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Iraq Parliament to Discuss U.N. Plan
President-for-Life Saddam Hussein ordered the Iraqi parliament to hold an emergency session to discuss a U.N. Security Council resolution that again calls on the country to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction or face "serious consequences," Iraqi media reported Sunday. The report on al-Shabab TV, owned by Saddam's oldest son Odai, seemed to signal that a reply to the U.N. on accepting the resolution and the return of U.N. weapons inspectors would not come immediately, although the Security Council resolution, adopted unanimously on Friday, demands a response within seven days.If it goes longer than seven days, guess they're in material breach, aren't they? Neither the television station nor the official Iraqi News Agency made clear when the parliamentary session would be held. Al-Shabab TV said parliament's decision on the resolution would be referred to the Revolutionary Command Council, the country's major executive body, which is headed by Saddam. He'll have them talk about it as long as they possibly can. My guess â a response sometime around Day 8 or Day 9, with a chorus of support from the Arab League as they're quibbling about when Day 1 was... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-11-10 |
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