User:Barchelle/al-Iksandria Explosion 1988

al-Hillah Explosion(1988)

On August 17, 1989, there was a large explosion at a ballistic missile facility in al-Hillah, Iraq. The explosion was not acknowledged by the Iraqi government, but estimates indicate about 700 people were killed.

The DO-1 plant at Al Hillah, south of Baghdad, primarily produces different types of missile propellants. An explosion destroyed parts of this plant on 17 August, 1989. - http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%203600.html

Missile reserach and development is reportedly done at Saad 16 near Mosul, al-Hillah, Fallujah, Karbala and Eskanarya, 80 miles south of Baghdad, where a mysterious explosion last August reportedly killed up to 700 workers. A key project is the Condor-2, a two-stage, solid fuel rocket with a 600-mile range that was a joint Iraqi project with Egypt and Argentina. - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/stories/wartech091790.htm

nytimes article: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7DA1F3DF934A3575AC0A96F948260&n=Top/News/World/Countries%20and%20Territories/Iraq

http://www.theestimate.com/public/030901.html

The day after the explosion, three Egyptian transport aircraft flew dead and injured from Iraq to the al Mazha Air Base in Egypt. Egyptian technicians have been assisting Iraq with the development of the Condor 2 missile. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1989/1989%20-%202786.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farzad_Bazoft