UN team searches Baghdad factory

UN WEAPONS inspectors visited a factory that once made parts for now-banned missiles yesterday as Iraq came under renewed criticism for its human rights record.

UN team searches Baghdad factory

On the fifth day of the renewed search for weapons of mass destruction under a tough UN mandate that Saddam Hussein divest himself of illicit weaponry or face "serious consequences", the inspection team went to a Baghdad factory that made guidance and control systems for Iraq's "stretch Scuds".

Iraq modified Soviet-made Scuds to longer range and used them in the Gulf War. Such long-range missiles 400 miles are now prohibited for Iraq, and the inspectors wanted to ensure that work has not resumed.

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