Comprehensive Report

Iraqi letter requesting an extension of the contract due
to late delivery of a ‘reactor vessel’ corresponds with
the observed lack of construction work on Trailer 2.
• The two trailers were located in late May 2002 at
the Al Kindi facility in Mosul. Reporting indicated
that at least one of the trailers had arrived on the
site as a bare chassis fitted with a floor/bed. Over a
period of 10 months between May 2002 and March
2003, both trailers had had sufficient equipment
added to be described as two ‘possible transportable
BW production related trailers’.
• The location of the trailers, together with the
addition and removal of structural features and
equipment during their construction and testing,
is consistent with information in Iraqi reports and
documents.
Iraqis have stated the trailers were constructed to
provide a mobile capability for hydrogen gas production.
Several documents give credence to this claim.
• Al Kindi in its submission for the December 2002
semi-annual declaration to UNMOVIC stated a
“production station for H 2
gas (see Figure 2).”
• A letter from the Al Kindi General Company to
the ‘American Authority’ in Mosul, explains that
the trailers were manufactured as ‘hydrogen field
production systems’ for the Republican Guard.
• Copies of the original contract and associated documents
that describe the requirements, specifications
and testing were provided by sources that had first
hand knowledge of the manufacture and use of the
trailers.
• The Al Kindi Material describes the process
employed on the trailers as an attempt to improve
upon one originally developed in Russia for the
production of hydrogen for use in meteorological
balloons.
• It is interesting to note that the Al Kindi material
also includes comments (some of which are not particularly
favorable) received from the Iraqi Republican
Guard Artillery in relation to the suitability
of the process for the job it would be required to
Figure 2. Document denoting alleged “hydrogen
production” function.
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