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| Iraq Names 83 Who Helped Destroy Weapons |
| 2003-02-20 |
| Iraq has given U.N. inspectors the names of people who took part in the destruction of banned materials from its biological weapons and missile programs. In his report to the U.N. Security Council last Friday, chief U.N. inspector Hans Blix said Iraq had presented a list of 83 participants "in the unilateral destruction in the chemical field, which took place in the summer of 1991." He asked Iraq for a similar list of people who took part in the destruction of other proscribed items, especially in the biological field. "Since then, the Iraqis have provided lists of individuals involved in unilateral destruction of biological and missile items in the early 1990s," Blix's spokesman, Ewen Buchanan, said Thursday. "Those lists are being studied, and clearly might be potential names for interviews." This is a part of Iraq's strategy of continuing to hand out spits and dribbles of cooperation, in the hope of dragging things out until the weather's too hot. At that point, they expect the Merkins to go away, and there won't be any momentum to resume next cold season. They're trying to ride out the clock. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |