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Iraq has destroyed 4 more of its UN-prohibited Al Sumoud 2 missiles on Friday, under the supervision of UN weapons inspectors, UN arms inspectors spokesman Hiro Euki said in Baghdad.
Speaking in his daily news briefing about the inspectors activity, Euki said the UN inspectors also supervised the destruction of 7 warheads and some propellant tank cylinder parts at the northern Baghdad Al-Taji Military Camp.
The camp had witnessed since March 1 the destruction of 65 Al Sumoud 2 missiles in response to chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix's demand, who said their range exceeded the 150 kilometers permitted by the United Nations.
Euki said some more material related to Al Sumoud 2 missiles were also destroyed at Baghdad's Waziriya plant, while an UN missile team conducted an aerial inspection of the Taji site.
Another UN arms inspection team also visited Al Muthanna, where some chemical wastes left over by the former UN committee charged with scrapping Iraq's mass destruction weapons.
Since March 1, Iraq has scrapped more than half of its 120 Al Samoud 2 missiles, which are banned by the United Nations as they exceed the range limit of 150 km.
Iraq has pledged to submit documents to the United Nations to prove its destruction of stocks of much feared VX nerve agent and anthrax.
(Xinhua News Agency March 15, 2003)
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