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...made clear that it would support efforts to procure such a resolution - as long as the outcome was assured and the process didn't delay U.S. military plans. The quest for UN backing for military action puts the spotlight back onto chief weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohammed Al-Baradei, who visit Baghdad this weekend at Iraq's request...
...precondition for returning to Baghdad, Blix and Al-Baradei demanded that the Iraqis allow private interviews with scientists, allow surveillance flights by U2 spy-planes operated by the inspectors, and pass legislation in the Iraqi parliament outlawing weapons of mass destruction. Iraq this week allowed a scientist to be interviewed with no government minder present, and is believed by UN officials to be ready to concede on the other two points. But the inspectors plan to raise the bar a lot higher, warning that "unless there is a drastic change on the part of Iraq" and its willingness to cooperate...
...weapons-of-mass destruction indictment against Baghdad: While the UN inspectors concur with Washington's contention that Iraq has failed to account for substantial stocks of chemical and biological weapons, they have taken issue with U.S. claims about an Iraqi nuclear program. IAEA chief Dr. Mohammed al Baradei has sent his teams to inspect all the facilities identified by the U.S. and Britain last summer as potential Iraqi nuclear sites, and has pronounced them clean. And he disputes the Bush administration's claim that aluminum tubes sought by the Iraqis were for a clandestine nuclear program...
...including a "work plan" for Iraqi disarmament, toward the end of March. With January 27 no longer a trigger date, Blix, supported by the European Union, appears to be suggesting a two-month (and possibly longer) postponement in formulating any kind of conclusion. And chief nuclear inspector Mohammed El-Baradei has suggested that it may take his team another year to finish their...
...While Baghdad had not impeded the inspectors' activities, Blix and Al-Baradei demanded more "pro-active" cooperation from Iraq in establishing Iraqi compliance with UN disarmament demands. Iraq so far has done the minimum necessary to avoid being declared in violation of Resolution 1441 by the Security Council - but no more. But the conclusion from Blix and El Baradei was that they needed more time to thoroughly investigate the charges against Iraq. Possibly a lot more time...