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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (11708)	2/24/2003 7:21:04 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

CBS: Hussein Will Not Destroy Missiles VOA News 24 Feb 2003, 23:00 UTC voanews.com Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has indicated in an interview that he has no plans to comply with a United Nations demand that he destroy his al-Samoud-2 missiles. American broadcaster Dan Rather, who interviewed President Saddam for CBS television, said the Iraqi leader denied claims by chief U.N. arms inspector Hans Blix that the missiles can fly beyond the U.N. restrictions. Mr. Blix said he expects Iraq to comply with his order to start destroying the al-Samoud-2 missiles by Saturday. He issued the order last week. Mr. Rather also says President Saddam challenged President Bush to a live televised debate on the possible U.S.-led war to disarm Iraq. The White House dismissed the challenge, saying there can be no debating the need for Saddam Hussein to disarm. The spokesman said President Saddam's refusal to acknowledge that the missiles violate U.N. resolutions is another sign that Baghdad will not disarm. U.N. weapons inspectors continued their inventory of the missile program Monday, visiting two factories that make the missiles' engines and guidance systems. Meanwhile, South African disarmament experts are in Baghdad for meetings with Iraqi officials on better cooperation with the weapons inspectors. South African officials say the delegation will share its expertise on dismantling nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. South Africa had programs for such weapons of mass destruction in the 1970s and 1980s. In the early 1990s, it became the first - and so far only - country in the world to voluntarily dismantle such programs.