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Neutral observers must monitor arms inspections: Iraq
Iraq is to say it will agree to the return of UN arms inspectors if they are accompanied by neutral observers including British religious leaders, union officials and the media. The Independent, quoting what it described as senior diplomatic sources, said Baghdad was sending a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, which was likely to demand that any observers ensure the inspections are not spying missions. The letter would also demand that "doctored findings of weapons of mass destruction" were not used to justify an American attack against the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the sources told the paper. Iraq would insist that a large proportion of the delegation came from Europe, and that the United Nations does not let the US administration veto its composition. And they should all be redheads. And left-handed... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-08-16 |
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