Sources form the Sudanese People's Liberation Army revealed that Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz requested permission from President Umar al-Bashir to move Iraq's chemical weapons along with Scud missiles to Sudan in order to circumvent their destruction under the Gulf War peace settlement. The al-Bashir government is said to have agreed with the request. The information was relayed to the UN Security Council by Rolf Ekeus, the head of the UN Special Commission on Iraq. At that time, experts were unsure whether Iraq had such a weapon or whether it worked. The article outlines the activities of the UN special commission charged with overseeing the destruction of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
Additional experts are to be detailed to Iraq in search of undeclared missiles.
7-9 Ambiguity exists concerning the activities of the Al Qaqaa State Establishment, located 30 mi south of Baghdad, Iraq . However, such devices are also crucial for precise detonation of high explosives in a nuclear implosion device. Iraqi officials also stated they had been developing RDX and metal cast explosives and had imported hundreds of tons of HMX explosives, which can be used in nuclear weapons. In another positive development, Iraq has sent a further letter to the UN concerning the use of helicopters by inspectors for overflights of Iraqi territory. Iraq, originally opposed to the overflights, agreed on condition that an Iraqi liaison officer accompany each flight.