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Wednesday November 21 3:27 PM ET Iraq Says to Consider Return of Weapons Monitoring BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said it would consider accepting monitoring of its weapons program if trade sanctions imposed by the United Nations were lifted. ``We will consider a return of the monitoring (of weapons) after the lifting of sanctions,'' Iraq's Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said in an interview with the London-based Arabic-language Alhayat newspaper published on Wednesday. U.N. weapons inspectors have been barred from Iraq since December 1998. The last team left shortly before the United States and British launched a bombing campaign after the weapons inspectors said Baghdad was obstructing their work. The arms experts had been trying to investigate sites where Iraq was suspected of storing or manufacturing weapons of mass destruction. Sabri said the U.N. Security Council should first lift sanctions and rid the Middle East region of weapons of mass destruction before Iraq would consider allowing any new monitoring. On Monday the United States accused Iraq and North Korea of having biological weapons. Iraq admits it once had a program to develop germ warfare weapons, but says all stocks were subsequently destroyed. However, Washington says Baghdad has strengthened its biological weaponry since barring the U.N. inspectors. The United Nations imposed sanctions on Iraq after it invaded Kuwait in 1990. Baghdad has rejected a U.N. resolution adopted in December 1999 which calls for the suspension of sanctions if it allows weapons inspectors to return. Sabri also said he expected a normal rollover of the U.N.-administered oil-for-food deal when it comes to an end in November 30. The Security Council must approve a resolution either to extend the current program or revamp it. The program allows Baghdad to sell oil to buy food and medicine. The oil revenues are controlled by the United Nations, which pays suppliers of goods to Iraq. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
