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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (60039)	12/5/2002 3:50:17 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 281500

So far the inspectors have found 4 bottles of Round Up in Saddam's palace work room, ... Actually so far the only thing interesting is what they haven't found: UN arms experts hit first glitch since resuming Iraq inspections United Nations weapons experts say they have discovered that a missile site was missing some equipment tagged four years ago by previous inspection teams. It is the first glitch since the inspections resumed under a tough new UN mandate. UN inspectors descended on the Baghdad research centre formerly used to manufacture long-range missiles. They conducted their longest search yet - six hours - at the al-Waziriya facility north of Baghdad. The missing items included material listed and surveillance systems installed by previous UN inspections teams. Iraqi officials said the missing equipment had either been destroyed by Western bombing, or were moved to other facilities. The al-Karama plant is still a focus of world concern four years after being inspected by UN experts. The site has in the past helped manufacture control systems for medium-range Scud ballistic missiles, banned under UN rules. The al-Waziriya plant was placed under permanent camera monitoring by UNSCOM who charged that its scientists worked on guidance systems for the whole al-Karama missile project. UN inspectors had in the past sought details of what became of the gyroscopes bought by Iraq for the missiles. They also wanted to know what happened to two missiles out of 819 imported and seven others built locally, as well as 500 tonnes of missile fuel. UN inspectors also visited two small industrial sites north of Baghdad that had never been visited by the United Nations Special Commission. Like a third site nearby, they had turned out to be "dedicated to the production of alcohol," a UN spokesman said. The inspectors carried out their work with the clock ticking against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who has until December 8 to come clean on his programme, or else face "serious consequences". channelnewsasia.com