdad |
| Air force base in Taji, north of Baghdad |
| Lead plant located south of Baghdad |
| Undisclosed location north of Baghdad |
| Jan. 1 | Al-Harith Factory at the Taji Camp | UNMOVIC missile inspectors reinspected the facility (see GSN, Jan. 2). |
| Al-Majd al-Amiriyah Stores | (See GSN, Jan. 2) |
| Baghdad Alcoholic Drinks Company |
| 7-Up Plant of the National Food Industries in Baghdad |
| Dec. 31 | Military base in Fallujah, about 30 miles northwest of Baghdad | (See GSN, Dec. 31) |
| Al-Mansour Company in Tajiyat, just outside of Baghdad |
| Al-Maamoun plant in Youssefiyah, about 20 miles south of Baghdad |
| Pharmaceutical research center |
| Baghdad offices of the bin Sina Company |
| Petrochemical research center in Baghdad |
| Military engineering company in Baghdad |
| Plant operated by the bin Younees Company, located outside of Baghdad |
| Dec. 30 | Central Public Health Laboratory in Baghdad | |
| Plant Protection Division No. 1 of the Abu Ghraib plant | |
| Al-Nidaa State Company | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors visited the site, which produces dual-use items made out of corrosion-resistant materials (see GSN, Dec. 31). |
| Al-Samood factory | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site to conduct an accurate count of missile engines (see GSN, Dec. 31). |
| Al-Mahamoudiayah water treatment plant | |
| Al-Sawary Est-Jihad site | IAEA inspectors visited two factories at the site determine if any changes had been made since 1998 (see GSN, Dec. 31) |
| Dec. 29 | Chemical Engineering Design Center in Baghdad | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors examined site archives, current projects and staff (IAEA release, Dec. 29). |
| General Commission of Customs in Baghdad | |
| Eyz Company in Baghdad | IAEA inspectors visited the site, which produces electronic equipment (IAEA release, Dec. 29). |
| Salam Factory in Baghdad | IAEA inspectors visited the site, which produces mainly communications equipment (IAEA release, Dec. 29). |
| Dec. 28 | Hadre Air Force Munitions Test Site, near the northern city of Mosul | |
| National Food Industries Company’s Yaffa Juice Plant in Zafaraniyah industrial area of Baghdad | UNMOVIC biological inspectors visited the previously declared site (IAEA release, Dec. 28). |
| Al-Kindi Company for the Production of Veterinary Vaccines in Abu Ghraib | See the Dec. 22 entry. |
| Al-Qaib Warhead-Filling Factory at Al Qa Qaa | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site, which fills al-Samoud and al-Fateh missile warheads (IAEA release, Dec. 28). |
| Bin Younis Center | |
| Private trading company | IAEA inspectors reviewed files related to international procurements and offers (IAEA release, Dec. 28). |
| Last known address of a private trading company | IAEA inspectors found the site abandoned (IAEA release, Dec. 28). |
| Dec. 27 | Modern Chemical Industries in Hay Babil | UNMOVIC biological inspectors visited the previously declared and monitored site (IAEA release, Dec. 27). |
| Al-Nasser al-Athim State Company, in the Dawra district of Baghdad | UNMOVIC chemical and missile inspectors conducted a rebaselining inspection, held discussions with site personnel and inspected site buildings (IAEA release, Dec. 27). |
| Dec. 26 | Al-Rasheed Headquarters | UNMOVIC missile inspectors held technical talks with site officials regarding site declarations, future plans and the current status of the site’s sold propellant missile programs (IAEA release, Dec. 26). |
| Al Jadiriyah Food Examination and Analysis Laboratory in Baghdad | UNMOVIC biological inspectors visited the site, which has been previously declared and contains tagged equipment (IAEA release, Dec. 26). |
| Mussayib Pharmaceutical Complex | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors visited the site, which is still under construction (IAEA release, Dec. 26). |
| Baghdad Technology University | UNMOVIC inspectors questioned the dean of the university regarding the site’s activities (IAEA release, Dec. 26). |
| Al-Rashid Company’s Theo al-Fekar factory | IAEA inspectors met with officials to compare inventories of stocks of dual-use high-strength aluminum (IAEA release, Dec. 26). |
| Private trading company | IAEA inspectors conducted a surprise inspection and reviewed purchases made on behalf of the Iraqi military (IAEA release, Dec. 26). |
| Dec. 25 | Al-Taji Single Cell Protein Plant | |
| Al-Kadhimiya Plant | UNMOVIC missile inspectors conducted an inventory of storage buildings at the site (IAEA release, Dec. 25). |
| Shumouk Stores | UNMOVIC missile inspectors conducted an inventory of storage buildings at the site (IAEA release, Dec. 25). |
| Basra State Establishment for Paper Industry | |
| Hatteen Fateh Explosives Factory, south of Mussayib | IAEA inspectors reviewed changes that occurred at the site over the past four years that could aid a nuclear program (IAEA release, Dec. 25). |
| Um al-Maarik Factory | IAEA inspectors monitored production of potential components for dual-use equipment (IAEA release, Dec. 25). |
| Al Qa Qaa | IAEA inspectors and Iraqi officials conducted counts of important dual-use materials and compared results (IAEA release, Dec. 25). |
| Dec. 24 | Al Niddaa Factory in south Baghdad | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site, which produces missile components (IAEA release, Dec. 24). |
