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...Iraqi officials say they believe Washington suggested the choice of al-Sajoud palace that day to U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspections Commission (UNMOVIC) chief Hans Blix for a different reason. Iraqi officials assert that the Americans directed inspectors to the compound because they thought Saddam was in the area and they wanted to see how accurately U.S. intelligence was tracking his movements. However the site was chosen, Baghdad believes Washington may have wound up with useful information. Since the Tuesday- morning destination was a secret, inspectors were surprised to be greeted within 10 minutes of their arrival by none other...
...what Washington knows about Iraq's arsenal. So, say impatient U.S. officials, the effective way to ferret out arms is to get more insiders like Izzadine al-Majid to squeal. That is why National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice traveled to New York City last week to press unmovic's Blix to carry out Point 5, the section of the U.N. mandate authorizing unrestricted access to Iraq's scientists, who can be taken out of the country, with their families, for questioning. The Administration proposes offering asylum to such witnesses and their families if they disclose crucial information...
...Security Council members until UN inspectors have analyzed its contents and determined whether any portions need to remain classified, in order to avoid making information public that could help others manufacture weapons of mass destruction. The Security Council will be briefed on the declaration by UNMOVIC chief Hans Blix early next week...
...that the U.S. is putting pressure on UNMOVIC to make aggressive use of its power to take Iraqi scientists and their families out of their country to be interviewed beyond the reach of Saddam's retribution. Some Washington hawks have even suggested that the scientists be forcibly removed, although Blix dismissed suggestions that UNMOVIC would "abduct" people. Still, Washington's efforts to toughen up the inspection regime may focus on this particular dimension, which may also be the most difficult one for Saddam to digest. But the U.S. may be frustrated by the limits on its ability to direct UNMOVIC...
...able to point the UNMOVIC inspectors to sites, individuals or documents that will prove Saddam is lying. Washington has the advantage, of course, in that Saddam doesn't know what Bush knows about the Iraqis' doings. Nor, of course, do the rest of us, from UNMOVIC chief Hans Blix on down. The coming weeks will not only test Saddam's claim that he has no weapons of mass destruction; they will also test whatever evidence Washington offers to the contrary...