Wayne Mapp National Foreign Affairs Spokesperson
25 September 2002
Report proves urgent need to disarm Iraq
The evidence released by British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, confirms the urgent need to get weapons inspectors back
into Iraq as soon as possible, says National's Foreign Affairs spokesman, Wayne Mapp.
"Tony Blair's report obviously shows that Iraq is a very serious threat to world security. Despite Saddam Hussein's
decision to allow weapons inspections to resume unhindered, the international community should be very suspicious of his
programmes and his motives.
"There is absolutely no doubt that Iraq made the decision to admit weapons inspectors under serious threat of military
force. The threat of military pressure has to remain to ensure that Iraq complies with UN resolutions and disarms.
"It is dangerous to accept blanket denials from Iraq about its weapons of mass destruction programme. It has a long
track record of openly defying the international community, and this report claims proof that its chemical and
biological weapons programme is growing.
"The international community must push to have weapons inspectors back in Iraq, unhindered, as soon as possible," says
Dr Mapp.
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