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U.S. Gets Key Support for Iraq Draft
The United States won key support Monday from chief weapons inspectors who told the Security Council they would be better off with a new resolution that warns Iraq of consequences if it fails to cooperate. "I think it is desirable that Iraq understands that any lack of cooperation or violation ... will call for reactions on the part of the council," said Hans Blix, the top U.N. inspector.He means reactions other than just more talking... But Blix and Mohammed ElBaradei, who heads the International Atomic Energy Agency in charge of nuclear inspections, questioned several details in the U.S. proposal and said it was up to the council — not them — to decide whether Iraq was in compliance. "It has been suggested that we hold war and peace in our hands (and) we decline that statement," Blix told journalists after discussing the U.S. proposal inside the Security Council. "Our job is to report." Okay, then. Report. We'll take it from there... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-10-28 |
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