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...White House has 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...
...word, he could sway the Council debate even without a smoking gun. Powell is on strongest ground where he is able to show that Iraq is actively - rather than simply by omission - failing to comply with the letter and spirit of Resolution 1441. Chief inspector Dr. Hans Blix has chastised the Iraqis for their "passive cooperation," insisting Baghdad had evaded some of the key challenges set out by the inspectors such as explaining the discrepancies in its declaration, allowing unrestricted access to scientists and permitting U2 surveillance flights. Powell plans an even more damning indictment by showing evidence that Iraq...
...share the conclusion that Iraq represents a sufficient danger to its neighbors or the West to justify the risks of war. But if Powell's allegations of Iraq's systematic efforts to deceive and evade the inspection and disarmament process are born out by chief weapons inspector Dr. Hans Blix in his Valentine's Day report, even the most reluctant Council members may be left with little option but to support or accept a resolution authorizing force...
...Differences over whether Saddam represents a serious threat may not be the determining factor in shaping the outcome of the UN process. Blix has already told the Security Council that Iraq's cooperation with UN teams has fallen short of compliance with Resolution 1441, and Powell's objective on Wednesday was to make the case that Iraqi non-compliance is the product not of omission but of active deceit that undermines the very purpose of further inspections. The immediate response by war-skeptical Security Council members such as France, Russia, China and Germany was to urge further - and expanded - inspections...
...Powell's evidence won't lead to a quick resolution authorizing force. The Council will take its cue from the inspectors. But the Secretary of State has sounded notice that should Blix report that Iraq continues to evade its responsibility, the Security Council will be expected to respond quickly, or step aside. More than anything else, Powell has reminded the Security Council that the onus for avoiding war rests primarily, and urgently, with Saddam Hussein...