“On 5 August, 1998 the [Iraqi] regime suspended cooperation with UNSCOM [United Nations Special Commission, the inspection group that searched for WMD] and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), linking any future resumption of their activities with a removal of sanctions, and the insulation of the inspection team from the possibility of compromise by US intelligence.”
– Ali A. Allawi, The Occupation of Iraq, Page 71