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The day UN weapons inspectors began work in Baghdad, newspapers in Iraq have not been seen to comment directly on their return, saving their venom for attacks on the US and Israel.
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The following are quotes from the internet sites of leading Iraqi and Arab dailies.

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz speaking about Iraqi opposition support for the weapons inspectors, quoted by government daily al-Jumhuriyah

There are people who are connected to the US Plan... and who are financed by US intelligence, who are slandering their country by alleging that there are weapons of mass destruction here. They are liars and mercenaries. We have no common language with them.

Palestinian Authority-owned al-Hayat al-Jadidah

Whether or not Iraq admits to the existence of weapons of mass destruction, it will face aggression... In this case, Iraq should purchase weapons of mass destruction and hand them over to the inspectors.

London-based pan-Arab, pro-Libyan, al-Arab al-Alamiyah

Should Bush implement his threats [against Iraq] he will enter history as the worst US president who will have, with these policies, caused a historic disaster

» Iraqi press attacks Israel and Washington

Excerpt made on Wednesday November 27, 2002 at 10:20 PM