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U.N. Experts Want Up to a Year for Iraq Inspections
U.N. arms experts said on Monday they wanted up to a year to complete their inspections in Iraq, even as Washington masses a force in the Gulf that will be ready to wage war within weeks. Why not, the process has been so effective thus far. The U.N. inspectors' comments were likely to further fuel an anti-war camp that includes much of the public in Europe and the Middle East, many of their governments, and the Pope, who declared on Monday war would be a "defeat for humanity." Basically everybody but me. Inspectors briefed the Security Council last week on the Iraq inspections. "We heard unanimous support from the council members that they were four-square behind us, and we believe that they're willing to give us the time that we need," he said. The sad truth is that Sammy has succeeded in providing world leaders with an excuse to do nothing. In their mind, Sammy is cooperating and the burden of proof is on the US, not on Iraq as the various resolutions have stated. "War is the number one destroyer of human rights. We believe that a pre-emptive attack on Iraq is unwise, unnecessary and contradicts American values," said James Jennings, head of the Atlanta-based aid organization Conscience International. If War is indeed the #1 offender, let's arrest him and try him for crimes against humanity. Posted by: JAB 2003-01-13 |
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