U.N. inspectors searching for banned weapons in Iraq visited three new sites Monday, including a water purification station and the government's main health laboratory.
One inspection team went toward the border with Iran, Information Ministry officials said.
Speaking to a visiting delegation of 140 peace activists from Spain, President Saddam Hussein's chief science adviser Amir al-Saadi repeated Iraq's assertion that it has no nuclear, biological or chemical weapons or the missiles to deliver them.
Al-Saadi accused the United States of playing politics and ignoring Iraqi efforts to cooperate with the weapons inspectors. He said Iraq did not fear war as long as the United States abides by the Security Council resolution. "If America chose a different path, that is its business, but the whole world will see this action," he said. (Albawaba.com)
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