A television announcer Tuesday delivered a lengthy message from President Saddam Hussein denying Iraq has weapons of mass destruction and accusing the United States of making up lies to excuse attacking "Iraq and our peace-loving people."
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The Christmas Eve statement, which slammed the "American-Zionist campaign" against Iraq, reiterated that inspectors would find no weapons of mass destruction "as long as the inspectors conduct themselves professionally and technically -- and with no hidden agendas."

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