Weapons inspectors to search 1,000 sites

UN weapons inspectors returning to Iraq plan to search up to 1,000 sites where they suspect chemical, biological and nuclear arms have been produced.

Evidence collected from British and US intelligence agencies and defectors from Saddam Hussein’s regime has led to development of an extensive list of areas in need of investigation.

There are about 100 “priority sites“, including a chlorine production plant outside Baghdad that once helped produce nerve gas, and an upgraded missile launch facility in Al-Rafah.