IAEA Media Advisory
Media Advisory 2002/0412 (4 December 2002)
News Update on Iraq Inspections
Teams Inspect Presidential Site, 3 December 2002
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3 December 2002 -- As reported by the UN 3 December, teams
from the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission and
the International Atomic Energy Agency today conducted an unannounced
joint inspection of one of the eight Presidential sites in Iraq.
The probe at the Sijood site, located on the west bank of the Tigris
River in Baghdad, was the first inspection of a presidential site
since the return of the inspectors to Iraq, according to a UN spokesman.
The inspection team was able to enter the site within a few minutes.
Although the site was frozen during the inspection in order to avoid
any exit, senior Iraqi officials were allowed to enter.
When the inspection was finished, the freeze was lifted. Access
to the entire site was provided without difficulty, and the planned
inspection activity was completed, the spokesman reported.
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