Word: duelfer
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Iraq's overall concealment efforts are highly organized and involve thousands of people, according to Charles Duelfer, the American who is deputy chief weapons inspector of the Special Commission. He says they are operated by the national intelligence service, Mukhabarat; the Amn al-Khass, a security unit dedicated to hiding information; and the Special Republican Guards, troops responsible for the security of Saddam, his offices and palaces. Iraq routinely bars the U.N. from what it calls "presidential-residential" buildings, saying they are out of bounds. When Iraqi officials talk up the need for the inspectors to respect "the sovereignty...