Iraqis to Get Search Notice
U.N. weapons inspectors could begin searching Saddam Hussein’s “presidential compounds” before the end of March, the chief inspector said Sunday.
The Iraqi president’s government will be given a notice soon saying “we are ready and we are going to do it,” said Richard Butler, who arrived in Baghdad on Sunday. “That won’t be long from now.”
Asked if it would happen by the end of the month, Butler said, “Probably,” but wouldn’t elaborate.
Butler will stay in Baghdad for five days to discuss with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tarik Aziz the procedure for inspecting the sites, which occupy a total of 12.6 square miles and include 1,058 buildings.
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