CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: London was a stopover for the senior weapons inspectors, who are expected to be back in Iraq by tomorrow. The Baghdad government also responds to accusations to ties to al Qaeda. CNN's Rym Brahimi is live in Baghdad to bring us up to date. Good morning -- Rym.</s>RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. Well, today is Friday. It's a Muslim day of rest. Inspectors are still out and about. At least four sites being checked out today. A group of journalists has also been taken to some of the sites that were referred to by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. Now, at the same time of course, as you mentioned, the first interview with -- the first private interview with an Iraqi scientist has taken place. It was last night. It took three hours and 32 minutes. As that was taking place, General Amer al-Sa'adi, the top scientific advisor to President Saddam Hussein, rebutted all of the allegations that had been put forward by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, saying it was fiction aimed for the uninformed, and that it was undermining the inspections process. Now, as you mentioned, a Foreign Ministry official also</s>SA'EED AL-MOUSAWI, FORMER IRAQI AMB. TO U.N. (through translator): The information that we have about him that he is present in Iraq. Our information says that he is in the Suramania (ph) area in the north of Iraq outside the control of the central government.</s>BRAHIMI: Now that said, many Iraqis did hear President Bush's comments on international radio stations. That does nothing to reassure them. Many of them feel helpless as to what may happen next -- Carol.</s>COSTELLO: Rym Brahimi live from Baghdad this morning. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Senior Weapons Inspectors Back in Baghdad Tomorrow