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U.N. Inspectors Anger Iraqi Citizens Sun Jan 5, 5:57 PM ET By G.G. LaBELLE, Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.N. weapons inspectors blocked off a huge complex on the edge of Baghdad Sunday, angering men, women and children who were kept from leaving the area as arms experts visited a facility inside. The inspectors arrived in a convoy of white vans to check one of about 10 government buildings within a gated area, which includes apartment blocks. Following their usual practice of 'freezing' the area, the arms experts wound up blocking hundreds of people from leaving for hours. Inspectors, who are in Iraq to search for evidence of banned weapons, could be seen going through the plastic shopping bags of women, some carrying babies or leading children with schoolbags. Some women laughed at the fuss, but others were upset and said they needed to take their children to school. One said her daughter had to go to a hospital...
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