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September 17, 2002: White House Releases Timeline of Iraqi Obstruction of UN Efforts to Monitor Weapons

2002-09-17

The White House releases a detailed timeline depicting past Iraqi attempts to obstruct United Nations efforts, including Saddam Hussein’s repeated refusals to provide inspectors access to sites they wanted to visit. [White House, 9/17/2002; New York Times, 9/18/2002]