THE 1970S 1969 1979
CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Oil fields
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Desalination plants
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Weapons of mass destruction
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Military helicopters
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Detailed explanation-1: -Yes. UNSCOM inspectors discovered that Iraq was secretly importing missile components and other materials for making weapons of mass destruction while the inspection regime was underway. To thwart the inspectors, Iraq built clandestine laboratories that were mobile, underground, or contained in civilian factories.
Detailed explanation-2: -Weapons inspector. Ritter worked as a weapons inspector for the United Nations Special Commission from 1991 to 1998, which was charged with finding and destroying all weapons of mass destruction and WMD-related manufacturing capabilities in Iraq.
Detailed explanation-3: -July 1992-UNSCOM begins destroying Iraqi chemical weapons and production facilities. July 6-29, 1992-Inspectors are prevented from searching the Ministry of Agriculture by Iraqi officials. July 5, 1993-UNSCOM leaves Iraq.