IRAQ: as predictable as night following day

From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Thu Feb 20 2003 - 13:06:35 MST

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    I guess you could call Saddam's intransigence a "peace dividend"...

    Inspectors Fault Iraqi Follow-Up
    No 'Positive Moves' Seen Since Friday

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32416-2003Feb19.html

    By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
    Washington Post Foreign Service
    Thursday, February 20, 2003; Page A01

    BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 19 -- President Saddam Hussein's government, apparently
    emboldened by antiwar sentiment at the U.N. Security Council and in
    worldwide street protests, has not followed through on its promises of
    increased cooperation with U.N. arms inspectors, according to inspectors in
    Iraq.

    No Iraqi scientist involved in biological, chemical or missile technology
    has consented to a private interview with the inspectors since Feb. 7, the
    day before the two chief U.N. inspectors arrived here for talks with Iraqi
    officials. The United Nations also has not received additional documents
    about past weapons programs, despite the government's pledge to set up a
    commission to scour the country for evidence sought by the inspectors, U.N.
    officials said....



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