AUSTRIA/IRAQ: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY SAYS MATERIALS THAT COULD BE USED TO MAKE ATOMIC WEAPONS HAVE GONE MISSING FROM IRAQ

Record ID: 647527

  • Title: AUSTRIA/IRAQ: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY SAYS MATERIALS THAT COULD BE USED TO MAKE ATOMIC WEAPONS HAVE GONE MISSING FROM IRAQ
  • Date: 12th October 2004
  • Summary: (W6) VIENNA, AUSTRIA (OCTOBER 12, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. WS'S: EXTERIORS OF INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY BUILDING (2 SHOTS) 0.13 2. CU: FLAGS FLYING OUTSIDE IAEA (IRAQI FLAG) 0.20 3. PEOPLE GOING INSIDE BUILDING; CU IAEA SIGN (2 SHOTS) 0.35 4. SV/CU: MARK GWOZDECKY, CHIEF IAEA SPOKESMAN, WORKING AT HIS DESK (2 SHOTS) 0.48 5. SOUNDBITE (English) MARK GWOZDECKY, CHIEF IAEA SPOKESMAN: "Since the war it is clear, not only from we've seen from satellite imagery, but also from investigations that we have been conducted at various ports in places like the Netherlands and Jordan and Turkey that a lot of material from these nuclear sites is moving out of Iraq and finding their way to other countries. We are concerned because if this material falls into the wrong hands could contribute to some nuclear weapons programme and we've not yet been provided with information by either the Iraqi authorities or other authorities to assure us that the material is in responsible hands." 1.32 6. CU: NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SAYING "IRAN FEELS CONFIDENT - THE U.S. IS PARALYSED AND WESTERN CAMPS ARE DIVIDED" 1.36 7. SOUNDBITE (English) MARK GWOZDECKY, CHIEF IAEA SPOKESMAN: "We're going to continue to make this concern known and hopefully we are going to get some answer in the coming weeks and months." 1.45 8. CU: IAEA LOGO 1.51 9. WIDE OF GWOZDECKY AT DESK 1.56 (W6) TUWAITHA, BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JUNE 8, 2003) (REUTERS) 10. WS: EXTERIOR OF TUWAITHA NUCLEAR SITE 1.58 11. VARIOUS OF IAEA INSPECTORS WEARING WHITE PROTECTIVE SUITS, INSPECTING IRAQ'S MAIN NUCLEAR SITE (2 SHOTS) 2.34 12. INSPECTOR IN CHEMICAL SUIT WALKING TOWARDS U.S. SOLIDER 2.48 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th October 2004 13:00
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  • Location: VIENNA, AUSTRIA/ TUWAITHA, BAGHDAD, IRAQ
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  • Country: Austria Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAE6ENRIARVI4D4Z92S2PN3JTGT
  • Story Text: The IAEA says that equipment and materials that could be
    used to make atomic weapons has been disappearing
    from Iraq.



    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
    said on Tuesday (October 12) that equipment and material
    that could be used to make atomic weapons has gone missing
    from Iraq.

    "We are concerned because if this material falls into
    the wrong hands could contribute to some nuclear weapons
    programme and we've not yet been provided with information
    by either the Iraqi authorities or other authorities to
    assure us that the material is in responsible hands," said
    IAEA spokesman Mark Gwozdecky.

    The agency's findings raised fears that the U.S.-led
    war aimed at disarming Iraq may have unleashed a
    proliferation crisis, if looters sold nuclear equipment.

    United Nations inspectors visited the Tuwaitha nuclear
    research centre in June 2003 to determine whether refined
    uranium ore was missing from the looted nuclear complex
    near Baghdad. The task force discovered some looted barrels
    once used to store processed uranium, but did not know how
    many more were missing.


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