Iraq biochemical arms report to set direction of UNSC decision

Iraq biochemical arms report to set direction of UNSC decision

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Yasuhiro Ueki, spokesman for the United Nations Monitoring, Observation, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC),speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Baghdad on March 8. He said that a report by Iraq on its biological and chemical weapons, which Baghdad says it will submit shortly, is a key in determining the direction of a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) decision on whether to disarm the country by force.

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