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Straw sets the deadline...
Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, has effectively set a deadline of Feb 14 for Saddam Hussein to prove he is complying with United Nations weapons inspectors or face military action. Good old Jack! I'm sorry I called him names before... Mr Straw told the UN Security Council in New York: "This council will have further reports from the inspectors on Friday week. If non-co-operation continues, this council must meet its responsibilities." "Sammy, this here town ain't big enough fer the two of us..." Oh. Sorry. Jack's not a cowboy, is he? Mr Straw was speaking after Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, gave a presentation in which he claimed Iraq was continuing to hide weapons of mass destruction and was actively deceiving weapons inspectors. Mr Straw described Mr Powell's presentation as "a most powerful and authoritative case against the Iraqi regime". Kinda hard to argue with most of it, I'd say, unless you've moved to South Lalaland or Gay Paree... The Foreign Secretary said the UN had given Saddam "a final opportunity to rid itself of weapons of mass terror" including gases, viruses like anthrax and smallpox and of the means to make nuclear weapons. He said: "Sadly the inspectors' reports last week and Secretary Powell's presentation today can leave us under no illusions about Saddam Hussein's response." "You'll take my anthrax over my dead body!" "Hokay by me!" Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-02-05 |
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