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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the locations in Iraq where the UNMOVIC and IAEA inspectors have found the materials and equipment for weapons of mass destruction set out in the Government's Iraq dossier of 24 September 2002. [95023] Mr. Mike O'Brien: Given the advance publicity about the sites in the dossier the Government did not expect Iraq to leave things to be found. Of the materials and equipment mentioned in the dossier, UNMOVIC and the IAEA have reported uncovering a number of unfilled chemical munitions at a military equipment storage site and a large quantity of nuclear-related documents concealed at the home of an Iraqi scientist. Although not listed in the dossier, the inspectors have also discovered a very large number of rocket motors at a missile production facility. None of these discoveries were made at sites identified in the dossier. As was made clear in the dossier and in numerous public statements, Iraq has become very adept at concealing its weapons. The inspection teams are continuing their searches at large numbers of locations throughout Iraq.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

95023; 399 c304W;399 c303-4W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Armed conflict Chemical weapons Biological weapons Iraq International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear weapons Weapons Iraq conflict UN Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission

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