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STRIKEFORCE
LIGHTNING
MARK AITKEN
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S/1998/694 27 July 1998
7. . . . some ncertaint is inevitabe in an contr-wide technica verifcation process
that aims to prove the absence o readi conceaabe objects, sch as components o
centrige machines or copies o weapon-reated docmentation, or activities sch assma-scae enrichment or weaponization experimentation or compter-based stdies.
Ths, athogh IAEA has assembed a technica coherent pictre o Iraqs candestine
ncear programme, there is an inherent ncertaint in the competeness o that pictre
deriving rom the possibe existence o dpicate aciities or the possibe existence o
anomaos activities or aciities otside the technica coherent pictre . . .
LETTER FROM UN SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN TO THEPRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL
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Prologue
Baghdad, 2003
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ChaPter 1
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mhg.
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had pc hm, h wa a du huddg ud ad h ah
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