| Abdul Kareem Abass Plant | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site, which is the only Iraqi facility that produces ammonium perchlorate, used in the production of solid propellant (IAEA release, Dec. 24). |
| Tarmiya site, under the control of the Taji Technical Battalion | UNMOVIC missile inspectors checked and applied identification tags to al-Samoud missiles and warheads (IAEA release, Dec. 24). |
| Baquba site, under the control of the Taji Technical Battalion | UNMOVIC missile inspectors checked and applied identification tags to al-Samoud missiles and warheads (IAEA release, Dec. 24). |
| Taji site, under the control of the Taji Technical Battalion | UNMOVIC missile inspectors checked and applied identification tags to al-Samoud missiles and warheads (IAEA release, Dec. 24). |
| Baghdad University College of Veterinary Medicine in Abu Ghraib | UNMOVIC biological inspectors inspected the site and checked previously tagged equipment (IAEA release, Dec. 24). |
| National Company Food Industries brewery | UNMOVIC biological inspectors visited the site, which has previously tagged dual-use equipment (IAEA release, Dec. 24). |
| Iskandariyah Ammunition Filling Plant at the Hutten State Establishment | |
| Oil facilities near the southern city of Basra | |
| Electronics factory at the Salah al-Din General Establishment | IAEA inspectors visited the site, which was associated with the nuclear weapons program until 1990 (IAEA release, Dec. 24). |
| Baghdad Technical University | IAEA inspectors conducted a lengthy interview with a scientist regarding technical activities, which was conducted separately from the site inspection (IAEA release, Dec. 24). |
| Dec. 23 | Abu Gharib Baby Milk Plant, State Establishment for Daily Products | UNMOVIC biological inspectors tagged and accounted for dual-use equipment at the previously declared site (IAEA release, Dec. 23). |
| Bin al-Baytar Research Center | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors visited the site, which produces small amounts of pharmaceutical chemicals (IAEA release, Dec. 23). |
| Taji Technical Battalion site | See the Dec. 22 entry below. |
| Al-Razi Company | IAEA inspectors visited the site, which employs staff and equipment from the former nuclear weapons program (IAEA release, Dec. 23). |
| Beytar Factory | IAEA inspectors visited the site, which stores equipment saved from former nuclear facilities (IAEA release, Dec. 23). |
| Dec. 22 | Al Battanee Center (Baghdad Space Reseach and Development Center) | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site, which provides telemetry systems for the al-Samoud ballistic missile (IAEA release, Dec. 22). |
| Taji Technical Battalion site | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site, which is a missile storage area and former Scud ballistic missile dumping ground (IAEA release, Dec. 22). |
| Al Nahrawan, part of the al-Basil Company | UNMOVIC chemical inspectors visited the site, which was previously declared to be using dual-use equipment (IAEA release, Dec. 22). |
| Al-Kindi Company for the Production of Veterinary Vaccines in Abu Ghraib | UNMOVIC biological inspectors visited the previously declared site, which produces a number of bacterial and viral veterinary vaccines (IAEA release, Dec. 22). |
| Mansour State Company | IAEA inspectors visited the site, which produces components and finished electrical goods (IAEA release, Dec. 22). |
| Farabi Computer Center | IAEA inspectors visited the site, which specializes in programming computers for business applications (IAEA release, Dec. 22). |
| Tahrir Institute of Welding Technology | IAEA inspectors visited the site, which is part of the Military Industrialization Corporation teaching structure (IAEA release, Dec. 22). |
| Dec. 21 | Samoud Scrap Yard in Tarmiya | UNMOVIC chemical, biological and missile experts inspected all areas of the site (IAEA release, Dec. 21). |
| Research and Analytical Center for Pesticides | |
| Al-Furat State Establishment for Chemical Industry | UNMOVIC chemical experts updated information about the site and verified data provided in the last semi-annual Iraqi declaration (IAEA release, Dec. 21). |
| Samra Drug Industry | An UNMOVIC biological team, made up of 23 inspectors, inspected the whole site, which consists of more than 50 structures. Inspectors confirmed all tags and inventories and discussed site activities with site representatives (IAEA release, Dec. 21). |
| Al Qa Qaa | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site, which is a double base propellant plant (IAEA release, Dec. 21). |
| Al-Fedaa Hydraulic Plant | UNMOVIC missile inspectors visited the site, which produces missile and rocket launchers (IAEA release, Dec. 21). |
| 14 Ramadan Factory | IAEA inspectors visited the site, which is a declared wool and textile facility (IAEA release, Dec. 21). |
| Binwalid Factory | IAEA inspectors visited the site, which contains a number of high-quality machine tools (IAEA release, Dec. 21). |
| Al-Raya State Company in the South Taji area | IAEA inspectors visited the site, which conducts research on metals, plastics and ceramics (IAEA release, Dec. 21). |
| Al-Zahef al-Kabeer in the South Taji area | IAEA inspectors visited the site, which is engaged in a number of metal and plastic production operations (IAEA release, Dec. 21). |
| 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 |
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