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| Iraq: Inspectors can't look in Sammy's houses... |
| 2002-09-22 |
| ``Iraq declared it will not deal with any new resolution that contradicts what has been agreed upon with the U.N. secretary-general,'' the government said in a brief announcement read on Iraqi radio. ``American officials are trying . . . to issue new, bad resolutions from the Security Council.'' "Nope. We're not gonna abide by any new resolutions. We're still working on avoiding the old ones..." The move appeared to be an attempt to undermine a sweeping and tough new U.N. resolution that is expected to be circulated Monday at the Security Council by the United States and Britain, U.N. diplomats said Saturday. That resolution would charge U.N. teams with checking sites suspected of having information on nuclear, biological or chemical weapons and ballistic missiles. It would also, in effect, scrap past compromises. What's to compromise? Abide by past agreements or don't abide... The Iraqi statement referred particularly to a 1998 agreement between Iraq and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Iraq's sprawling presidential compounds, which have many facilities other than Saddam's personal palaces. "Nope. Can't go in there. Somebody might be naked or something..." For seven years, Baghdad refused entry to the facilities on the grounds that such inspections would infringe on Iraq's sovereignty. A compromise in 1998 gave inspectors access but only if they were accompanied by an array of diplomats — a deal that prolonged the process and gave Iraq a new channel of appeal, according to former weapons inspectors. And all the diplos had to be left-handed redheads, and only from Samoa... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 I imagine that's what'll happen. Too bad about all those dancing girls and mistresses, though... |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-09-22 10:31:05 |
| #1 those "palaces" should be the first things flattened to rubble, then bounce the rubble some more. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2002-09-22 10:22:49 |