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White House report on Iraq (9/12/02)

• Lists Security Council resolutions the United States says Saddam Hussein has violated
  
• Cites New York Times article in which Iraqi defector says he visited 20 secret facilities for producing chemical, biological and nuclear weapons
  
• Alleges an array of human rights violations, citing various reports
  
• Accuses Iraq of concealing biological weapons program from U.N. inspectors
  
• Cities accounting inconsistencies regarding chemical weapons
  
• Cites report on nuclear weapons that says Iraq "probably" could build a nuclear warhead within months if it got plutonium or enriched uranium from another country
  
• Concludes that Iraq doesn't have nuclear weapons capability and probably lacks systems needed to deliver chemical, biological or nuclear weapons
  

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Bush to lay down Iraq ultimatum
U.N. speech to seek support for action if Baghdad refuses new weapons inspections
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, left, greets Bush administration officials as President Bush looks on Thursday before their addresses to the U.N. Security Council.