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Russia welcomes return of IAEA inspectors to Iraq

MOSCOW: The Russian foreign ministry on Wednesday welcomed the upcoming return of UN nuclear inspectors to Iraq.

“The IAEA is the only international authority endowed with special powers to assess any state’s observance of its obligations in the nuclear non-proliferation field,” spokesman Alexander Yakovenko said in a statement.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors were due to leave for Iraq Wednesday to search the Al-Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Centre south of Baghdad.

One of Iraq’s main nuclear complexes, the site was pillaged in the looting that followed the fall of Baghdad, raising fears that radioactive material went missing.

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Gen. Tommy Franks, center, commander in chief of U.S. Central Command, introduces President Bush to Command Sgt. Maj. Dwight Brown, left, as the president arrived at Al-Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday June 4, 2003. Bush will visit American military servicemen based in at the U.S. Central Command Headquarters in Doha on Thursday.

Bush Vows to Reveal Truth About Weapons

DOHA, Qatar - President Bush argued Thursday the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was justified and pledged that "we'll reveal the truth" on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.

"We've made sure Iraq is not going to be used as an arsenal for terrorist groups," Bush said, his coat off and shirt sleeves rolled up as he spoke to a sea of tan camouflage-clad U.S. soldiers at the command center for the Iraq war.