Weapons Inspector Killed in Car Crash

AP | 3/13/03

[kattracks]

BAGHDAD, Iraq March 13 —

A U.N. weapons inspector was killed and another was injured Thursday in a car crash in Iraq, officials said.

A car carrying the two inspectors crashed head-on into a truck on a highway south of Baghdad, according to a statement from Iraq's National Monitoring Directorate, the liaison with the inspectors.

The inspectors whose nationalities were not given were returning to Baghdad after inspecting the al-Noamaniya tomato canning factory, 30 miles south of Baghdad, it said.

One inspector died an hour after being airlifted to a military hospital in Baghdad. The other was taken to a hospital in an ambulance and was in stable condition, the NMD said.

The NMD said the inspectors' car was pushed off the road and landed on its side in a swamp.

NMD officials traveling in a convoy of four cars with the inspectors retrieved the inspectors and administered first aid, it said.

A spokesman for the inspectors in Baghdad could not immediately be reached.

[Henk]

Saddam is doing some housecleaning.

[john316]

Hans Blix?

[battlegearboat]

They were too close to something.

[Trust but Verify]

Tomato canning factory? No wonder they're not finding anything!

[craig_eddy]

THEY crashed into the truck, or the TRUCK CRASHED INTO THEM??? Hmmmmmm...

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Baghdad-cide.

[NautiNurse]

crashed head-on into a truck

Curious to know what the truck was carrying.

[Amerigomag]

Overcome by tomato fumes no doubt.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Didn't a previous assassination attempt of the Serbian leader involve an attempted head-on collision?

[TADSLOS]

A car carrying the two inspectors crashed head-on into a truck on a highway south of Baghdad, according to a statement from Iraq's National Monitoring Directorate, the liaison with the inspectors

Must have been a truck loaded with what they were looking for going the opposite direction.

[kattracks]

Iraq Says U.N. Weapons Inspector Dies in Road Accident

March 13

— BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq died on Thursday after a truck hit his car as he was returning from an inspection mission, an Iraqi source said.

He said the unnamed inspector was returning from Numaniyah, south of Baghdad, when the accident happened at 1:45 p.m. local time. The man's nationality was not immediately clear. He was taken by helicopter to hospital in the Iraqi capital but died one hour after arrival there, the source said.

[Red Dog #1]

No way Saddam would have his buddy Hans whacked.

[Mo1]

The NMD said the inspectors' car was pushed off the road and landed on its side in a swamp.

Pushed???

[knak]

bump to follow this one

[adam_az]

I recall a news report from a few weeks ago that Iraq has been staging car accidents on roads to slow down inspectors on their way to sites... btu haven't been able to dig it up... Anyone?????

[tuckrdout]

Oh, I am sure there will be some more bad "accidents" as time goes on. This is the way he handles things.

[APBaer]

Telephone calll for Dr. Quincy.
Please pick up the courtesy phone.

[dansangel]

ping!