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01-16-2003, 08:59 AM
By Bobby Eberle
GOPUSA News
January 16, 2003
WASHINGTON (GOPUSA News) -- As U.N. weapons inspectors continue their search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the Bush Administration calls on Saddam Hussein to disarm, the White House is facing increasing pressure from the media and other groups to reveal evidence proving Iraq does, indeed, possess such weapons.
In Wednesday's inspections, according to information supplied by the IAEA, UNMOVIC teams inspected government office buildings adjacent to a Presidential compound in Baghdad. The team did not go inside the Presidential compound. Another multidisciplinary team went to the north of Tiklit by helicopter to inspect the Tiklit Munitions Depot. A UNMOVIC chemical team inspected three sites: the Saad State Company in west Baghdad, which is a design center for refineries; the Khan Dari Stores, a storage facility, 40 miles northwest of Baghdad; and the Nassr Al Adheem State Company, which is a heavy equipment manufacturer, 10 miles west of Baghdad.
An UNMOVIC missile team traveled 80 miles south of Baghdad to inspect the Al Ameen Factory, one of the plants belonging to the Al Rasheed State Company. The factory was involved in the BADR 200 solid propellant missile project before 1991, and has since been responsible for the fabrication of motor cases and nozzles for Iraq's other solid propellant missiles. The team then split into two sub-teams to verify information provided by Al Ameen staff during technical discussions. One sub-team visited the Al Rasheed SC Headquarters, about 30-minute drive from Al Ameen, while the other sub-team drove to the Al Zafaraniya Military College of Engineering, near the Al Rasheed Air Base.
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/january/0116_iraq.shtml)
GOPUSA News
January 16, 2003
WASHINGTON (GOPUSA News) -- As U.N. weapons inspectors continue their search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the Bush Administration calls on Saddam Hussein to disarm, the White House is facing increasing pressure from the media and other groups to reveal evidence proving Iraq does, indeed, possess such weapons.
In Wednesday's inspections, according to information supplied by the IAEA, UNMOVIC teams inspected government office buildings adjacent to a Presidential compound in Baghdad. The team did not go inside the Presidential compound. Another multidisciplinary team went to the north of Tiklit by helicopter to inspect the Tiklit Munitions Depot. A UNMOVIC chemical team inspected three sites: the Saad State Company in west Baghdad, which is a design center for refineries; the Khan Dari Stores, a storage facility, 40 miles northwest of Baghdad; and the Nassr Al Adheem State Company, which is a heavy equipment manufacturer, 10 miles west of Baghdad.
An UNMOVIC missile team traveled 80 miles south of Baghdad to inspect the Al Ameen Factory, one of the plants belonging to the Al Rasheed State Company. The factory was involved in the BADR 200 solid propellant missile project before 1991, and has since been responsible for the fabrication of motor cases and nozzles for Iraq's other solid propellant missiles. The team then split into two sub-teams to verify information provided by Al Ameen staff during technical discussions. One sub-team visited the Al Rasheed SC Headquarters, about 30-minute drive from Al Ameen, while the other sub-team drove to the Al Zafaraniya Military College of Engineering, near the Al Rasheed Air Base.
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/january/0116_iraq.shtml)