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Weapons Inspectors Say They're Getting Good Cooperation

Aired November 29, 2002 - 11:16   ET

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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: U.N. weapons inspectors say they're getting good cooperation from the Iraqis during this week's inspections.
CNN's senior international Nic Robertson is in Baghdad with that perspective.

Nic, it sounds like it's going pretty well so far. I'm not sure if Nic Robertson can hear us yet in Baghdad.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, the inspectors have pretty much had a day off today. They said they would be fine tuning their programs, exactly how they go about their work. There's been -- they come out of their base in the morning, a little bit of confusion as they've picked up the right directions and picked up the Iraqi officials that follow them. But tomorrow now, they get back down to inspections again after their day off today.

We don't know again where they're going. These are supposed to be those no-notice inspections, where they don't tell the Iraqi officials where they're going, but they're likely to be the same type of places we've seen them go to. These are the places that the previous inspection teams went to, and what they want to do is check the inventory of all the equipment at those sites and make sure they have not been re-engaged in the purpose of building weapons of mass destruction.

The inspectors are still waiting for several important things to happen here to help them. Number one, they're expecting perhaps the first of the helicopters. They're going to have eight helicopters eventually at their disposal here. They're waiting for the first one of those to arrive, which will help them get around the country more quickly.

They're waiting for the debuggers to arrive. These are the people who are going to sweep their premises, make sure it's secure, make sure there are no elicit listening devices there -- Carol.

LIN: All right, thank you very much, Nic Robertson, live in Baghdad.

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Aired November 29, 2002 - 11:16   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: U.N. weapons inspectors say they're getting good cooperation from the Iraqis during this week's inspections.
CNN's senior international Nic Robertson is in Baghdad with that perspective.

Nic, it sounds like it's going pretty well so far. I'm not sure if Nic Robertson can hear us yet in Baghdad.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, the inspectors have pretty much had a day off today. They said they would be fine tuning their programs, exactly how they go about their work. There's been -- they come out of their base in the morning, a little bit of confusion as they've picked up the right directions and picked up the Iraqi officials that follow them. But tomorrow now, they get back down to inspections again after their day off today.

We don't know again where they're going. These are supposed to be those no-notice inspections, where they don't tell the Iraqi officials where they're going, but they're likely to be the same type of places we've seen them go to. These are the places that the previous inspection teams went to, and what they want to do is check the inventory of all the equipment at those sites and make sure they have not been re-engaged in the purpose of building weapons of mass destruction.

The inspectors are still waiting for several important things to happen here to help them. Number one, they're expecting perhaps the first of the helicopters. They're going to have eight helicopters eventually at their disposal here. They're waiting for the first one of those to arrive, which will help them get around the country more quickly.

They're waiting for the debuggers to arrive. These are the people who are going to sweep their premises, make sure it's secure, make sure there are no elicit listening devices there -- Carol.

LIN: All right, thank you very much, Nic Robertson, live in Baghdad.

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