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CNN SHOWDOWN: IRAQ
Iraq to Give U.N. Report on VX Nerve Agent
Aired March 14, 2003 - 12:14 ET
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WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Iraq is expected to turn over sometime today a report to the United Nations weapons inspectors detailing how it destroyed certain biological agents.
Our Nic Robertson once again is joining us live from the Iraqi capital.
Nic, what's going on there today?
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, it's after 8:00 in the evening here already. I just talked with U.N. officials. They say they have still not received Iraq's report on VX. They said they were expecting this report on the nerve agent sometime today.
However, U.N. Officials here pointing out that the report could be handed over to U.N. headquarters in New York. Now, this particular report coming from Iraq will be a detailed analysis of how Iraq says the U.N. can quantify the amount of VX nerve agent that Iraq unilaterally destroyed back in 1991.
However, the U.N. has already said that the sophisticated type of DNA sampling that Iraq is talking about to do this analysis may still not provide exact figures, figures exact enough for the U.N. to really be able to say, OK, Iraq destroyed X thousands of liters of anthrax or VX in these particular locations.
Also U.N. weapons inspectors here say that another seven warheads from the Al Samoud-2 missile destroyed today and another four of the Al Samoud-2 missiles destroyed. That is now 65 missiles, 42 warheads, approximately Half of Iraq's declared inventory of that particular missile.
We have heard today -- It is Friday, Islamic holy day. We have heard in the mosques today some calls for jihad. One particular mosque, calling for a jihad against the British and American troops, saying we should down their planes, sink their ships, shake the ground beneath their feet, also giving some political analysis in their sermon, saying that the divisions at the U.N. Security Council are an indication that Iraq already has some victory over the United States at this time -- Wolf.
BLITZER: Nic Robertson with all the latest information from Baghdad. Nic, thanks you very much.
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