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Iraq begins destruction of banned missiles in line with key UN demand.
(From Agence France Presse)
Iraq said it had started destroying the first four of its banned Al-Samoud 2 missiles in line with a key UN disarmament demand, amid demands by Washington and its allies for Baghdad to disarm fully.
"Destruction began at 1:30 pm (1030 GMT)," Uday al-Tai, the director general of the information ministry, told AFP.
The process was taking place at the military complex at Al-Taji, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the capital, in the presence of Iraqi and UN officials, he added Saturday.
Tai earlier told reporters the inspectors would also Saturday dismantle the castings used to manufacture the missiles, with a view to destroying them on Sunday.
Chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix had ordered Baghdad to start scrapping the missiles, warheads, component parts and manufacturing systems by Saturday, after UN experts said they breached the 150-kilometer (93-mile) limit under UN disarmament terms.
Baghdad argued that the rockets in test firings did not carry guidance systems or warheads, and that the range of a fully operational, fully loaded Al-Samoud 2 would not in fact breach the limit.
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