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Disarmament inspections grind to a halt.
In part, yes. The decision by the Iraqi government is basically to slice off our disarmament inspections, because, you see, they say they're disarmed, which, of course, is not the case, but to allow us to continue the inspections we do to monitor certain industrial and other places to be sure that they're not recreating the weapons. So our monitors point out today and without blockage-but I kept our disarmament people at home in conformity with what Iraq has said are the new rules, pending the beginning of Security Council consideration of what Iraq has done. No, not at this stage. I won't be instructing the disarmament people to go out tomorrow.