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| U.N. Watchdog Says World Losing Patience with Iraq |
| 2003-02-03 |
| The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Monday the world was losing patience with Iraq and Baghdad needed to begin cooperating more with U.N. weapons inspectors. Despite the disagreement among many countries about whether Iraq is in material breach of U.N. resolutions, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei told Reuters in an interview the consensus was that Baghdad had to improve its behavior. "There is an agreement that Iraq needs to cooperate more, that the international community is getting impatient and that inspectors should be able to provide positive reports soon," he said. ElBaradei said that this was a message he and fellow chief weapons inspector Hans Blix, in charge of the hunt for chemical, biological and ballistic weapons, would communicate to the Iraqis when they arrive in Baghdad Saturday. "We expect to get a breakthrough in the area of chemical and biological (weapons) and missiles. Maybe we will not completely finish the job (this weekend) but we would like to see a breakthrough," he said. Even ElBaradei is getting tired of being used by Saddam. He see's where this is going and wants to have a job after the war. |
| Posted by:Steve |