Iraqis 'staggered' by exhaustive list of demands from UN inspectors

Independent Co. U.K. ^ | 11/20/2002 | Kim Sengupta

[Jeff Chandler]

...an attempt by the Bush administration to scupper the UN mission.

 

Shiver me timbers.

[Rain-maker]

Hans Blix? All we need now his Moe and Curly....

[not-an-ostrich]

The December 8 deadline is for a list of their weapons programs and has nothing whatsoever to do with a list of sights to be visited given to Iraq. The one has nothing to do with the other. Nonsense to state the list could delay the December 8 release of information. Could just be a journalist trying to stir up trouble.

[MindBender26]

By giving ANY list early, you are tipping your hand.

Only way is to go to car in morning and say "Today, we want to go to 123 East Woggie Street. Take us there now!"

[Mixer]

If they search the Mosques and Palaces first it will be a much easier find and we can get this thing over with a lot quicker.

[kinghorse]

Will they be allowed into Mosques? If not, this is a farce.

[mhking]

The dinner between one of Saddam Hussein's closest aides and Hans Blix was meant to smooth the thorny path for the renewed United Nations weapons inspections.

Notice, that Blix has yet to meet with Saddam himself. You would think that with such a grave issue, that the head of the nation would want to meet with the person who gets to decide the nation's fate.

Such is the scale of information the UN is demanding, Iraqi officials told Mr Blix's team they may have difficulties meeting the 8 December deadline by which they must submit a detailed report.

Of course, it takes a long time to write "zero" on a tally sheet. Or are they truly not in compliance? [nudge, nudge, wink, wink]

The Iraqis, led by General Husan Amin, asked for "further clarification" of the terms of the US-sponsored UN resolution.

Clarification? All...it's spelled A-L-L. Is that clear enough for you?

UN officials were perturbed by criticism of Mr Blix, a 74-year-old former Swedish foreign minister, by right-wingers in America.

I'm sorry - I just don't have confidence that the Muppet's Swedish Chef can coordinate an effective search for WMD in Iraq. Call me crazy. And as far as I'm concerned, the UN "officials" are on thin ice to begin with.

An Iraqi Foreign Ministry official said: "This shows it is the Americans who are against the UN inspections, not us. They are trying to find pretexts to stop the mission and bomb us."

No, we're tired of playing games, want to do away with this charade and bomb you. It's just a little bit different.

Inspectors have destroyed more weapons here than the bombs have.

To paraphrase Samuel L. Jackson in "Jackie Brown": "Nuclear warheads. When you've got to kill every last mutha-f***** in the room, accept no substitutes!"

[mhking]

Hans Blix:

[hchutch]

Didn't one of our recon satellites once make a map of underground tunnels in the 1980s? I seem to recall we RELEASED that photo to show the Soviets they couldn't hide stuff from us...

[hchutch]

Isn't Iraq already in material breach by firing on our planes in the "no-fly" zone?

Maybe Bush needs to say with regards to the UN's Kofi Annan: "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse."

[immadashell]

"I sure do hope you're right. BTW, how about that new "radar" that detects underground voids?"

"From what I understand, it works by sensing minute fluctuations of Earth's gravity. I just hope Rosie O'Donnell isn't anywhere nearby when they're trying to get a reading..."


LOL Cruel, but funny!

[nonliberal]

The shell game begins...

[1Old Pro]

"Iraqi officials told Mr Blix's team they may have difficulties meeting the 8 December deadline by which they must submit a detailed report. "

Just as RUSH predicted, Iraq will say they need a couple of years to comply.

[Poohbah]

Yup. Synthetic aperture radar has found long-buried river beds in the desert, underground facilities, and all manner of buried things.

[ZULU]

"Iraqis 'staggered' by exhaustive list of demands from UN inspectors"

GOOD!!!

[Stultis]

What a stupid move!! Blix and Co. should be replaced by inspectors who know what they are doing, by God!

The French and the Russians insisted on Blix, clearly because he has been a proven failure in the past.

[cake_crumb]

Awww...poor widdle Iraqis. NOT.

[zingzang]

I'm sure "Mr. Bad Teeth" did just that without the Iraquis even asking for the list! This guy is about as good as tits on a boar hog. Why are we telling these animals anything other than something like, "We're here to do the inspections, don't f&*!k with us!!" Another great example of the ineptitude of the UN.

[zingzang]

Just as RUSH predicted, Iraq will say they need a couple of years to comply.

How about January 1st, 2003? We'll give them a few years to think about their actions by bombing them back to the stone age...wait a minute, they're already there...okay, back to the age of dinosaurs!!

[cake_crumb]

"The French and the Russians insisted on Blix, clearly because he has been a proven failure in the past."

Aww...you shouldn't tell the truth about Putin...after all the breath he's spent telling the world how HE is fighting terrorism!