Help! Need link to article about Bush recallingweapons inspectors

[Ilsa]

from Iraq pre-invasion in 2003. The only articles I can find are the inspectors leaving in 1998.

[Jack Rabbit]

1. Bush warned them to get out

. . . and they did, wisely.

[Jack Rabbit]

2. BBC (March 17, 2003): Inspectors urged to leave Iraq

From the BBC Online
Dated Monday, March 17, 2003

Inspectors urged to leave Iraq

UN weapons inspectors say they have been warned by the United States to start leaving Iraq in what is seen as the clearest sign yet that war is imminent.
Several countries announced the closure of embassies in Iraq on Monday, while others ordered non-essential diplomats and other staff to leave the region.

Only hours earlier, US President George W Bush set a fresh deadline for the UN Security Council to sanction the use of force to disarm Iraq.

But despite the renewed pressure, there are no signs so far that either France or Russia - which have both threatened to use their veto - intend to change tack.

Hope this helps.

[Ilsa]

4. Got it, thanks! (Hugs)

[Ilsa]

3. Okay, so it was in the nature of a protecting them from

being taken hostage or getting killed via shock-n-awe. Thanks.

[JuniperLea]

5. Try Googling Hans Blix

And see if there are any articles left regarding what the reports were on those inspections.

For whatever reason Bush asked them to leave. Saddam did not refuse them entrance and he let them see everything they asked to see.

[Ilsa]

6. Yeah, now I remember: El Baradei from IAEA telling the Imperial Blivet

there were no WMD.