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UN Wants Inspectors In Iraq
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2005-04-16
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The United Nations wants inspectors to go back to Iraq and verify that 37 sites which were once monitored for potential nuclear arms materials are dismantled.
Mohammed ElBaradei, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told the UN Security Council that the sites in question had been looted or sold as scrap since the U.S. invasion of two years ago.
According to a News.com.au article,
Before the invasion, the Vienna-based IAEA kept track of radiation and other materials to clear up any lingering questions about Baghdad's now-defunct nuclear arms program and watch for illegal trafficking in radioactive material.
Mr ElBaradei said that the IAEA was monitoring by satellite 141 of the 175 locations that had contributed to Iraq's clandestine program or had "technical capabilities of some value for the resumption of a nuclear program".
"This assessment has revealed significant dismantling and removal activities at 37 of the most capable sites since March 2003," said ElBaradei.
U.N. nuclear, biological, chemical and missile inspectors were barred from Iraq by the Bush administration after the invasion.
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