In line with Baghdad's policy of at least apparent compliance with U.N. inspections in the hope of averting a threatened U.S. attack, an Iraqi official said a statement would be provided Saturday -- a day before time runs out. "We are going to deliver this declaration in the proper time on the seventh of this month and the people here, the UNMOVIC and IAEA, will take this declaration to New York and Vienna," …
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…in conventional arms or peaceful civilian activities. Baghdad's promised declaration might fall within such gray areas. A source close to the U.N. inspectors told Reuters Iraqi officials had recently admitted to trying to acquire aluminum tubing in violation of U.N. sanctions, but not for use in the production of nuclear arms as the U.S. and Britain alleged. An Iraqi spokesman however denied Tuesday that Iraq had made any such admission at all.