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Inspection Teams Broadening Search Effort
Aired December 16, 2002 - 10:17 ET
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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: And now to Iraq and the weapons hunt. Inspection teams are broadening their search effort, fanning out to several different sites today.
Our senior international correspondent Nic Robertson is in Baghdad and joins us live now with the latest details.
Nic, hello.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Daryn, hello.
More inspectors here than ever. We were outside the headquarters this morning. We saw at least five teams leave. They have over 100 weapons here in Iraq. One of the teams went to Baghdad University, the first time they've been to an academic institution. That team visited the Biological Institute there.
Another team visiting a former nuclear research facility.
Now, according to Iraq's foreign ministry here, the nuclear inspectors have been asking at these sites that they're visiting for a list of scientists. They've been asking for anyone who has a postgraduate degree, anyone who's involved in past programs or current programs. They've been trying to get a list of names. That is something new. We know that Iraq is under obligation to supply the U.N. weapons inspectors by the end of this month with a list of names, but the inspectors have actually been going out and asking for those names themselves.
The team that we went to Al Dura (ph), an oil refinery, a very large facility on the south side of Baghdad. They appear to be drawing out new maps, around the perimeter and inside of the site.
What we're beginning to see emerge is that because these sites are so big, because they involve so many of the different disciplines, chemical, biological, missile, et cetera, that many times the teams have to make revisits to these sites. So although there are many more inspectors here, they have a huge number of sites, and many times having to revisit those sites, so a lot of work yet be done -- Daryn.
KAGAN: Nic Robertson in Baghdad, thank you very much.
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Aired December 16, 2002 - 10:17 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: And now to Iraq and the weapons hunt. Inspection teams are broadening their search effort, fanning out to several different sites today.
Our senior international correspondent Nic Robertson is in Baghdad and joins us live now with the latest details.
Nic, hello.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Daryn, hello.
More inspectors here than ever. We were outside the headquarters this morning. We saw at least five teams leave. They have over 100 weapons here in Iraq. One of the teams went to Baghdad University, the first time they've been to an academic institution. That team visited the Biological Institute there.
Another team visiting a former nuclear research facility.
Now, according to Iraq's foreign ministry here, the nuclear inspectors have been asking at these sites that they're visiting for a list of scientists. They've been asking for anyone who has a postgraduate degree, anyone who's involved in past programs or current programs. They've been trying to get a list of names. That is something new. We know that Iraq is under obligation to supply the U.N. weapons inspectors by the end of this month with a list of names, but the inspectors have actually been going out and asking for those names themselves.
The team that we went to Al Dura (ph), an oil refinery, a very large facility on the south side of Baghdad. They appear to be drawing out new maps, around the perimeter and inside of the site.
What we're beginning to see emerge is that because these sites are so big, because they involve so many of the different disciplines, chemical, biological, missile, et cetera, that many times the teams have to make revisits to these sites. So although there are many more inspectors here, they have a huge number of sites, and many times having to revisit those sites, so a lot of work yet be done -- Daryn.
KAGAN: Nic Robertson in Baghdad, thank you very much.
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