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Article: CIA prepares early analysis on Iraq report; Baghdad says U.S. will 'forge' pretext for war.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- December 11, 2002
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Byline: Betsy Pisikand Nicholas Kralev, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The CIA, coordinating a rush effort by as many as eight U.S. agencies to translate and evaluate Iraq's 12,000-page weapons declaration, expects to deliver a preliminary assessment to the White House today, administration officials said.
U.N. inspectors and the other four permanent members of the U.N. Security Council were working independently to evaluate the massive report, with chief weapons inspector Hans Blix predicting an initial assessment by late next week.
Iraq yesterday charged that Washington would distort the document to provide the grounds for a military assault.
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