Iraq will meet Dec 8 deadline to declare arms: Saddam adviser

BAGHDAD (AFP) Nov 19, 2002
Iraq will meet the December 8 deadline to issue a report declaring all its weapons programmes, a top adviser to President Saddam Hussein told reporters Tuesday.

Asked if Iraq would hand over the report in time, General Amer al-Saadi, a weapons expert, said: "Yes, within 30 days as the resolution says, a report from Iraq will be submitted and all the files, nuclear, chemical, biological and missile files."

UN disarmament Resolution 1441 gives Iraq until December 8 to make a complete and accurate declaration of its programmes to develop chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and other delivery systems.

Saadi spoke to reporters after meeting UN weapons chief Hans Blix and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei here Tuesday for the second night running.

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