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| U.S., Britain put pressure on Blix over drone |
| 2003-03-10 |
| 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 |
| #7 The drones were not mentioned in the draft report submitted to the Security Council prior to Blix's presentation. Blix was going to keep this secret? It would appear the Brits found out which is why Jack Straw unloaded on deVillepin in such a personal way: "this is chilling read! Dominique" |
| Posted by: john 2003-03-10 21:41:29 |
| #6 Doesn't appear to be having a very dramatic impact yet... |
| Posted by: jrosevear 2003-03-10 19:36:47 |
| #5 No surprise at all. The Axis of Weasel still at work. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-03-10 12:19:31 |
| #4 Would anyone be surprised if France had anything to do with Blixie "forgetting" to mention this last time around? |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-10 11:52:12 |
| #3 Who leaked it? Someone got a report on a corner in NYC? What??? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-10 11:46:03 |
| #2 Didn't think we'd catch that, eh? Oh no, we American cowboys are just not intelligent enough to catch the diplomatic subtleties of the UN-sophisticates. We're far too busy going indiscriminantly wild. Blix, you clown, you are done! Buh-bye. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-03-10 11:16:15 |
| #1 Now that we have found a "smoking gun", I can't wait for it Tick..tick..tick.... "See, the inspections are working!" |
| Posted by: john 2003-03-10 11:05:52 |