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Iraqi material missing, says UN nuclear agency
Last Updated Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:48:46 EDT
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations nuclear agency says it is concerned about the disappearance of equipment and materials from Iraq that could be used to make nuclear weapons.
In a letter to the UN, International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei said that some material Iraq sent overseas has not been located, including milling machines and electron beam welders.
"As the disappearance of such equipment and materials may be of proliferation significance, any state that has information about the location of such items should provide [the energy agency] with that information," wrote ElBaradei.
Inspectors for the UN nuclear watchdog returned to Iraq in June 2003, after being kicked out prior to the Iraqi war.
As a result of the inspections and satellite photos, ElBaradei said, "The IAEA continues to be concerned about the widespread and apparently systematic dismantlement that has taken place at sites previously relevant to Iraq's nuclear program and sites previously subject to ongoing monitoring and verification by the agency.
"The imagery shows in many instances the dismantlement of entire buildings that housed high-precision equipment ...formerly monitored and tagged with IAEA seals, as well as the removal of equipment and materials (such as high-strength aluminum) from open storage areas," said the letter.
In September, UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, which is responsible for overseeing the elimination of any banned Iraqi weapons, said it had noticed the disappearance of some tagged equipment.
For the past year, the Iraqi Ministry of Trade has been shipping tonnes of scrap metal out of the country, including engines from banned missiles and other equipment that could be used to produce banned weapons.
Until June 28, the ministry had been under direct control of the U.S. occupation authorities. It is now under control of the Iraqi interim government.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/10/12/un_nuclear041012.html
Iraqi material missing, says UN nuclear agency
Last Updated Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:48:46 EDT
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations nuclear agency says it is concerned about the disappearance of equipment and materials from Iraq that could be used to make nuclear weapons.
In a letter to the UN, International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei said that some material Iraq sent overseas has not been located, including milling machines and electron beam welders.
"As the disappearance of such equipment and materials may be of proliferation significance, any state that has information about the location of such items should provide [the energy agency] with that information," wrote ElBaradei.
Inspectors for the UN nuclear watchdog returned to Iraq in June 2003, after being kicked out prior to the Iraqi war.
As a result of the inspections and satellite photos, ElBaradei said, "The IAEA continues to be concerned about the widespread and apparently systematic dismantlement that has taken place at sites previously relevant to Iraq's nuclear program and sites previously subject to ongoing monitoring and verification by the agency.
"The imagery shows in many instances the dismantlement of entire buildings that housed high-precision equipment ...formerly monitored and tagged with IAEA seals, as well as the removal of equipment and materials (such as high-strength aluminum) from open storage areas," said the letter.
In September, UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, which is responsible for overseeing the elimination of any banned Iraqi weapons, said it had noticed the disappearance of some tagged equipment.
For the past year, the Iraqi Ministry of Trade has been shipping tonnes of scrap metal out of the country, including engines from banned missiles and other equipment that could be used to produce banned weapons.
Until June 28, the ministry had been under direct control of the U.S. occupation authorities. It is now under control of the Iraqi interim government.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/10/12/un_nuclear041012.html
