61. Inspectors are certain that Iraq is producing deadly chemical and biological weapons and hiding them from the inspection teams. 62. Inspection teams may have been getting close to those records when Iraq began refusing the United Nations access to some sites last October. 63. Iraq briefly expelled American members of the United Nations inspection team in November, accusing the United States of spying. 64. Iraq has complained that the predominance of American and British specialists on the inspection teams proves that they are bent on spying. 65. Iraq still wants to expel Americans on the inspection team, and the U.S. warned its military will respond if Iraq shoots at the spy plane. 66. Iraq, which claims it has no weapons of mass destruction, expelled two inspection teams, saying they were dominated by the U.S. and the U.K. 67. Iraq has for a week blocked all inspections teams that include U.S. personnel. 68. Iraq last week expelled U.S. members of a U.N. weapons inspection team, prompting the U.N. to remove all but a skeleton crew of inspectors from Iraq. 69. Iraq notified the United Nations of its intention to expel the six Americans now on the inspection team early Thursday morning. 70. Iraq said the international arms inspection team could proceed with its work but only without the Americans, and maintained its threat to shoot down American surveillance aircraft. |
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