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To: Rocket Red who wrote (2973)	1/27/2003 12:39:57 PM
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United Nations, Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- United Nations chief arms inspector Hans Blix said UN monitors have evidence that Iraq is developing VX nerve gas, has more anthrax than acknowledged and is deploying missiles that may violate UN curbs. ``Iraq appears not to have come to a genuine acceptance, even today, of the disarmament,'' Blix told the UN Security Council in his first formal assessment of the 60-day search for weapons of mass destruction. Blix, whose testimony may influence whether Security Council members agree to back a U.S.-led coalition to disarm Iraq, said the Iraqis have given UN inspectors access to all weapons sites, a contention backed by Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who reported to the UN after Blix. While Blix did not specifically ask the Security Council for more time for inspections, ElBaradei pleaded for a few more months, saying it ``would be a valuable investment in peace because they would help us avoid a war.'' Blix said inspectors are checking on information provided by unidentified governments that the Iraqis are concealing weapons, including mobile biological weapons laboratories. Chemical Agents He said 1,000 tons of chemical agents have not been accounted for, repeating his contention that Iraq's 12,000-page declaration last month of its weapons arsenal ``does not seem to contain any new evidence'' demanded by the UN. He called on Iraq to explain gaps in the declaration. ``Significant questions about Scud type missiles stand out,'' he said.