U.N. team still under detention
Bush warns Iraq — cooperate or face consequences
UN IT LID NATIONS (Al’J
Ir<>i] on Tuesday detained T1
U N. inspectors for the second
day in a row and accused them
of tioing CIA spies as the crisis
over Ira(]i compliance with
U N cease-fire terms appeared
to l>e coming to a climax.
Troops surrounded the in
spectors. who parked their cars
in a circle to protect themselves
and the videotapes of docu
ments said to show details of
Iraq's secret nuclear weapons
program, its foreign suppliers
and top Iraqi direc tors
President Bush condemned
Baghdad's "unacceptable be
havior," and warned Saddam
Hussein not to "miscalculate”
as he did during the Ctilf War
"We don't want to see any
more anguish inflicted on the
Iraqi people, but overriding
that is thee international com
munity's determination that
these resolutions he fully corn
plied with," Bush said in Now
York.
Underlining U S displeasure:,
a senior Pentagon official said
100 Patriot missiles and 1,1100
troops would he sent to Saudi
Arabia to ease that nation's
concern over rising tensions in
the Persian Cull region
The United States hud
warned Iraq that its refusal to
cooperate with t N inspec tors
could force: the council to au
thori/.e the: use of troops anil
warplanes to protee t the teams
inside Iraq
Late; Tuesday. U N officials
said Iraq hud agreed to allow
U N inspectors to use helicop
ters tor their inspec lions, a ma
jor demand of the SucuriU
Countd
British Ambassador David
Hannay said Iraq's letter to the
Security Council's president,
I'ri'iu h Amhassodor Jean Bor
nard Merlmee, "appears to ho
an unconditional acceptance
for the right of the t anted Na
lions inspection teams to tl\
their helicopters we regard
this letter as an unconditional
acceptance ''
Hannay said the IJ N weap
ons inspectors will promptly
schedule helicopter flights The
inspectors are still trapped on
their has, he said But Iraq’s ac
ceptance of the flights indicat
ed u willingness to resolve the
crisis.
Iraq sent another letter to
Merimee on Tuesday complain
ing about the behavior of the
Inspectors, in particular the
American director of the team.
At a mms conference in
Baghdad, Iraqi Deputy I’rlinn
Minister Tariq A/.i/. no used the
team leader of being "an officer
of tilt? II S intelligence ser
vice, " the official !rni|i News
Agency reported
David Kay, who heads the
nuclear team in Baghdad,
called the charge "completely
ridiculous and untrue " I’enla
gon spokesman Pete Williams
called it a "ludicrous allega
tion."
As for Iraqi charges that they
had had "trouble" from his
team, Kay said, that if his team
had a problem "it is because
vve are very close to finding out
the true scope and nature of the
Iraqi program
On Monday, hay's U N team
was detained for 12 hours in a
Baghdad building after finding
what they said was evidence
that Iraq lias been trying to de
velop nuclear weapons Iraqi
troops seized the papers, and
although some were returned
early Tuesday. UN officials
said key documents were miss
ing
‘We don't want to
see any more
anguish inflicted on
the Iraqi people,
but overriding that
is the international
community’s
determination that
these resolutions
be fully complied
with.’
President Bush
Wtii’ii tin: inspector* began
tlldir work. Tuesday, using a
video camera at u building of
the Iraqi Atomic l.nergy (aim
mission, they found documents
that gave a fuller picture of
lr.i(('s secret nuclear program,
detailing the people overseeing
the work and the foreign com
parlies that supplied nuclear
materials, Kay said
But Iraqi troops surrounded
the U N team and refused to let
it take away papers and film of
documents gathered in the
unannounced search. Iraqi offi
dais said the inspectors would
not be allowed to leave unless
thoy surrendered (In- material
Kay reported (hut the inspit -
tors with holed up in six cars
and a bus parked in a circle
outside the commission They
were blocked from leaving by
(>() armed Iraqi security men at
midday, and were still sur
rounded more than !t! hours
later.
Kay said the team had "no
Intention of giving up that
film " The inspection teams
routinely videotape and photo
graph the documents they ev
amine
Kav spoke in several live in
lerviows with Cable News Net
work from Baghdad, using a
portable satellite telephone
The unusual blow-by-blow ac
count of a developing interna
lional incident seemed intend
ed to pressure Saddam's gov
eminent to hack oil
"It's essential lor the interna
lional community's" long-term
stability that inspectors have
the right to freely inspect, to
collect data, to remove it for
analysis, hay said
Iraqi officials claimed the
team took personnel records
unrelated to Iraq's nuclear re
search program On Monday,
the Iraq is claimed they objected
to not readying ret eipls lor the
material
Kav said. We were taking
information on the lop person
nel in the Iraqi nuclear weap
ons program and clandestine
uranium enrii hmenl program
as well as the Imam i.d data on
their procurement abroad ol
items for their clandestine pro
gram "
He said the team also found
documents on long-range mis
silr production.
Roll Kkeus, ( hairrnan oi the
U N Special Commission in
charge ol finding and destroy
ing Iran's weapons of mass de
struction. said Tuesday's search
found evidence as to which for
eign companies had supplied
Saddam's nuclear program He
did not Identify any of the com
panies.
Kkeus said in New York that
the conflict demonstrates that
"wo have a very good system
(of finding material) it dem
onstratns also the importance of
our findings."
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