SE Kri1· I I UN 4S IFIED I RELEASED IN FULL r 7 octobar 1980 Proposed tor an Response Assessment to of a Reque the Damage Done Prime to Ministe Li the Tuwaitha As Nuclear Research Center in Iraq S •I i ' I i I The attack against the Iraqi nuclear researeh enter on I 30 September by two Phantom jets appe ra to have re$ulted in I I l only minor d qe Activities at theJeenter probcµ ly will not be I aignif icantly affected over the long term S j I OGconfirmed reports state that more than one bpildin9 at ·the Tuwaitha research center was hit We have been able to i confirm damage at only o e buildinq--a storage strupture adjacent I that contains the new French-supplied_ reactors Many holes are scattered along the length of the stpra9e buildinq in-a-pattern-that suggests a str fin9 appr ach fromi the southwest a course aimed approximateiy at the reac or building ·cs I ---··· ------ - -·- _____ __ The contents of the da mo ged buildins a canno be I • • I i determined It is p6ssible that somei equipment int2nded for i installation in the new research facrlities was da lliaqed or I des royed by the attack Some shortlterm delays i th com- letion of the new research laborator ies may there re enaue S -- - TJNI f-ED STATES DE PA RTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY HARRY RMELONE ATE CASE ID 19 SEP 2006 200304282 -· I j ' I CLA ssIFIED I - -·------· ---------- ----- •• s •• • - ·-· · h '···- -·