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Iraq to Submit Report Proving Destruction of Nerve Agents
Aired March 14, 2003 - 06:04 ET
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HOLLY FIRFER, CNN ANCHOR: Let's go live to Iraq for more on all of this. Our Rym Brahimi joins us from Baghdad.
Hello -- Rym.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Holly.
Well, a spokesman from the U.N. inspections team here says that Iraq is likely to submit a report on VX today to the United Nations. It's not clear whether it will be submitted here in Baghdad or to the United Nations headquarters in New York; that report to allow Iraq to detail how it can prove that it destroyed in 1991 the quantities of VX it says it destroyed back them. Another report on anthrax is also expected to be handed over shortly.
Now, despite the death of an inspector in a car accident yesterday, inspections do continue. Today at least five sites being checked out, including the site where the destruction of the Al Samoud 2 missiles has been under way in the past couple of weeks, as well as a lot of destruction that's happened in the past couple of weeks, not only of missiles but also of missile components, of engines, of various parts related to the Al Samoud 2 missile.
Now, today is Friday. It's a Muslim day of rest. At the government mosque, the sermon was broadcast on Iraqi TV with a preacher calling on all Americans to rise up against President Bush, saying that a sign of victory for Iraq was very near because of this dispute at the United Nations Security Council -- Holly.
FIRFER: Thank you so much, Rym.
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Aired March 14, 2003 - 06:04 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
HOLLY FIRFER, CNN ANCHOR: Let's go live to Iraq for more on all of this. Our Rym Brahimi joins us from Baghdad.
Hello -- Rym.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Holly.
Well, a spokesman from the U.N. inspections team here says that Iraq is likely to submit a report on VX today to the United Nations. It's not clear whether it will be submitted here in Baghdad or to the United Nations headquarters in New York; that report to allow Iraq to detail how it can prove that it destroyed in 1991 the quantities of VX it says it destroyed back them. Another report on anthrax is also expected to be handed over shortly.
Now, despite the death of an inspector in a car accident yesterday, inspections do continue. Today at least five sites being checked out, including the site where the destruction of the Al Samoud 2 missiles has been under way in the past couple of weeks, as well as a lot of destruction that's happened in the past couple of weeks, not only of missiles but also of missile components, of engines, of various parts related to the Al Samoud 2 missile.
Now, today is Friday. It's a Muslim day of rest. At the government mosque, the sermon was broadcast on Iraqi TV with a preacher calling on all Americans to rise up against President Bush, saying that a sign of victory for Iraq was very near because of this dispute at the United Nations Security Council -- Holly.
FIRFER: Thank you so much, Rym.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
