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First inspections good Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20021127_266.html http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20021127_266.html UN Experts Say First Iraq Inspections 'Good Sign' Nov. 27 — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.N. arms inspectors said on Wednesday that cooperation provided by Iraqi authorities on the first day of resumed inspections for weapons of mass destruction was a "good sign." "As far as we are concerned, we were able to carry out the activities that we had planned to carry out," Dimitri Perricos, leader of the UNMOVIC U.N. monitoring team told reporters. "You witnessed the immediateness of the access and that's a good sign and consistent with the commitment we heard earlier." Asked about Iraqi cooperation, Jacques Baute, head of the inspections team from the International Atomic Energy Agency, said: "We have not sensed anything which obstructed us. We were welcomed in a polite and professional manner and we were able to do the job. That's good enough for us." One team of inspectors visited a missile facility near the capital and the other visited a graphite facility, they said. They did not give details about the results of the inspections. Witnesses said a group of inspectors spent three hours at a large military compound east of Baghdad, and another team drove to the Saddam General headquarters, a small industrial complex near Ramadi, 140 km (90 miles) northwest of Baghdad. They also said that inspectors later went to a graphite compound near Ammriyyeh, 45 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad. The inspections, resumed after a four-year hiatus, are in line with U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441 which offers Iraq a last chance to give up chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, which it denies possessing. photo credit and caption: Dimitri Perricos, leader of the U.N. inspection team, looks up during a press conference at United Nations headquarters in Baghdad on November 27, 2002. The cooperation provided by Iraqi authorities on the first day of resumed inspections for weapons of mass destruction was a "good sign." Perricos said. "As far as we are concerned, we were able to carry out the activities that we had planned to carry out." Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters Copyright 2002 Reuters News Service. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Copyright © 2002 ABC News Internet Ventures. Click here for Press Information, Terms of Use & Privacy Policy & Internet Safety Information applicable to the site.

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