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Baghdad Invites U.S. Politicians
Tuesday, August 6, 2002
Reuters

The letter came five days after Iraq invited chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix to Baghdad to discuss all pending issues on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, key to suspending UN sanctions imposed when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Reuters
Iraq's influential parliament speaker invited the U.S. Congress on Monday to send a mission to Baghdad and said it would be given free access to any site alleged to be developing weapons of mass destruction.

Speaker Saadoun Hammadi, in a letter to Congress, extended the invitation to a delegation "comprising whatever number of congressmen you see fit, accompanied by experts in the fields you deem relevant to the purpose of the visit, i.e. chemical, biological and nuclear."

U.S. President George W. Bush accuses Saddam Hussein of being a menace to the region and has said he is "looking at all options, the use of all tools" to deal with the Iraqi leader.
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