Hi-tech gadgetry to be used in weapons’ search

UN arms inspectors will have a range of new detection equipment at their disposal compared to when their last Iraqi mission ended four year’s ago.

The inspectors dismantled Saddam Hussein's nuclear programme and destroyed stocks of chemical and biological weapons that time. But some weapons are believed to have survived or been rebuilt.

About 100 inspectors, backed by a tough new UN Security Council resolution, now plan to scour Iraq with particle detectors, satellite imagery, ground-penetrating radarand cameras that beam live video back to Vienna.