Iraqi Vice Premier: USA and Great Britain Purposefully Hinder UN Inspectors

The USA and Great Britain "are purposefully hindering the completion of the UN inspectors' mission".

Iraq's Vice Premier, Tariq Aziz, made this statement at the Baghdad meeting with the President of the Russian committee on international cultural, scientific and business co-operation with Iraq, Yuri Shafranik.

Aziz believes the results of the inspectors' work "will expose Washington and London as liars and increase criticism directed against these countries by the international social opinion".