SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY UN WEAPONS INSPECTORS IN IRAQ

JANUARY 28, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
UN WEAPONS INSPECTORS IN IRAQ

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on UN Weapons Inspectors in Iraq.

On January 27, 2004, President Bush said, ""Iraq did not let [inspectors] in."

However, according to the U.S. State Department, U.N. weapons inspectors entered Iraq on November 27th, 2002.

CBS News reported on March 18, 2003 that "U.N. weapons inspectors climbed aboard a plane and pulled out of Iraq on Tuesday after President Bush issued a final ultimatum for Saddam Hussein to step down or face war."

Finally, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on April 4, 2003 "The United States will not permit United Nations weapons inspectors to return to Iraq, saying the US military has taken over the role of searching for Saddam's weapons of mass destruction."