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3/9/2003

Blix report ruined US dreams

8:10:31 AM
Tehran, March 9 - US chair in the Security Council Friday night was the stage of a performance of failed pipe dreams after chief UN inspector Hans Blix and his colleague Muhammad Al-Beradaei tipped nothing of a defiant Iraq in their reports to the counci l.

The United States had been eying a report which would no more put off its plans for war on Iraq and would provide the ground for issueance of an eventual permission on the matter; But Hans Blix underscored more time for inspections and put a positive gloss on destroying Iraqi Al-Samoud missiles. Like a hopeful Blix, Muhammad Al-Beradaei, who currently holds a major say on nuclear energy issues, dozed the US warfare blaze and said no efforts has been made since 1990 on the part of Iraqi regime to impo rt MWD-potential uranium.

The session caught the White House offguard and foiled its attempt to prove an Iraqi violation of the resolution number 1441. It also carved a more rugged route before Washington for pushing through a second resolution, embeded with a stipulation of ap plying force against Baghdad.

Washington needs the approval of a whole security council if going to see a second resolution passed, thing appearing unlikely, at least with the status quo in the body.

Doesn't it proppel the US to speak of going it alone and assail Iraq with no UN permission in hand?

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