il ▁mechan isms , ▁were ▁ordered ▁from ▁fir ms ▁in ▁Germany , ▁France , ▁Spain , ▁Switzerland , ▁and ▁Italy . ▁Baby ▁Bab yl on ▁was ▁completed , ▁and ▁test ▁sh ots ▁were ▁fired ▁from ▁it , ▁reve aling ▁problems ▁with ▁the ▁se als ▁between ▁the ▁bar rel ▁segments . ▁However , ▁as ▁those ▁were ▁being ▁worked ▁on , ▁Bull ▁was ▁assass in ated ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁possibly ▁by ▁M oss ad , ▁hal ting ▁the ▁project . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁bar rel ▁sections ▁for ▁Big ▁Bab yl on ▁were ▁delivered ▁to , ▁and ▁assemble d ▁on , ▁a ▁site ▁exc av ated ▁from ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁a ▁hill ; ▁instead ▁of ▁being ▁susp ended ▁by ▁c ables ▁from ▁a ▁steel ▁framework ▁as ▁originally ▁planned : ▁calculations ▁had ▁shown ▁that ▁the ▁original ▁support ▁framework ▁would ▁be ▁ins u fficient ly ▁rig id . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁never ▁completed . ▁ ▁In ▁early ▁April ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁custom s ▁officers ▁conf isc ated ▁several ▁pieces ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁Big ▁Bab yl on ▁bar rel , ▁which ▁were ▁dis gu ised ▁as ▁" pet ro chem ical ▁pressure ▁vessels ". ▁The ▁parts ▁were ▁conf isc ated ▁at ▁Te es port ▁D ock s . ▁More ▁pieces ▁were ▁seized ▁in ▁Greece ▁and ▁Turkey ▁in ▁trans it ▁by ▁tr uck ▁to ▁Ira q . ▁Other ▁components , ▁such ▁as ▁slide ▁bear ings ▁for ▁Big ▁Bab yl on , ▁were ▁seized ▁at ▁their ▁manufact ur ers