UN nuclear agency calls for on-site review in Iraq

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors needed to go to Iraq to verify the "significant dismantling" of 37 sites in Iraq once monitored for potential nuclear arms materials, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday. snip

In his latest half-year report, ElBaradei said satellite imagery indicated that at least one site containing buried contaminated rubble had been "extensively excavated."

Before the invasion, the Vienna-based IAEA kept track of radiation and other materials to clear up any lingering questions about Baghdad's now-defunct nuclear arms programand watch for illegal trafficking in radioactive material.

ElBaradei said that the IAEA was monitoring by satellite 141 of the 175 locations that had contributed to Iraq's clandestine program or had "technical capabilities of some value for the resumption of a nuclear program."

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