Iraq: Nuclear site development is peaceful

Iraq insisted today that construction at a nuclear site was for peaceful research, continuing a campaign to prove it its enemies are lying to build a case for military action against Saddam Hussein.

Reporters were escorted to the site, al-Twaitha, 25 miles south of Baghdad. The site was destroyed twice, first by the Israelis in 1981 and then by the allies during the 1991 Gulf War, according to Iraqi officials.