German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder briefs the media on the latest Iraq
developments in Berlin September 17, 2002. Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein, under intense world diplomatic pressure backed by the threat
of U.S. military action, agreed on Monday to allow U.N. weapons
inspectors back without conditions after an absence of nearly four
years. REUTERS/Alexandra Winkler

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