Iraq invites Blix, Elbaradei to Baghdad

Iraq today invited chief UN weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei to visit Baghdad at the “earliest suitable date” to speed up joint cooperation on outstanding disarmament issues, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

It said the invitation was made by Saddam Hussein’s science adviser Lt Gen Amer al-Saadi, Iraq’s point man on disarmament.