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| Iraq |
| Sammy sez 'no' |
| 2003-02-25 |
| Iraqi President Saddam Hussein indicated in an interview that he has no plans to comply with a UN demand to destroy his banned Al-Samoud 2 missiles, even as the US and its allies formally submitted a draft resolution early today to the UN Security Council seeking authority to disarm Iraq by force. Saddam flatly denied that even his most advanced Al-Samoud missiles violate UN restrictions, indicating he does not intend to destroy them as demanded by chief UN inspector Hans Blix, CBS television anchor Dan Rather said on CBS Radio after conducting the exclusive exchange. That's what he said on the teevee. Let's see if he backs down now. If not, it's a go, regardless of what the UNSC says... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |