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| Iraq |
| Blix: SCUDs a "violation" |
| 2003-03-21 |
| Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix yesterday said Iraq violated its agreement with the United Nations if the missiles it fired at American troops were Scuds. "I'm very interested to know whether they used Scuds," Blix said in an interview with the Fox News Channel. "If they're firing [Scuds], of course that shows that there's a violation," he said. No shit Blix told the U.N. Security Council this month that it was "questionable" whether the Iraqis had destroyed all of their Scuds and that about 50 Scud warheads were still unaccounted for. Even though he wanted more time for inspections, Blix said yesterday that he didn't know if he could ever be sure that Iraq wasn't hiding the illegal missiles. "I could not guarantee that we would come to clear conclusions even after some months more," he said. Any reason you didn't bring this up at the U.N.? Blix also said he doubted Iraq would use chemical or biological weapons against U.S. troops - even if it had them. "If they were to use chemicals or any prohibited weapon, then the whole world opinion, I think, would turn against them immediately," he said. The following comment is from James Lileks: 5:17 PM News report: Hans Blix admits that he would have never have found all the WMD. Thanks, Hans. Much obliged. I’m guessing that he was paid by the week, not by the discovery; if we’d given him a bonus for Finding Stuff, and the bonus exceeded what he would have made in a year of desultory squinting, we might have had the material breach in week one. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 The inspections were working, just not working fast or good enough for normal standards that a country that took some bad hits on 9-11 expects. Give Blixie a certificate of appreciation and tell him to GTFO. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-21 21:52:04 |
| #4 But...but...but..I thought the inspections were working. |
| Posted by: Denny 2003-03-21 20:10:36 |
| #3 I KNEW it!!!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-03-21 15:31:41 |
| #2 Mr. Blix is an unfortunate by-product of a liberal society:a well-meaning person who takes laws and contracts as if they were laws of nature,instead of legal fictions enforced,ultimately,through force of arms by the governments who recognize them. Put simply,the man is too civilized for his own good. |
| Posted by: El Id 2003-03-21 10:31:57 |
| #1 But...but...but..I thought the inspections were working. |
| Posted by: Denny 3/21/2003 8:10:36 PM |