HC Deb 17 December 1991 vol 201 c149W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when Her Majesty's Government first learned of the military testing role of the Al-Atheer site in Iraq.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The Al-Atheer site was visited by the second (22 June to 3 July 1991) and fourth (27 July to 10 August 1991) nuclear inspections teams. The sixth nuclear inspection team (22 to 30 September 1991) confirmed the linkage between Al-Atheer and the Iraqi nuclear weapons programme.