IRAQ: U.N. ARMS INSPECTORS LEAVE BADHDAD HEADQUARTERS TO START THEIR FIRST FIELD MISSION IN IRAQ
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584728
IRAQ: U.N. ARMS INSPECTORS LEAVE BADHDAD HEADQUARTERS TO START THEIR FIRST FIELD MISSION IN IRAQ
- Title: IRAQ: U.N. ARMS INSPECTORS LEAVE BADHDAD HEADQUARTERS TO START THEIR FIRST FIELD MISSION IN IRAQ
- Date: 27th November 2002
- Summary: (W2) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 27, 2002) (REUTERS ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV OF HOTEL (2 SHOTS) 0.09 2. SLV U.N CARS LEAVING 0.22 3. SLV U.N INSPECTORS GETTING INTO CARS 0.33 4. SLV CARS LEAVING (2 SHOTS) 1.07 5. MCU (English) MELISSA FLEMING SENIOR INFORMATION OFFICER SAYING: "Every body feels anxious to get going and very determined to start this systematic inspections, we just hope that these things will go well and good day of inspection." 1.25 6. SV/SLV FLEMING GETTING INTO CAR AND CAR DRIVING AWAY (3 SHOTS) 1.42 7. MCU (English) MOHAMMED AL-ADHAMI AN IRAQI MP SAYING: "We hope that the inspection teams will accomplish their job within the legal framework of their task and Mr. Blix actually give a positive sign of that because he promised he won't allow any body to work with two hats." 2.02 8. SLV U.N. INSPECTORS LEAVING IN CARS 2.13 9. CU OF U.N FLAG 2.17 10. SLV U.N. INSPECTORS ARRIVING AT THE U.N. COMPOUND 2.19 11. LV OF COMPOUND 2.23 12. SV U.N WEAPONS INSPECTORS PREPARING TO LEAVE (2 SHOTS) 2.47 13. SLV MEDIA 2.50 14. SLV INSPECTORS PREPARING TO LEAVE 3.24 15. CU OF U.N. FLAG 3.28 16. SLV OF U.N INSPECTORS LEAVING (2 SHOTS) 4.07 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 12th December 2002 12:00
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- Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
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- Story Text: U.N. arms inspectors left their Baghdad headquarters on
Wednesday to start their first field mission in Iraq in four
years.
Inspectors will interview Iraqi witnesses they believe
have information about weapons programmes and would, if
necessary, take witnesses abroad for questioning.
The 17 inspectors who arrived late on Monday have met
Iraqi officials and prepared equipment to vet hundreds of
sites.
Some inspectors have been in Iraq before. The first group
is made up of 11 officials from UNMOVIC,
charged with searching for missiles, chemical and biological
weapons and six from the IAEA to investigate nuclear
facilities.
A further 30 to 35 inspectors will fly in on December 8
and by late December there should be between 80 and 100 in
Iraq.
Speaking earlier Melissa Fleming a spokeswoman for the IAEA
agency said.
"I think everybody feels excited and anxious to get going and
very determined to start this systematic inspection," she
said.
They drove by car to their headquarters at the old Canal
Hotel on the Baghdad outskirts before setting off on their
first inspection tour.
"We are just hopeful that things will go well today. We
are looking forward to a good day of inspection," Fleming
said.
The inspections are in line with U.N. Security Council
Resolution 1441 that offers Iraq a last chance to give up its
alleged weapons of mass destruction, which it denied
possessing.
The United States has threatened to attack Iraq if it does
not disarm.
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