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Blix said perhaps the most important inspection issue is determining what happened to stores of anthrax, VX nerve agent and long-range missiles that Iraq previously was known to have.
One document suggests that "some 1,000 tons of chemical agent were unaccounted for," but Baghdad has begun to provide more information that could help lead to answers, Blix added.
He said it is Baghdad's responsibility -- "not the task of inspectors" -- to find such evidence, he said.
He said Iraq's al-Samoud 2 model of missile exceeds the range of 93 miles (150 kilometers) allowed by U.N. resolutions. Iraqi officials have said the missile does not yet have a guidance system, which would reduce its range.
Blix also said a small number of empty chemical munitions had been found, "which should have been declared and destroyed."
I did not write this, nor did GW Bush.
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