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U.S., Britain put pressure on Blix over drone
Britain and the United States plan on Monday to press chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix to admit that he has found a "smoking gun" in Iraq, British newspaper, The London Times reported on Monday. The newspaper said British and U.S. ambassadors plan to demand that Blix reveal more details of an undeclared Iraqi unmanned aircraft, whose existence was only disclosed in a declassified 173-page document circulated by inspectors on Friday. The discovery of the drone, which has a wing span of 25 feet, will make it much easier for waverers on the U.N. Security Council to accept U.S. and British arguments that Iraq has failed to meet U.N. demands to disarm, The Times article said. It said Blix had failed to mention the drone in his oral report about Iraq inspections to the Security Council on Friday. "It's incredible," The Times, quoted an unidentified senior diplomat. "The report is going to have a clearly defined impact on the people who are wavering. It's a biggie." Good. About time they held Blixie's feet to the fire. Posted by: Steve 2003-03-10 |
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