LIVE THREAD: Blix Reports to the U.N. on Iraqi Compliance

http://freerepublic.com ^ | March 7, 2003

[Howlin]

Link to C-SPAN

As usual, please no HUGE graphics

[Dog]

Here it is!

[Terriergal]

I've got a lot of things to do, but I can't drag myself away from here...might miss some zingers like Ari's last one!

I know the feeling. Luckily my cold-stricken son is still asleep.

GUNFIGHT in HEBRON on Jewish Sabbath No more nonsense about giving quarter during Ramadan and on Fridays.

Dog torture video coming up now.

[RummyChick]

old videos that this reporter just obtained

[Dog]

Testing botulim on beagles...

UGH!!!

[Terriergal]

Arrgh... those poor dogs.

[r9etb]

That would be Les Kinsolving, a reporter from WBAL radio in Baltimore. He's as much a pain in the frazzle-ratz as Helen is.

Kinsolving is an off-the-wall sort, usually described with terms like "gadfly." His forte is in asking odd, interesting, and uncomfortable questions.

Personally, I think it was a great question, and it sounds like Ari handled it pretty well.

[Dog]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!

[InspiredPath1]

What's the name of the book?

The Gulf Conflict - Diplomacy and War in the New World Order by Lawrence Freedman and Efraim Karsh

I took special pains to find a book written before the current conflict. I watch the media portray today's diplomatic struggles as if Bush 2 is a failure. This book disproves that theory. The diplomacy in 1990 - 91 looked just as ugly. Furthermore, diplomacy in 1990 was also sabotaged by France and Russia (USSR). Saudi Arabia almost kicked our forces out before the conflict even began because we started talking about "Democratic Reforms" in Kuwait. Saudi Arabia was content to have Iraq displace Kuwait if we insisted on democracy.

Quite an interesting read.

(I too have heard of the book you mentioned and look forward to reading it.)

[Otta B Sleepin]

These videos were obtained through Saddam's son-in-law, who defected. Wasn't this man later lured back and murdered by Saddam?

[Carolinamom]

I've GOT to leave, but keep posting. You can bet BIG money that I'll be back.

[Terriergal]

Two Men Attack Jewish West Bank Settlement

JERUSALEM (AP) - Two men dressed as religious students attacked a Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Friday, rescue workers and media said, reporting several injuries.

The men, who were dressed like Jewish seminary students, opened fire on several Jewish settlers. Reporters in the area said the gunmen were hiding in a house and a gunbattle was ongoing. ...

[Monty22]

That was pretty lame.. saddam killing cute puppies.. Cheap shot.

US Companies and weapon labs have torched endless animals as well. This was just silly to show.

[RummyChick]

i thought it was a good question too given that the diss to helen thomas is causing such an uproar in the washington news circle

maybe helen will permanately boycott press conferences

[woodyinscc]

"If he keeps that up, he can sit outside with Helen, looking in..."

Yes! along with all the other leftist indoctrinated
journalists, who think they can change the Country
by the drival they write, instead of reporting the
news!!!

Thank God for my Father, who warned me against
the liberal biased Profs at Univ. Cal. Berk.

[prairiebreeze]

Hi folks. Can I get a quick update on one point if somebody was watching (darned work interferring with my FReeping today--lol)

Did anybody see the Frency Villipin's speech and was it as GLORIOUS as some of the cable channels are saying??? I was hearing Villipin won the upper hand in todays round with Powell because he discussed "concepts" etc. and that Powell was "flat". Any opinions/updates???

thanks! Prairie

[Mo1]

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Little known fact from my 2002 calendar: Bats always fly left when exiting a cave.

Doesn't surprise me. Being blind, they're probably liberals, so it's entirely expected that they would be left-leaning.

[JustPiper]

All for the love of Jack:

Straw calls for March 17 deadline

Staff and agencies-

Friday March 7, 2003

Britain wants to set Saddam Hussein a March 17 deadline to comply fully with UN demands on disarmament, or face military action.

The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, told the UN security council that Britain is tabling an amendment to its draft resolution, proposed jointly with the US and Spain, which, if adopted, would give Iraq a "further period" to comply with the earlier resolution 1441.

Mr Straw told the security council that not one of its members, many of whom are sceptical about the case for war, had said "that Iraq is fully, actively and immediately in compliance with [resolution] 1441".

After listing ways in which Iraq continued to fail to fully co-operate with UN weapons inspectors, including "continuing to record interviews which should be private", he called on the UN to "increase the pressure on Saddam Hussein".

Mr Straw said that Saddam would only fully comply with resolution 1441 if the international community backed its "diplomacy with a credible threat of force". He concluded that the UN should now put Saddam "to the test", and further time is not necessary as "the truth takes only seconds to tell".

His comments followed the latest report by the chief weapons inspector, Hans Blix, in which Mr Blix said that Iraq has carried out a "substantial measure of disarmament".

However, even before Mr Straw spoke, the idea of a deadline had been rejected by the French foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, who said: "We cannot accept an ultimatum as long as inspectors are reporting cooperation."

A deadline would be "a pretext for war", Mr de Villepin added, saying: "France will not allow a resolution to pass that authorises the automatic use of force."

Britain's joint resolution and amendment is seen as an attempt to win support from the undecided members of the 15-nation Security Council, who have grave misgivings about voting for immediate warfare.

[Smedley]

Ouch.. someone's a lile testy over the elite Helen Thomas not getting automatic privileges over all other reporters... what a rude presstitute that guy is!

Fleisher b!thch-slapped that idiot. Idiot complains about script. Then states that Ari is always fair. Then asks who wrote the script. Ari says that he did.

slap slap slap slap

[mhking]

Part of me doesn't want to see them (the videos), but I guess I'll have to look when I get home.