Posted on 02/09/2003 8:45:11 PM PST by A Patriot Son
Iraq turns over documents on anthrax, missiles
BAGHDAD: Iraq has provided the United Nations with documents on anthrax and its Al-Fatah and Al-Sumoud missiles, chief weapons inspector Hans Blix announced here Sunday.
Appearing at a press conference at the end of a 36-hour mission, Blix said the documents would now be submitted to United Nations experts in New York for further analysis.
Blix said that Iraq has promised a response by Friday to a UN request for use of U2 surveillance planes.
“We should have a response on that issue before Friday,” Blix said.
He said Iraq’s cooperation on the process of disarmament resolution 1441 had been prompt and practical but said it was less forthcoming on the substance.
“Access (to suspect sites) has been prompt and practical,” Blix told a press conference in Baghdad after two days of crucial talks to assess Baghdad’s compliance with UN disarmament directives.
‘Change of heart’: ElBaradei said he was seeing a “:change of heart” from Iraq with regard to compliance to UN disarmament demands. “We’re beginning to see another change of heart” from Iraq, ElBaradei said.
48-hour deadline: The United States and Britain are drawing up plans to give Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as little as 48 hours to flee Baghdad or face war, as part of a second UN resolution, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
Such a resolution could be put before the UN Security Council by next weekend, the British paper said.
Bush, Powell: President George W. Bush kept the pressure on Iraq and the United Nations on Sunday, saying Baghdad must disarm and the UN Security Council must decide if it remains relevant.
“The United Nations gets to decide shortly whether or not it is going to be relevant in terms of keeping the peace, whether or not its words mean anything,” Bush.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday that Saddam still had an opportunity to avoid war but had to act immediately to come into compliance with UN disarmament demands. “I hope that we can avoid war,” he said. “There is still the opportunity to avoid war ... but it’s in the hands of Saddam Hussein.”
US to lease passenger planes: The Pentagon announced the activation of a plan to lease passenger and cargo aircraft from commercial airlines to ferry US troops and materiel to the Gulf area. The authority covers 47 passenger aircraft and 31 wide-body cargo aircraft belonging to a total of 22 US airlines. The Pentagon said however it would now only be using the passenger aircraft.
Germany, Russia: Germany and Russia said on Sunday they hoped Iraq could be disarmed peacefully, with Moscow saying France, Germany, Russia and China were broadly in agreement.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Russian President Vladimir Putin made the comments after meeting in Berlin.
Sabri in Iran: Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri arrived in the Iranian capital Sunday for an unscheduled 24-hour visit, foreign ministry officials here said.
Airstrike: Aircraft of a US and British coalition attacked an Iraqi mobile air defense command and control facility on Saturday in response to threats to coalition aircraft policing the southern “no-fly” zone, the US military said.
—Reuters/AFP
A change of heart would do him well. To begin, the bayonette should be inserted into the solar plexus...
if United Nations troops go in Frist befor the American what will Bush do??
Where's a hardened boolsheet meter when you need one?
Mine's pegged and stuck.
My son-in-law left for Kuwait this morning. I don't think appeasement was on his mind.
This is how I see it. Before any UN troops can go in there needs to be a vote of the security counsel of which we are members and hold a veto. Secondly, what UN troops? The UN doesn't have a standing army.
That would be my guess cause I sure don't see Saddam just handing over document he swore he didn't have and has gone out of his way to hide
That was my reply of choice. It's worth repeating.
Too late. The game is over.
Saddam has no heart....and soon will have less.
Here is a question .. did Saddam agree to troops?
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