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File: 950901_03912422_9.txtAL QAIM SUPERPHOSPHATE FTLZR PLNT Filename:03912422.9 SUBJECT: AL QAIM SUPERPHOSPHATE FTLZR PLNT PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 124229 GENDATE: 950718 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE RATMCIEB YEKDQA 7007 0521459-MIDO--YEKDQX . ZNY MMIDO ZNZ1 ZKZK RR AAZ DE HEADER R 211459Z FEB 91 ZYS [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AL QAIM SUPERPHOSPHATE FTLZR PLNT/[ (b)(2) ] /CTY:IZ/Y// [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]// RMK/THE AL QAIM SUPERPHOSPHATE FERTILIZER PLANT, APPROXIMATELY 180 /NM NORTHWEST OF BAGHDAD AND 20 NM EAST OF THE SYRIAN BORDER, /SUSTAINED ADDITIONAL BOMB DAMAGE SINCE 15 FEBRUARY. DAMAGE WAS [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AT THE PLANT'S URANIUM EXTRACTION AREA AND AT AN /UNIDENTIFIED BUNKER IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PLANT. THE ROOF OF /THE URANIUM EXTRACTION BUILDING HAD COLLAPSED, AND A PIPE GALLERY /THAT FORMERLY CONNECTED TO THE EXTRACTION BUILDING HAD BEEN /DAMAGED AND SCORCHED ALONG ITS LENGTH. NEARBY, A HEAVILY-SECURED /BUNKER IMMEDIATELY NORTHWEST OF THE CHEMICAL PLANT HAS BEEN /DAMAGED SINCE 15 FEBRUARY. ONE SECTION OF THE ROOF OF THE BUNKER /HAS COLLAPSED, AND A BUILDING ADJACENT TO THE BUNKER HAS BEEN /DEMOLISHED. / /IN ADDITION, SEVERAL FIRES WERE BURNING WITHIN AN OPEN STORAGE /AREA BETWEEN THE URANIUM EXTRACTION PLANT AND THE ROTARY KILNS. A LARGE WHITE CLOUD OF SMOKE WAS EMANATING FROM THE AREA [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]. A BULLDOZER WAS APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING /TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRES, WHILE AT LEAST THREE TRUCKS WERE NEARBY /POSSIBLY ASSISTING IN THE FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS. // [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
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