IAEA Calls for Review of Key Iraqi Sites

[ECH1969]

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. nuclear watchdog expressed concern Friday at the removal of equipment and "significant dismantling" at 37 key sites in Iraq previously monitored for potential nuclear activity.

In a letter to the U.N. Security Council, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency also said satellite imagery has revealed extensive excavation at one site where contaminated rubble from Saddam Hussein's nuclear program was buried.

IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said these assessments need to be investigated in person "in order for the agency to draw conclusions."

Getting U.N. nuclear inspectors back into Iraq, however, remains problematic.

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They want to go look for WMD again? Give it up.

[Journeyman]

1. Eh, I believe they want to find out what happened to nuclear waste. . .

and all of Saddam's facilities the IAEA had "locked down" before the US' IraqAttack. Lot of truly nasty garbage may have been strewn over the landscape and for the protection of the Iraqi people, someone needs to find out where all that waste went.