[Oldeconomybuyer]

               Iraqi Military Industry

Entity	Location	Products
Al-Badr	al Yusufiyah	Aerial bombs, artillery pieces, and machine tool bits
Al Hiteen	Al Iskandariyah	Explosives, TNT, propellants, and vehicles
Al Naiman	Oqba	Cluster bombs
Al Qaqaa		Aerial bombs, TNT, and solid rocket propellants
April 7 (Narawan Fuse) Factory		Proximity fuses for 155 mm and cluster munitions
Base West World	Samawa	Major armor refitting center
Diglia	Zaafarniyah	Software, controllers, and plastic castings
Fallujah	Al Muthanna	HMX and RDX explosives
Mansour	Baghdad	Defense electronics
PCI		Ethylene oxide for fuel-air explosives
Sa'ad 5 (Sa'ad Engineering Complex		122mm howitzers, Ababil rockets, tank optics and mortar sights
Sa'ad 13	Salah al Din - Ad Dawr	Defense electronics, radars, and frequency-hopping radios
Sa'ad 21	Mosul	Non-ferrous ammunition cases
Sa'ad 24	Mosul	Gas masks
Sa'ad 38	Fao	Aircraft assembly and manufacturing [under construction]
Sawary	Basra	Small naval boats
SEHEE heavy engineering complex	Al Dura	Artillery, vehicle parts, and cannon barrels
U/I	Al Amil	Liquid nitrogen production
U/I	Al Rabiyah	Precision machining
U/I	Al Taji	Wheeled APCs [East European license], armor, and artillery
U/I	Al-Amen	Tank assembly plant [under Polish and Czech licenses]
U/I	Fao	Cluster bombs and fuel-air explosives

 

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..and for the last four years, no one knows what kind of witches' brews are being concocted at the Fullujah facilities...

If 'no one knows', why is the Post declaring "IRAQ REBUILDS SITES THAT MAKE NERVE-GAS INGREDIENTS"?

I wish some of the lying journalists in their newsroom were to be leading a platoon, through the snipers of downtown Baghdad, during the war they're working so hard to promote.

[dennisw]

Key parts must be underground. Still, or bunker busters and earth-penetrator bombs can render them inoperable. And bury alive thier techs and scientests

[fivecatsandadog]

U.S. military and intelligence officials say there is similar activity taking place at scores of other suspected chemical and biological weapons facilities throughout Iraq.

Well, how about that. Not that I sympathize with So Damn Insane or agree with his choice of weapons, but what the heck do you expect him to do - sit back and do nothing while the world holds a debate about tossing him out?

[Demidog]

In 1994, Iraq sought permission from U.N. inspectors to get the plants up and running again, promising that only nonlethal civilian-use chemical agents would be produced at the plants.

Hmmm. Somebody's lying and I believe Saadam before I believe Bush frankly.....

[InvisibleChurch]

some of irak's handiwork with chemicals--warning: graffic pix

[sharkdiver]

You know the only ones who are going to blown to hell in this war is the Republican Guard. Why don't we just offer one of the Generals say $100 million dollars US to blown the Saddams head off. Let the Iraqies clean up their own kittey litter box.

[sharkdiver]

sorry folks. My bad. I just saw the little statement about "No violence in posts" sorry about that one.

[Mark17]

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