Iraq Is Warned Over Weapon Inspectors

The House called on Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to allow the unrestricted return of U.N. weapon inspectors, warning that his continued refusal poses a mounting threat to the United States.

Amid widespread congressional sentiment to make Iraq a target in the U.S. war on terrorism, lawmakers endorsed, 392 to 12, a nonbinding resolution that stressed the urgency of resuming U.N. monitoring of Baghdad’s weapon program.

Supporters said in sometimes heated terms that Iraq must be forced to live up to the 1991 Persian Gulf War cease-fire agreement and allow the return of weapon inspectors ousted three years ago.