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  • Mr. Spertzel, head of the biological-weapons section of Unscom from 1994-99, was a member of the Iraq Survey Group.

    Bruce Ivins Wasn't the Anthrax Culprit Richard Spertzel 2008

  • Too bad Unscom had already proven there was no need for the invasion.

    Think Progress » Debunking the Right: The World Did Not See the Iraqi Threat as Bush Did 2005

  • A special UN inspection organisation, Unscom, was created, headed by the Swedish diplomat Rolf Ekeus, a veteran of arms control negotiations.

    Welcome to Chris Floyd's Empire Burlesque 2010

  • This provoked an escalating series of confrontations between the Unscom team and Iraqi security officials, ending in the expulsion of the inspectors, claims that Saddam was 'refusing to disarm', and, ultimately, war.

    Welcome to Chris Floyd's Empire Burlesque 2010

  • Inspection Commission (Unmovic) to replace Unscom.

    BBC News - Home 2010

  • That was when Hussein Kamel, Saddam's son-in-law and the former overseer of his weapons programmes, suddenly defected to Jordan, where he was debriefed by the CIA, MI6 and Unscom.

    Welcome to Chris Floyd's Empire Burlesque 2010

  • I wasn't sure just how serious Aziz was with his offer - although having spent time with the former head of the Unscom weapons inspections team, Scott Ritter, I was pretty sure that

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: And we have Charles Duelfer, former Unscom deputy chairman, Michael Hirsh from "Newsweek" magazine in Washington.

    CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2002 2002

  • But, in The Wall Street Journal, Richard Spertzel, head of the biological-weapons section of Unscom from 1994 to 1999, is doubtful that Ivins was the lone culprit, or even involved at all, because the anthrax strains from the attacks were too different from that available in Ivins’s lab.

    Questions Surround FBI���s Anthrax Case Against Ivins 2008

  • But, in The Wall Street Journal, Richard Spertzel, head of the biological-weapons section of Unscom from 1994 to 1999, is doubtful that Ivins was the lone culprit, or even involved at all, because the anthrax strains from the attacks were too different from that available in Ivins’s lab.

    As Details Surface, Doubts Grow About FBI���s Ivins Case 2008

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