It was for precisely this reason that the United States properly declined when Qaddafi proposed to allay our concerns about the Rabta facility by offering an on-site inspection of it.
Notably, it will take the approval of 30 countries out of the 51-member multilateral "Executive Committee" before an on-site challenge inspection can be conducted .
Indeed, the President is reportedly considering air strikes against Saddam's covert weapons programs precisely because the latter has, over the past six years, successfully thwarted a far more intrusive and robust on-site inspection regime than any that could be negotiated in an arms control context.