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United Nations Weapons Inspectors Back at Work on Second Day of Inspections

Aired November 28, 2002 - 06:29   ET

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CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: And now we're going to continue our coverage on the situation in Iraq as the hunt continues for weapons of mass destruction. United Nations weapons inspectors back at work on their second day of weapons inspections.
And CNN's Nic Robertson joining us from Baghdad with the latest from there -- hello, Nic.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Catherine.

Well, one team of inspectors spent four hours at what was a former animal vaccine plant factory on the south side of Baghdad. Now, according to Iraqi officials, that plant has ceased making the hoof and mouth animal vaccine back in 1991. But it was a site that was very, very familiar to U.N. weapons inspectors back in the '90s. In 1996 they went there and destroyed what they believed to be a botulinin toxin production facility. They smashed pipes and took away fermenters from that site. Now, botulinin toxin is the most deadly of all the biological warfare agents.

CNN's Rym Brahimi was at that site when those inspectors were there this morning. She was able to talk afterwards with the plant director. He said that the inspectors had come, that it was a surprise that they'd come. We know that the inspectors have been planning surprise inspections. He was confirming that. He said that they had taken away samples from the site and he said that they'd been able to do everything that they wanted to do, that there had been no problems.

Now, some of the staff there at that site, there's a small number of staff, said that they were also familiar with the weapons inspectors because weapons inspectors had visited that particular site often in the 1990s.

We also know that a team of nuclear inspectors went to a site on the north side of Baghdad, as well today, Catherine.

CALLAWAY: All right, thank you.

That's Nic Robertson with the very latest on the U.N. weapons inspections still under way in day two there in Baghdad for us.

Thank you, Nic.

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Day of Inspections>


Aired November 28, 2002 - 06:29   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: And now we're going to continue our coverage on the situation in Iraq as the hunt continues for weapons of mass destruction. United Nations weapons inspectors back at work on their second day of weapons inspections.
And CNN's Nic Robertson joining us from Baghdad with the latest from there -- hello, Nic.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Catherine.

Well, one team of inspectors spent four hours at what was a former animal vaccine plant factory on the south side of Baghdad. Now, according to Iraqi officials, that plant has ceased making the hoof and mouth animal vaccine back in 1991. But it was a site that was very, very familiar to U.N. weapons inspectors back in the '90s. In 1996 they went there and destroyed what they believed to be a botulinin toxin production facility. They smashed pipes and took away fermenters from that site. Now, botulinin toxin is the most deadly of all the biological warfare agents.

CNN's Rym Brahimi was at that site when those inspectors were there this morning. She was able to talk afterwards with the plant director. He said that the inspectors had come, that it was a surprise that they'd come. We know that the inspectors have been planning surprise inspections. He was confirming that. He said that they had taken away samples from the site and he said that they'd been able to do everything that they wanted to do, that there had been no problems.

Now, some of the staff there at that site, there's a small number of staff, said that they were also familiar with the weapons inspectors because weapons inspectors had visited that particular site often in the 1990s.

We also know that a team of nuclear inspectors went to a site on the north side of Baghdad, as well today, Catherine.

CALLAWAY: All right, thank you.

That's Nic Robertson with the very latest on the U.N. weapons inspections still under way in day two there in Baghdad for us.

Thank you, Nic.

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