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| Axis of Evil |
| Iraq brands UN arms chief a ''spy'' |
| 2002-08-27 |
| Iraq renewed a call for talks with the United Nations but branded the UN disarmament chief a "spy," as US Vice President Dick Cheney urged swift, pre-emptive military action against Baghdad. "We confirm that Iraq is free of weapons of mass destruction and inspectors are just spies," Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said Tuesday, calling nonetheless for more talks between Baghdad and the UN on a return of inspectors. Guess that settles that. Kofi, have them shot! "The US administration has made it clear through President (George W.) Bush that the problem was not the return of inspectors but the Iraqi regime," which Washington wants to topple, he said. Since the inspectors didn't do any good while they were there... Ramadan called on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to fix a date "for a new round of talks," expressing hope the UN Security Council would free itself from American hegemony. Annan and Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri have held three rounds of talks since the start of the year but each time dialogue has stalled on the issue of disarmament. That's what was supposed to happen. If you don't want to disarm, and you have to disarm, the way to avoid it is to hold talks that go on and on and on. Eventually either the Last Trumpet will sound, or you'll have enough armaments in stock that nobody will be able to make you disarm. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |