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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (22241)7/14/2003 7:49:13 PM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89467
 
BUSH LIES DEPT.: Inspector Disputes U.S. Claims on Iraq

lewisnews.com

A top U.N. weapons hunter says it would have been ``virtually impossible'' for Iraq to revive a nuclear bomb program with equipment recently dug up from a Baghdad backyard, as the Bush administration contends. Jacques Baute said the long-term monitoring of Iraq's nuclear establishment planned by the U.N. Security Council would have stifled any attempt to build a huge uranium-enrichment plant for making bomb material. ``This is a mistake people are making,'' Baute said. Such contentions ignore the fact that Iraq would have operated for years under international controls had the U.N. plan not been aborted by war, he said. Baute also said in an interview with The Associated Press that it appears the unearthed cache of uranium enrichment parts, surrendered by an Iraqi scientist last month, lacked critical components, and its accompanying blueprints were marred by errors. ...
(Offsite) Posted on: 7/14/2003 2:40:00 PM - Read Article

guardian.co.uk