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Blix lists 12 disarmament tasks left for Iraq
New Zealand Herald ^ | 18.03.2003 | REUTERS

Posted on 03/17/2003 8:01:37 PM PST by A_Niceguy_in_CA

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1 posted on 03/17/2003 8:01:37 PM PST by A_Niceguy_in_CA
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Dude, that Swedish hash is like so . . . . what were we talking about, dude?
2 posted on 03/17/2003 8:04:52 PM PST by dighton
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As war looms, Blix spells out exactly what Iraq must do to prove it has no weapons of mass destruction

1 hour, 36 minutes ago

By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer

UNITED NATIONS - Chief U.N. inspector Hans Blix spelled out exactly what Iraq (news - web sites) must do to prove it has disarmed and avoid U.S.-led military action, even as war looms.

In a report to the Security Council Monday, Blix said if Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) cooperates, the dozen key remaining disarmament issues could be resolved in months.

France, Russia and Germany have seized on Blix's presentation of the disarmament tasks to call for a council meeting Wednesday to set a "realistic" timeline to complete the tasks.

But with efforts to disarm Iraq peacefully apparently at an end, the exercise appeared futile to many diplomats. In a televised address Monday evening, U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) gave Saddam a 48-hour deadline to flee Iraq or face a U.S.-led invasion.

Blix whittled down a 173-page dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, which he gave to the council earlier this month, to pick a dozen key remaining disarmament tasks, each with questions Iraq must answer.

The chief inspector was required to produce the list before the end of March but speeded up its presentation at the request of France, Germany and other council members.

The list, obtained by The Associated Press, includes many of the key issues in the dossier — anthrax, VX nerve agent, mustard gas, missiles, chemical and biological munitions and warheads, drones and Scud missiles.

Blix said inspectors would pursue Iraq's fulfillment of the disarmament requirements "simultaneously and with the same priority" once they are approved by the council.

He listed the following tasks and actions that Iraq can take to resolve them:

_ Present any Scud missiles and associated biological and chemical warheads or explain what happened to them.

_ Provide information on SA-2 missile technology and related projects, and present any remaining Fahad missiles.

_ Present all materials related to missiles capable of going beyond the U.N. limit of 93 miles (150 kilometers), and their components.

_ Present any remaining chemical and biological munitions, including aerial bombs, rockets or missile warheads, artillery shells, cluster munitions and production equipment, and provide "credible evidence" about these programs.

_ Provide details of any drones or equipment for them, and present any spray tanks or other devices that could be used for chemical or biological warfare.

_ Present any remaining VX nerve agent and provide "credible evidence" to support any quantities of VX that were produced, consumed, destroyed or spoiled.

_ Present any remaining mustard gas and similar credible evidence.

_ Present any remaining Sarin nerve agent and similar credible evidence.

_ Present any remaining stocks of anthrax or provide evidence for its destruction and provide information on any work to dry anthrax.

_ Present any remaining stocks of botulinum toxin, a biological warfare agent, and complete production records since 1989 as well as evidence on the numbers of weapons filled with the toxin.

_ Present any stocks of undeclared biological warfare agents, and all information on research or production of smallpox after 1972.

_ Present any banned chemical or biological agents, precursors, missiles, mobile and underground facilities for chemical and biological weapons that have been acquired since 1998 when U.N. inspectors left Iraq.

3 posted on 03/17/2003 8:05:16 PM PST by A_Niceguy_in_CA
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Chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix produced a "to do" list of 12 disarmament tasks Iraq should fulfill ....

Blix definitely does not get the picture.

4 posted on 03/17/2003 8:07:34 PM PST by DallasMike
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5 posted on 03/17/2003 8:07:44 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Go Al Go!)
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The more Blix talks, the more I shake my head in amazement that anyone could be that stupid!
6 posted on 03/17/2003 8:07:50 PM PST by PhiKapMom (Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US)
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Poor Hans. So little. So late. So irrelevant.
7 posted on 03/17/2003 8:08:21 PM PST by Vigilanteman
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To: A_Niceguy_in_CA
Hans, it's time for your meds. You were having that dream again that you were relevant. Back to reality.

Go to the south pole and find some global warming.
8 posted on 03/17/2003 8:09:22 PM PST by ISonnet
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File Blix's "to do" list right next to Hitler's "Things to do on vacation this summer 1945" list.
9 posted on 03/17/2003 8:09:46 PM PST by Az Joe
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Hans.....buddy.....we really need to talk. There's been a slight change in plans.
10 posted on 03/17/2003 8:10:32 PM PST by Randjuke
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"The report did not say Iraq was still harbouring dangerous arms "
That, my friends, is the unanswered question. I simply posit that there had better be.
11 posted on 03/17/2003 8:10:36 PM PST by wadecollins (`)
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Talk about p*ss*n' in the wind.
12 posted on 03/17/2003 8:11:39 PM PST by Endeavor
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Dont worry Blixter, we will make sure that every demand is met in full!

Even without the stinking French Ba$tards support!

Best Regards!

13 posted on 03/17/2003 8:12:01 PM PST by Enemy Of The State (Beware the lollipop of mediocrity... lick it once and you suck forever)
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Blix's incredible shrinking list of Things To Do is now down to 12 items, from "hundreds" a short few weeks ago. Sadaam has not fully complied with a single item, yet Blix keeps marking them off his list anyway. These people at the U.N. make it up as they go along.
14 posted on 03/17/2003 8:13:48 PM PST by witnesstothefall
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Wow, Blix really doesn't get it...
15 posted on 03/17/2003 8:14:39 PM PST by MileHi
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Well let me help you in your search for Saddam's WMD's: get yourself a copy of Richard Preston's new book, "The Demon In The Freezer: A True Story." Oh, and good luck sleeping for the week following the read.
16 posted on 03/17/2003 8:14:52 PM PST by Endeavor
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Hey Blix can you say resume'?
17 posted on 03/17/2003 8:15:14 PM PST by JamminJAY (This space for rent)
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To: Randjuke
"Hans.....buddy.....we really need to talk. There's been a slight change in plans."

LOL - great ! I'll steal it

18 posted on 03/17/2003 8:17:05 PM PST by RS
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Yes, and here they are.
1) Weapons of Mass Destruction
2) Weapons of Mass Destruction
3) Weapons of Mass Destruction
4) Weapons of Mass Destruction
5) Weapons of Mass Destruction
6) Weapons of Mass Destruction
7) Weapons of Mass Destruction
8) Weapons of Mass Destruction
9) Weapons of Mass Destruction
10) Weapons of Mass Destruction
11) Weapons of Mass Destruction
12) Weapons of Mass Destruction
19 posted on 03/17/2003 8:17:34 PM PST by BostonCajun
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Earth to Blix. Earth calling Blix. Come in, Blix.
20 posted on 03/17/2003 8:21:10 PM PST by AF68
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