Blix, ElBaradei Unravel Resolution 1441 DEBKAfile Special Analysis January 20, 2003, 11:02 PM (GMT+02:00) Two senior UN officials, chief arms inspector Hans Blix and nuclear controller Mohamed ElBaradei, handed Saddam Hussein an epic diplomatic victory Monday, January 20 – no doubt acting on a nod from UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. They gained the Iraqi ruler yet a further stay of military action until March 27 before he risks facing war for failing to give up his weapons of mass destruction. At the United Nations, US Secretary of State, smarting at the blind man’s bluff played out at Washington’s expense...
