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...Iraq targeted Ritter because he was investigating Iraqi techniques of concealing evidence and how Baghdad was able to spy on UNSCOM," says Dowell. Ritter left Iraq Friday ? rotated, not withdrawn ? after having been stopped from making inspections all week. But the evasion began earlier: As Dowell says, "the Iraqis appear to be aware in advance of UNSCOM's intentions." When the U.N. inspectors went in search of a set of documents from an Iraqi facility Monday, all the documents on their list ? and only those ? were missing...
BAGHDAD: Chief U.N. arms inspector Richard Butler says there?s no way out of the standoff over Iraq?s weapons of mass destruction and its refusal to grant UNSCOM access to presidential sites. But don?t expect any military action as a result, says TIME correspondent William Dowell...
BAGHDAD: The UNSCOM inspectors have long suspected Iraqis of sneaking suspect materials out even as they entered a site. But a report in Tuesday's New York Times reveals that U-2 surveillance flights confirm that the so-called "no-notice" inspections are a mockery. Iraq knows about the spot checks ahead of time, said U.S. military sources, and moves equipment accordingly. It's even suggested that UNSCOM inspectors are being spied on at U.N. headquarters in New York...
BAGHDAD: Not another Iraq-U.S. standoff? The two nations traded harsh words over allowing U.N. weapons inspectors to search presidential palaces. While some 75 UNSCOM monitors and a U-2 continued unimpeded in their hunt for chemical and biological weapons Monday, Iraq is continuing to withhold access to 63 possible weapons sites ? including Saddam Hussein's 47 presidential compounds...
Back to Baghdad The U.N. weapons inspection team that left Iraq after the expulsion of its American members returned to work today, as both sides claimed victory in the standoff. Will Saddam allow UNSCOM to operate freely this time? Full Story...