1. All United Nations weapons inspectors will leave Iraq if that country continues to prevent American inspectors from doing their job, U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen said. 2. Inspectors have been prevented from taking away missile parts dug up from the desert. 3. It stopped work at its Yongbyon nuclear facility, but it has prevented UN inspectors from removing fuel rods and determining if plutonium had been diverted for military use. 4. Just this week, Iraq prevented inspectors from visiting three suspected weapons sites. 5. That bombing occurred after Baghdad prevented weapons inspectors from using the Habbaniyah airfield, effectively preventing short-notice inspections. 6. The crisis with Iraq began last month when Iraqi officials began preventing U.N. inspectors from going through suspected facilities to produce weapons of mass destruction. 7. The crisis with Iraq began last month when Iraqi officials began preventing U.N. inspectors from going through suspected weapons of mass destruction facilities. 8. The codes cannot not be enforced in any case, because an agreement signed by the United States prevents inspectors from entering the U.N. compound without consent. 9. President Bill Clinton, with support from Britain, launched the assault Wednesday night after Iraq again prevented U.N. inspectors from hunting for weapons of mass destruction. 10. An Iraqi pilot aboard a U.N. helicopter prevented the inspectors from photographing the Iraqi aircraft. |