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| Iraq inspections: An' they're off! |
| 2002-11-27 |
| United Nations weapons inspectors set out Wednesday on their first searches for evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in nearly four years. They split up into two teams and fanned out to locations in the eastern and western outskirts of Baghdad. CNN's Nic Robertson followed the International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear inspection team, which made a three-hour stop at the Tahadi industrial complex in eastern Baghdad. Nic once found his butt with both hands, but he wasn't sure that was what it was... U.N. inspectors, focusing on the search for evidence of chemical weapons, biological weapons and missiles, visited a site in the western part of the Iraqi capital. The plant's director-general, speaking to reporters after the inspection, said no weapons of mass destruction were being made there. "No, no. We manufacture chickens..." Robertson said Iraqi officials allowed limited access to journalists because they insist the country doesn't have weapons of mass destruction and they want to show the world that Iraq has nothing to hide. If that's the case, why don't they allow unlimited access to journalists? With reporters as skilled as Nic, they still wouldn't have much to worry about... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 If indeed it IS dangerous in there, then we've got all the more reason to let the press in. |
| Posted by: Emperor Misha I 2002-11-27 19:47:58 |
| #2 The media is complaining about being denyed access. Hey, guys, you see the folks in the moon suits? Do ya think it might be dangerous to be inside? They are looking for chemical and biological weapons, after all. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2002-11-27 11:22:34 |
| #1 Interesting that air-raid sirens went off during the inspections - the news video showed a plane at high altitude leaving contrails - probably ours, watching the Iraqis scoot stuff out the back doors |
| Posted by: Frank G 2002-11-27 11:15:24 |