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of a million and a half dollars to change his inspection report. That was going on throughout the entire process. Rolf wouldn't, of course, agree to take it, but if they were asking him, it means they were asking everybody." The story has also been covered by
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In January 2000, Ekéus was nominated to head the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspections Commission (
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Ekéus later became Sweden's ambassador to the United States and the chairman of the board of the
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newspaper that during his time in this position he attempted to resist attempts by the
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sanctions would not be lifted until such time as Hussein was no longer in power.
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from 2001 till 2007, as well as on the board of directors for the
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International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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Kristinehamn
Sweden
Swedish
diplomat
Conference on Disarmament
Geneva
disarmament
United Nations Special Commission on Iraq
United Nations
disarmament
Iraq
Gulf War
Svenska Dagbladet
United States
espionage
Richard Butler
Andrew Cockburn
The First Post
Bill Clinton
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
weapons of mass destruction
Madeleine Albright
United Nations
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Christopher Hitchens
Tariq Aziz
bribe
The Telegraph

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