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Visiting Iraqi Inspection Site
Aired December 09, 2002 - 14:17 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: To the weapons hunt in Iraq now. Pentagon officials accused Baghdad of hiding weapons stocks. As recently as the last few weeks, they say they have evidence that biological material has been put in the mobile trucks. Some materials were moved under ground and into bunkers. And Iraq points to a declaration as proof that it no longer holds prohibited weapons.
While the U.N. analyzes the hefty document, the inspections go on.
CNN's Nic Robertson went along for a second visit to a chemical facility.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): The now familiar early-morning handshake, Iraqi officials greeting the U.N. experts before chasing them through Baghdad's rundown suburbs past the mew (ph) shepherds in the country, to the day's inspection site, this day, Fallujah military-industrial complex, 60 kilometers northwest of Baghdad. Day 10 of the inspections, a day of possible discovery for the chemical, biological and missile experts examining the partially-destroyed chemical complex; a day also of expectations for the U.S. and other governments pressing the inspectors ever harder to show progress.
According to site officials, the inspectors questioning them for 3 1/2 hours.
THAER HAZEM, CHLORINE ENGINEER: They all repeat all of the questions they asked before. There is not any new questions, like how many numbers are here, how much you produce, where you send your production?
ROBERTSON: These officials, happy to talk privately, but only on-site.
HAZEM: If they want to speak with us, they can speak with us here. We are Iraqi, and we don't leave Iraq.
ROBERTSON: Much of this chlorine and phenol production facility, bombed in '91 and '98, rebuilt each time. Much of the equipment now producing detergent and water purifiers, according to site officials, has been under U.N. monitoring since the early 1990s.
All such equipment, recorded in Iraq's declaration of weapons of mass destruction. HAZEM: We put all of the information from '91 until '98 and all of the information from '98, what was the movement, what did we do?
ROBERTSON (on camera): Now, Iraq's declaration is undergoing expert analysis in New York and Vienna, the focus on Iraq's cooperation with U.N. Resolution 1441 is likely turning there. The pressure to get results, however, remains here with the inspectors.
Nic Robertson, CNN, Fallujah, Iraq.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired December 9, 2002 - 14:17 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: To the weapons hunt in Iraq now. Pentagon officials accused Baghdad of hiding weapons stocks. As recently as the last few weeks, they say they have evidence that biological material has been put in the mobile trucks. Some materials were moved under ground and into bunkers. And Iraq points to a declaration as proof that it no longer holds prohibited weapons.
While the U.N. analyzes the hefty document, the inspections go on.
CNN's Nic Robertson went along for a second visit to a chemical facility.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): The now familiar early-morning handshake, Iraqi officials greeting the U.N. experts before chasing them through Baghdad's rundown suburbs past the mew (ph) shepherds in the country, to the day's inspection site, this day, Fallujah military-industrial complex, 60 kilometers northwest of Baghdad. Day 10 of the inspections, a day of possible discovery for the chemical, biological and missile experts examining the partially-destroyed chemical complex; a day also of expectations for the U.S. and other governments pressing the inspectors ever harder to show progress.
According to site officials, the inspectors questioning them for 3 1/2 hours.
THAER HAZEM, CHLORINE ENGINEER: They all repeat all of the questions they asked before. There is not any new questions, like how many numbers are here, how much you produce, where you send your production?
ROBERTSON: These officials, happy to talk privately, but only on-site.
HAZEM: If they want to speak with us, they can speak with us here. We are Iraqi, and we don't leave Iraq.
ROBERTSON: Much of this chlorine and phenol production facility, bombed in '91 and '98, rebuilt each time. Much of the equipment now producing detergent and water purifiers, according to site officials, has been under U.N. monitoring since the early 1990s.
All such equipment, recorded in Iraq's declaration of weapons of mass destruction. HAZEM: We put all of the information from '91 until '98 and all of the information from '98, what was the movement, what did we do?
ROBERTSON (on camera): Now, Iraq's declaration is undergoing expert analysis in New York and Vienna, the focus on Iraq's cooperation with U.N. Resolution 1441 is likely turning there. The pressure to get results, however, remains here with the inspectors.
Nic Robertson, CNN, Fallujah, Iraq.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
