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<p>U.N. weapons inspectors examine cylinders at a water purification station near Baghdad on Monday. The cylinders are filled with chlorine and other materials that have both civilian and military uses.</p> <p>U.N. inspectors consult as they re-examine a factory that manufactures components for missiles.</p>

Baghdad, Iraq-AP -- Iraqi fire engines raced to the headquarters of the U-N weapons inspectors today. An Iraqi civil defense official says there was no fire -- only an electrical short circuit. Firefighters were seen carrying scorched papers and small pieces of twisted metal from the Baghdad hotel housing the inspectors and their offices. The U-N teams left as usual for their daily inspections. They visited at least three sites today.

Harvey John (Jack) McGeorge is seen on leatheru.com Web site. UN officials defended hiring the kinky co-founder of an S&M group as an Iraqi weapons inspector - saying his personal life is his own business. Harvey John (Jack) McGeorge also lacks a specialized university degree - although he was once honored with a "doctor of S&M arts and letters" from "Leather University." McGeorge, who comes from Woodbridge, Va., is in New York waiting to be sent to Iraq as a munitions analyst. "He is someone who has expertise in warheads and munitions, and that's what's important," said Ewen Buchanan,...

Iraq team's work begins U.N.'s first inspections this week to offer more practice than evidence 11/25/2002 The New York Times WASHINGTON - The campaign to eliminate Iraq's most deadly weapons officially begins on Monday when 18 U.N. inspectors are scheduled to arrive in Baghdad toting thick dossiers on hundreds of potential weapons sites, from warehouses and clinics to breweries and petrochemical plants. The team plans to make its first inspection on Wednesday, when it will scour an undisclosed site for telltale equipment, chemicals and documents that could provide clues that Iraq has rekindled covert biological, chemical and nuclear programs...

U.S. unsatisfied with Iraqi deal on inspections U.N. teams must have access to Saddam Hussein's palaces, Powell says 10/02/2002 Associated Press VIENNA, Austria - Iraq agreed Tuesday to a plan for the return of U.N. weapons inspectors for the first time in nearly four years, but the deal ignores U.S. demands for access to Saddam Hussein's palaces and other contested sites. Chief U.N. inspector Hans Blix said an advance team of inspectors could be in Iraq in two weeks if it gets the go-ahead from the U.N. Security Council. Hours later, however, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said...

Inspectors' access to Iraq may depend on revised agreement U.N. group prepares to go back to work as U.S. negotiates new proposal 09/30/2002 Associated Press UNITED NATIONS - U.N. weapons inspectors, who on Monday will lay down demands to Iraq about getting back into the country, may not get the unfettered access demanded by the United States unless the Security Council alters a deal made in 1998. The inspectors are preparing equipment, ordering helicopters and testing new technology as the United States negotiates a new proposal for their return. The Bush administration dismissed Iraq's offer this month to accept...

Iraq is conditionally prepared to permit weapons inspectors return to the country, said Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan. He said Iraq must be allowed to submit to the United Nations a list of sites as well as a time schedule for the investigations, it was reported Monday. The United States, backed by Britain, has threatened military action against Iraq and the overthrow of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein unless Baghdad allows the return of UN arms inspectors to check it no longer has weapons of mass destruction. Germany Denies Media Report on EU Approval of “Restricted” Attack on Iraq; Baghdad:...