| Submit your comments on this article |
| Axis of Evil |
| Aziz pledges more Iraqi cooperation |
| 2003-01-28 |
| Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz on Monday promised that Iraq will try to cooperate more with U.N. weapons inspectors but said he could not rule out a strike on Kuwait in the event of a U.S.-led military attack. In addition, he denied Iraq possesses banned weapons and predicted the Iraqi people would not quickly surrender to a U.S. invasion. It'll probably take 'em a week or so... "They are asking Iraq to provide more cooperation, and, OK, let them say that, you see, we are doing that," Aziz replied impatiently when asked about the inspections. He went on to say that only two items of disagreement existed between Iraq and the inspectors: private interviews of Iraqi scientists by inspectors, and Iraq's allowing overflights of U-2 spy planes flown by U.S. pilots, in support of the inspectors. "All other aspects of cooperation have been met," he said, "and we promise to be more forthcoming in the future replying to all their needs in a way that will satisfy them." That's not what full compliance is, is it? I heard a rumor this morning that Sammy mailed out death certificates to his nuke jockeys, for them and their families, as a warning not to talk. If that turns out to be true, I'd say the time for talk is over... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 Blix is smart enough to realize that if his report was not tough on Iraq, the American response would destroy his and Kofi's credibility (Colin Powell was making that broad hint at Davos on the weekend). But it looks like the French misanticipated what Blix was planning to report. And Colin won't ever let them forget. |
| Posted by: john 2003-01-28 19:25:35 |
| #4 Hans Blix put it best in his own report; it's not enough just to say that the doors are open, so to speak. You have to actually _cooperate_, and Mr. Blix has really nailed Iraq's hide to the wall on that score. (Good for him, by the way. I really didn't think he had it in him, but it's obvious that his backbone is made of stronger stuff than blancmange after all.) |
| Posted by: Joe 2003-01-28 17:44:00 |
| #3 Hmmm... The rumor I heard this morning seems to have made the NY Post... Or more likely originated there. So much for my Top Secret Sources™... |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-01-28 15:35:10 |
| #2 "Look, Tariq, you're not allowed ANY goddam 'disagreements', you stupid shit. You drop your drawers or we drop you. Clear?" |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-01-28 12:31:03 |
| #1 I think that we should go in if only for the purpose to shut Aziz up. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-01-28 10:44:57 |