led invasion. ElBaradei expressed hope that the IAEA would be allowed to resume monitoring in Iraq as soon as security allowed "particularly in view of the dual-use items that have been under IAEA custody in Iraq that would be susceptible to misuse" He said the IAEA, had "found no evidence of the revival of nuclear activities," a statement he also made before the Iraq invasion. "Naturally, the international community is reassured that these findings have since been validated," he added. The Bush administration based its case for the invasion partly on an assertion, now been shown to be false, that Iraq had was aggressively pursuing nuclear arms. In response Grenell said, "Hindsight is always 20-20. We would remind the IAEA that the Security Council had 17 resolutions demanding Iraq account for missing weapons materials." --SP 2247 Local Time 1947 GMT
