Dec 05 Saddam Says He Welcomes U.N. Inspections Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein told a group of his government's top officials Thursday that he welcomes the continuation of weapons inspections because he believes honest inspection efforts could exonerate his regime. Continue reading
Dec 04 U.N. Team Inspects Former Iraqi Weapons Facility Inspectors also visited the Al-Twaitha nuclear complex, headed by Iraq's nuclear power authority. Continue reading
Dec 03 U.N. Inspectors Visit Iraqi Palace A United Nations weapons team inspected one of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's presidential palaces Tuesday, as Iraqi officials announced they will comply with a U.N. deadline to declare that the country is free of weapons of mass destruction. Continue reading
Dec 02 British Report Accuses Saddam of Human Rights Abuses British Foreign Secretary Jack Sraw unveiled a report on Monday accusing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein of widespread human rights abuses. Continue reading
Nov 28 Watch View from Northern Iraq with Robin Wright Journalist Robin Wright, the chief diplomatic correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, discusses her recent trip to Northern Iraq. Continue watching
Nov 27 U.N. Team Begins Iraq Weapons Inspections An international inspection team began its work in Iraq Wednesday, searching a military missile-testing range and a state factory in the country's first United Nations-mandated weapons search since 1998. Continue reading
Nov 21 President Bush Wins NATO Backing on Iraq A two-day NATO summit opened in Prague Thursday, with President Bush urging the 19 member countries to demand Iraq "fully and immediately" comply with a United Nations resolution to disarm. Continue reading
Nov 20 Pres. Bush Says Iraq Must Work With U.N., Calls War Last Resort President Bush said that Iraqi disarmament could be reached peacefully if the "collective will of the world is strong," but warned that Saddam Hussein could face "his final stage" as Iraq's leader if he deceives United Nations weapons inspectors. Continue reading
Nov 18 U.N. Weapons Inspectors Arrive in Iraq A team of top United Nations weapons officials and logistics experts arrived in Baghdad Monday to lay the groundwork for the resumption of international inspections for the first time in four years. Continue reading
Nov 13 Iraq Accepts U.N. Resolution Saddam Hussein's government on Wednesday accepted a United Nations resolution calling on Iraq to eliminate its alleged weapons of mass destruction and readmit U.N. weapons inspectors. Continue reading