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US not keen on UN arms inspectors in Iraq
Wednesday 05 November 2003

The US would not like to see the return of United Nations arms inspectors to Iraq.

"We don't think it's needed at this time," a senior state department official said in Washington on condition of anonymity.

"The inspectors' purpose was to ensure compliance with the UN Security Council resolutions, and those resolutions are sort of (overtaken by events),” the official said on Tuesday.

“There might a role for UN inspectors at some point in the future, but that debate is way down the road," the official added.

The official's comments were in response to remarks on Sunday by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Muhammad El Baradei, who said UN inspectors should be allowed to return as quickly to Iraq as possible to "finish the job."

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