Volume 1 - Iraq Watch

Regime Strategy and WMD Timeline Events (continued)84POL June 1991Husayn Kamil orders retention of WMD know-how documentation and smallamounts of key WMD materiel85UNSCOM starts weapons inspections; first CW inspection at MSECW 09-Jun-91(U-2, CW-1)86 POL 30-Jun-91 Iraqi High Level Committee formed to address retention of proscribed materiel87 POL 1991 Saddam states: “Sanctions will last no more than 3 years”88 DS July 1991 Husayn Kamil orders retention of 2 missiles and some missile parts899091POL July 1991DSNUC06-Jul-9107-Jul-91Special Republican Guard (SRG) officers receive orders from Qusay to move/conceal MIC materialsIraq completes destruction of declared SCUD-type missiles under UNSCOMsupervisionIAEA seizure of EMIS components prompts Iraqi admission of large EMISprogram92Husayn Kamil tells ‘Abd Hamid Mahmoud it is unnecessary to declare BWPOL 1991programs and will order scientists to hide evidence at home93 DS July 1991 Unilateral missile destruction94Unexpectedly robust UN inspections lead Iraq to start unilateral destruction, asPOL July 1991later claimed by regime95 NUC by 1991 Iraq receives nine flow-forming machines from Germany96CBWMid July1991CW and all BW munitions unilaterally destroyed, according to subsequentIraqi claims97Committee of Special Duties forms under Husayn Kamil or Qusay to covertlyPOL Summer 1991obstruct UN inspections98 BW 02-Aug-91 First UNSCOM BW inspection begins at Al Salman (U-7, BW-1)99UNSCR 707 demands Full, Final and Complete Declaration (FFCD) asPOL 15-Aug-91required by UNSCR 687100 PROC Sept 1991 Iraq-Jordan Trade Protocol renegotiated and then reviewed annually101UNSCOM begins destruction of declared CW and agent; continues until JulyPOL Sept 19911994102 NUC Late 1991 IAEA seizure of documents leads to Iraqi admission of Al Athir existence103104105106BWPROCPOLBWSept or Oct199101-Sep-9111-Oct-91November1991Destruction of bulk agents at Al Hakam (reported to UN in 1995)MIC forms Al Basha’ir front company to obtain items for Ministry of Defense(MoD), IAECUNSCR 715 calls for unconditional acceptance of inspectors and ongoingmonitoring/verificationDecision to dissolve Technical Research Center (TRC): implemented over thefollowing year107 DS Dec 1991 Unilateral destruction of remaining 2 missiles completed108Husayn Kamil appointed Supervising Minister, responsible for MIC, Oil, MIM,POL Feb 1992& head of Economic Committee4