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...member governments seek to uncover whatever illicit weapons programs Iraq might have, few tasks are as urgent as determining whether Baghdad has obtained the smallpox virus. The only declared reserves of the 120 known strains of smallpox are in two labs, in the U.S. and Russia, but fears that Iraq may possess the virus have lately come to a head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Smallpox Scenario | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

...regime from charges that it retains forbidden weapons of mass destruction, thus possibly paving the way for an end to economic sanctions. At the same time, Baghdad suspects the U.S. of exploiting the situation to spy. The U.S. expects the inspections to prove that Saddam is still hoarding illicit weapons and deserves to be forcibly disarmed. For many members of the U.N., a clean--or cleanish--accounting is the only possible hope for heading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saddam is playing nice, but exposing Iraq's arms will take more than surprise palace visits | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

...regime from charges that it retains forbidden weapons of mass destruction, thus possibly paving the way for an end to economic sanctions. At the same time, Baghdad suspects the U.S. of exploiting the situation to spy. The U.S. expects the inspections to prove that Saddam is still hoarding illicit weapons and deserves to be forcibly disarmed. For many members of the U.N., a clean-or cleanish-accounting is the only possible hope for heading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble With Inspections | 12/8/2002 | See Source »

...previous weapons inventories "complete fairy tales." Now Point 3 of Resolution 1441 again requires the regime to list in minute detail what prohibited weapons it has ever produced, stored or documented as well as something equally dangerous but more elusive: its intellectual and industrial capacity to make new illicit weapons after the inspectors go home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble With Inspections | 12/8/2002 | See Source »

...truckload of material is part of the process of obfuscation," he says. It is the U.N.'s responsibility to assess Iraq's report. Officials there said they would not even share the declaration with Security Council members until they had purged any sections that serve as manuals for making illicit weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble With Inspections | 12/8/2002 | See Source »

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