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