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To: John Hunt who wrote (24352)	12/16/1998 5:07:00 AM
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UNSCOM inspectors leave after Butler U.N. report biz.yahoo.com << Three buses carrying U.N. Special Commission (UNSCOM) weapons inspectors left their Baghdad base on Wednesday, heading for Iraq's Habbaniya airport, witnesses said. Their departure follows a report to the United Nations by UNSCOM head Richard Butler that Iraq had failed to restore full co-operation over weapons inspections. The witnesses said the buses, each carrying around 30 to 40 people, left at 10:15 a.m. (0715 GMT), escorted by a white UNSCOM four-wheel-drive vehicle with U.N. markings. Two trucks loaded with luggage left shortly before the convoy of buses. The U.N. humanitarian staff who run Iraq's oil-for-food programme were meeting to discuss whether they should also leave, the witnesses said. UNSCOM, mandated to supervise the dismantling of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, had around 200 staff, including inspectors, monitors and backup personnel, at the height of its inspections last week. Four teams of inspectors have left since then. The United States said late on Tuesday that the U.N. report criticising Iraq's lack of full compliance with weapons inspections was ''a very serious matter'' and all options, including air strikes, remained open. >> Christmas presents for Sadam?