U.N. Inspectors See Palace Construction

U.N. weapons inspectors saw a lot of construction work at President Saddam Hussein’s palace compound in his hometown in northern Iraq, a diplomat said. Some of the new buildings at the palace in Tikrit are completed and “probably ready to receive visitors,” said Antonio Monteiro, a Portuguese diplomat. The inspectors, who are searching for information relating to chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, as well as long-range missiles, spent all day Saturday at the compound 110 miles northwest of Baghdad and did an aerial survey by helicopter. Monteiro is among 20 diplomats chosen by the United Nations to accompany U.N. inspectors to eight “presidential compounds.”