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AP[ SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2003 10:11:09 PM ] CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar: US officials said Saturday that coalition forces found a phosphate plant in western Iraq where they discovered two drone aircraft - the type that could be used to spread chemical or biological agents. Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, deputy director of operations at US Central Command, said he didn't have any more information on the drones, but said the area, around al-Qaim, remains of high concern to coalition forces because of its potential as a weapons of mass destruction site. US airstrikes have been pounding the al-Qaim region, and...

Is the Activity at Al Qaim Related to Nuclear Efforts? by David Albright and Corey Hinderstein September 10, 2002 High-resolution commercial satellite imagery shows an apparently operational facility at the site of Iraq's al Qaim phosphate plant and uranium extraction facility (Unit-340), located in northwest Iraq near the Syrian border. This site was where Iraq extracted uranium for its nuclear weapons program in the 1980s. The al Qaim site was thoroughly destroyed by aerial bombing during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Given the absence of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Action Team inspectors on the ground since December 1998,...

www.suntimes.com Back to regular viewhttp://www.suntimes.com/output/iraq/cst-nws-west11.html U.S. troops keep eye on Syria border April 11, 2003BY NICOLE WINFIELD CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar--Coalition air strikes pounded Iraqi positions near Syria, as Special Forces troops monitored the porous frontier to prevent regime loyalists from escaping and fresh fighters from entering Iraq, U.S. officials said Thursday. The focus on al-Qaim in far western Iraq highlights its strategic importance to Saddam Hussein's regime. Most Iraqi surface-to-surface missiles fired during the 1991 Gulf War were launched from the area, and U.S. officials say some regime officials have already fled the country through the shortest western route...

U.S. forces are advancing on the western Iraq city of Al Qaim where a major chemical weapons facility remains under the control of the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Western intelligence sources said the facility, located near the Jordanian and Syrian borders, is believed to be the largest production facility of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The facility was reconstructed after the 1991 Gulf war. Until today, the U.S.-led coalition has avoided capturing Al Qaim. The sources said Al Qaim remains protected by a large Iraqi Republican Guard and regular army force. The sources said regime officials heading...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 01/10/03 - al-Qaim, Baghdad, Beji, Diala, Jurf al-Sakhr, Ramadi, Saddam Graphite Factory, Camp New York, Diala, Amman, London BREAKING: Inspection @ al-Qaim phosphate plant BREAKING: Inspection @ Al-Motaseem factory BREAKING: Inspection @ Natural Gas Establishment BREAKING: Inspection @ al Daje, at the al Fikar missile factory BREAKING: Inspection @ Jurf al-Sakhr BREAKING: Inspection @ Ramadi, Saddam Graphite Factory BREAKING: Camp New York, Kuwait BREAKING: London, ricin Diala, Amman ========= al-Qaim phosphate plant, Iraq ========= At al-Qaim phosphate plant, ~250 miles east of Baghdad, inspection by chopper. ========= Baghdad ========= In Baghdad, Iraq,...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 12/11/02 - Al-Tariq, Qaim Ukashat, Tuwaitha, al Qa'im, Baghdad, Geneva, Kuwait BREAKING: Al-Tariq Inspection BREAKING: Qaim Ukashat, Inspection BREAKING: Tuwaitha Inspection BREAKING: al Qa'im, Ukashat Inspection BREAKING: Fallouja-3 Inspection BREAKING: Geneva BREAKING: Kuwait BREAKING: From Baghdad, Iraq - Table of Contents =========== Al-Furat Chemical Industries =========== At Al-Furat Chemical Industries, ~41 miles south of Baghdad. ========= Al-Tariq ========= At Al-Tariq, ~56 miles northwest of Baghdad. ========= Fallujah ========= In Fallujah, ~50 miles northwest of Baghdad, at the Fallouja-3 pesticides plant. ========= Qaim Ukashat ========= On the road to Qaim Ukasha. At Qaim...