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| Axis of Evil |
| Iraq: ''Yes, thank you. We'd really like some weapons inspectors...'' |
| 2002-08-01 |
| In a surprise move, Iraq invited the chief U.N. weapons inspector to Baghdad Thursday for talks it said could lead to a return of inspectors after nearly four years. Iraqâs Foreign Minister Naji Sabri sent a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan saying the government would like chief inspector Hans Blix and U.N. weapons experts to come to Baghdad âat the earliest agreed upon time.â Guess Iran decided not to sell 'em anything. They figure they need all those weapons for themselves... Annan has been trying to persuade the Iraqis to allow U.N. inspectors to return but three rounds of talks since March have failed to make any headway. At the end of the last round in Vienna on July 5 which Blix attended, Annan and Sabri agreed that technical talks would continue. The letter from Sabri to Annan, dated Thursday, for the first time mentions the return of inspectors. Sabri said his government wants the talks between Blix and Iraqi experts to review the remaining questions about Iraqâs weapons programs and decide on measures to resolve them âwhen the inspection regime returns to Iraq.'' That's scheduled for the sweet by-and-by, about the time the U.S. mobilizes... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |