WORLD IN BRIEF : IRAQ : U.S. Will Guarantee U.N. Team’s Access
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
President Bush pledged that the United States will guarantee that U.N. inspectors have access to suspected weapons sites in Iraq. Bush spoke to reporters during a campaign stop in Colorado, hours after Iraq declared it would not allow U.N. arms inspectors into government ministries because it “would hurt Iraq’s sovereignty and independence.” A new U.N. inspection team, due to fly to Baghdad today, would be the first to enter Iraq since the fruitless search of the Agriculture Ministry last month ended a three-week standoff with the United Nations.
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