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with the U-N's Special Commission which is the body responsible for determining whether Iraq has dismantled its chemical and biological weapons arsenal.\u003cbr/\u003eThe decision to sever relations came at a meeting, led by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, of the decision-making Revolutionary Command Council and the ruling Baath Party leadership.\u003cbr/\u003eThe action followed a U-N Security Council decision on Friday to review Iraq's compliance with U-N-imposed sanctions.\u003cbr/\u003eBut that fell short of the guarantee demanded by Iraq that the review must lead to the lifting of trade restrictions.\u003cbr/\u003eU-N Weapons inspectors have been leaving the U-N compound in Baghdad following Iraq's decision to end all cooperation with U-N Special Commission (UNSCOM) teams which are monitoring its dismantling of weapons of mass destruction.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile the inspectors have left their Baghdad compound it's not yet clear whether they will be allowed to remain in the country.\u003cbr/\u003eTensions rose on August 5th when Iraq barred UNSCOM inspectors from visiting new sites with suspected links to biological and chemical weapons and long-range missiles. \u003cbr/\u003eBut it had allowed U-N experts to monitor previously surveyed locations.\u003cbr/\u003eSaturday's decision ends all monitoring work, which includes maintaining cameras and electronic sensors to ensure Iraq does not re-use inspected sites for illegal activities.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency will be allowed to continue as long as it abides by Baghdad's August ruling and remains independent from the U-N.\u003cbr/\u003eThe ban on UNSCOM was made at a meeting of Iraq's ruling Baath Party and the country's Revolutionary Command Council.\u003cbr/\u003eThe meeting, which took place on Saturday, was led by President Saddam Hussein.\u003cbr/\u003eIraq's latest action is the strongest it has taken since a similar refusal to cooperate with UNSCOM almost led to retaliatory military strikes by the United States and Britain earlier this year. \u003cbr/\u003eIraq has repeatedly charged that the U-N teams include too many Americans and Britons, and that some members are spies.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"UNSCOM is biased and it is under the pressure of United States and they are spying against Iraq with Israel. And it is clear that this is not the right of the head of UNSCOM to do its business professionally and scientifically and without political intervention .\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Mohammed Mahdi Salah, Iraqi Trade Minister\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Arabic)\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is a committee of spies and it is not an international committee, the U-N.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Rajah Al Shawi, Member of Iraqi parliament\u003cbr/\u003eSaturday's statement from the Iraqi Government also urged the Security Council to fire UNSCOM chief weapons inspector, Richard Butler.\u003cbr/\u003eIraq has repeatedly accused Butler of working on behalf of the United States to prolong the trade sanctions that bar exports of Iraq's main commodity, oil.\u003cbr/\u003eThe stringent sanctions, imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, have been hurting the people of Iraq who seem to approve of Saddam Hussein's latest stand.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Arabic)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We will not allow any country or anybody to humiliate us - we the Iraqi people who gave everything they demanded of us.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Mohammed Jassem, Student\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Arabic)\u003cbr/\u003e\"This blockade seems to be an international conspiracy and we don't know when it will end. They are trying different things. They ask about the presidential palaces and so forth - for how long? This decision is the right one.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Ali Hamoudi, Worker\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Now we must say enough to the British and the Americans. Enough\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Jawad Ali, Shop owner\u003cbr/\u003eWith poverty making the civil situation in Iraq as volatile as ever, anti-Western sentiment is likely to persist.\u003cbr/\u003eThe United Nations pulled out its inspectors at the beginning of a crisis late last year. \u003cbr/\u003eTensions had been eased by a February 23rd accord brokered by U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan.\u003cbr/\u003eIt was not immediately clear if the latest development would trigger a similar evacuation.\u003cbr/\u003eThe U-N Security Council, currently chaired by Britain, was called to an emergency session to discuss the situation Saturday night (2100GMT).\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile in Washington, U-S President Bill Clinton, summoned members of his National Security Council to consider a response to the Iraqi announcement.\u003cbr/\u003eU-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering were among the security advisors to attend the meeting.\u003cbr/\u003e Baghdad, Iraq and Washington D-C, U-S-A - 31 October 1998 and File 1998 \u003cbr/\u003eAPTN Baghdad - October 31 1998 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of UNSCOM cars in U-N compound\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close up U-N sign\u003cbr/\u003e3. UNSCOM inspector\u003cbr/\u003e4. UNSCOM inspectors waving\u003cbr/\u003eIRAQI TV Baghdad - October 31 1998 \u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of meeting between ruling Baath party and Revolutionary Command Council, with President Saddam Hussein\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN Baghdad - October 31 1998 \u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide shot Iraqi Trade Minister walking\u003cbr/\u003e7. Cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohammed Mahdi Salah, Iraqi Trade Minister\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Rajah Al Shawi, Member of Iraqi parliament\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various street scenes\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mohammed Jassem, Student\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ali Hamoudi, Worker\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jawad Ali, Shop owner\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN FILE Baghdad - May 1 1998\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of protesters marching\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close up protesters\u003cbr/\u003e16. 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