New York: The United States (US) will soon provide the United Nations (UN) weapons inspectors in Iraq with a list of priority sites it wants investigated immediately and has approved a list of hi-tech surveillance gear for them in the hope of gaining information to back their claims of Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Sometime in the next two weeks, the US would provide chief weapons inspector Hans Blix with a list of priority sites it wants investigated immediately, according to media reports on December 9.

The US is also prepared to offer the weapons inspectors with high-tech surveillance gear, including unmanned aerial vehicles and a U-2 high altitude spy plane, a list of which has been approved by Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

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