Synopsis

This is the second part of a two-part series examining weapons inspections in Iraq during the 1990s. As the United States prepared for war against Iraq, citing non-compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions, the question remained: how recalcitrant were the Iraqis? What results did the weapons inspections of the 1990s actually yield, and what led to the critical failure in 1998? On October 13th and 20th, contributors to UNSCOM, who were directly involved, reconstruct the history