World in brief : iraq : u. N. Inspectors visit missile 'graveyard'
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U.N. inspectors visited a weapons “graveyard” where Iraq claims to have destroyed substantial quantities of missiles and other terror weapons nine months ago. The 35-member team was
dispatched to Iraq to verify a new claim by Saddam Hussein’s government that previously undisclosed Scud missiles, chemical weapons and other arms were destroyed under terms of the Gulf War
cease-fire. The revelations last week forestalled a threatened military strike by the United States and its allies to force Iraq to comply with U.N. accords requiring the elimination of its
weapons of mass destruction. MORE TO READ