Iraq invites CIA to accompany U.N. inspectors to search for prohibited weapons - December 23, 2002

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From: Kyodo World News Service | Date: December 23, 2002

Dateline: BAGHDAD, Dec. 23 Iraq on Sunday challenged the United States to uncover weapons of mass destruction in the country by inviting the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to accompany U.N. weapons inspectors in their investigations.

Amir al-Saadi, an adviser to President Saddam Hussein, told a press conference, "Iraq is ready to allow the CIA to send its staff to accompany the inspectors to guide them to the sites the U.S. claims to contain prohibited weapons Iraq is concealing."

Saadi also reaffirmed that Iraq had nothing to add to the weapons declaration ...