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To: Petronski; Miss Marple; Fred Mertz; Howlin; aristeides; Bonaparte
Intimidation and Coercion: In the past, Iraq did not hesitate to use pressure tactics to obtain information about the inspectors. Often the pressure was quite crude. During the UNSCOM period, one inspector was reportedly filmed in a compromising situation and blackmailed.

Sometimes the pressure was subtler. Richard Spertzel, a former UNSCOM specialist in biological warfare, recalled the case of an Iraqi official coyly asking a new member of his team: "How far is it from Salt Lake City to Minneapolis?" Having moved from Salt Lake City to Minneapolis just days prior to her arrival in Iraq, she was unnerved by the comment, according to Spertzel.

20 posted on 01/23/2003 12:06:41 PM PST by The Great Satan
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To: The Great Satan
During the UNSCOM period, one inspector was reportedly filmed in a compromising situation and blackmailed.

If that can be documented, I don't know if it counts as quite a casus belli, but it surely would be a way to make Iraq look very bad.

28 posted on 01/23/2003 1:22:26 PM PST by aristeides
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