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Blix Says Most Inspections in Iraq Will Be No-notice

Most of the UN inspections to be unfolded in Iraq will be operations without advance warning, which are "in Iraq's interest," chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix said on Tuesday.

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Most of the UN inspections to be unfolded in Iraq will be operations without advance warning, which are "in Iraq's interest," chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix said on Tuesday.

"Most inspections are no-notice inspections," Blix said at a press conference following talks with Iraqi officials.

"Inspections without forewarning will have higher credibility ... and that is in Iraq's interest," he added.

At the same conference, Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Iraq has promised to meet the Dec. 8 deadline to report its weapons programs.

"All Iraqi officials have committed to provide us full cooperation and full transparency," he said, adding that "they are working on that declaration and they will produce it by December 8."

Amer Al-Saadi, a senior adviser to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, confirmed the promise.

"Within 30 days, as the resolution says, a report from Iraq willbe submitted on all the files of nuclear, chemical, biological and missile files," said Al-Saadi, who was also present at the meeting.

Blix and ElBaradei met Iraqi officials for the second day after the significant return of UN arms inspectors to Iraq.

The newly-adopted UN Security Council Resolution 1441 requires Iraq provide, by Dec. 8, a "currently accurate, full and complete" declaration of all aspects of its programs to develop weapons of mass destruction and systems to deliver them.

"Further material breach" of Iraq's obligations would incur " serious consequences," the UN document warned.

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