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-- UPDATE 1-ElBaradei says Iraq needs drastic attitude change -- (Adds more quotes, background) By Michele Kambas LARNACA, Cyprus, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency, said on Friday Iraq needed to show quick and drastic change in its cooperation with U.N. weapons inspectors. ElBaradei, who arrived in Cyprus on his way to Baghdad on Saturday with chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix, said "closure" was needed on the issues of chemical and biological missiles. "Time is critical and we need to show quick progress and we need to show drastic change on the part of Iraq in cooperation on these areas," he told reporters. ElBaradei and Blix, who heads teams searching for any biological and chemical weapons, leave Baghdad on Monday to prepare their crucial next report to the Security Council on February 14. Blix will travel to New York and ElBaradei to his International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna. The United States has said the weekend visit is crucial in deciding if Iraq is cooperating with weapons inspections. Iraq said U.N. inspectors held on Thursday their first private interview with an Iraqi scientist linked to previous banned weapons programmes. The interview followed U.N. demands that inspectors be allowed to interview scientists on their own without Iraqi officials present. But Iraq has so far refused to allow U2 spyplanes to overfly its territory -- a key sticking point. On Friday, Blix welcomed the private interview with the scientist, but said he wanted to see "a lot more" during his weekend visit to Iraq. "We want to see disarmament of Iraq through the inspection process," he said in a speech in Vienna to new weapons inspectors being sent to Iraq. "It requires active cooperation from Iraq, not on process but on substance." ((Reporting by Michele Kambas; editing by Charles Dick; Reuters Messaging charles.dick.reuters.com@reuters.net)) (C) Reuters 2003. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. nL07194460 07-Feb-2003 15:53:48 GMT Source RTRS - Reuters News