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| Weapons inspectors fear their HQ may be bugged |
| 2002-11-29 |
| On the second day of the hunt for illicit weapons in Iraq, UN inspectors again found Iraqi officials well-prepared for their "surprise" visits. In response to fears that the inspectors' Baghdad headquarters may be bugged, UN sources said yesterday that the building will be checked with sweeping devices over the weekend. "The problem is that nobody knows if the facility is compromised," the source said. OK, let's have a show of hands from everyone reading this who would have done this as soon as they moved back into Iraq. That's what I thought. One team - which included at least six biological experts - was immediately allowed into a laboratory at al-Dawrah on the outskirts of Baghdad, while another quickly gained admission to a munitions factory at Taji, north of the capital. On Wednesday, a UN team found factory management waiting to greet them at the military-industrial Tahidi plant. "Hi, guys. You're late....I mean, we didn't expect you till..never mind." The inspectors have been anxious to keep their destinations secret to avoid giving the Iraqis time to remove anything from the suspect sites as in previous inspections in the 1990s. Not that they have any WMD. Iraqi officials say this time their readiness is a sign of co-operation and that sites likely to be inspected have been told to stand by for a visit. Sites that are "likely" to be visited are not going to have anything there. It's at those sites where the inspectors are not expected that they might find something. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 The offices bugged? I can't believe it. "Tommorrow you will visit the Bagdad Baby Milk Factory. You will see nothing. When I snap my fingers you will wake up" |
| Posted by: john 2002-11-29 20:06:48 |