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...UNMOVIC chief Dr. Hans Blix and his counterpart for nuclear inspections, Dr. Mohammed al-Baradei gave the Security Council a mixed report: On the one hand, Iraq's declaration was unacceptable because it had failed to account for known chemical weapons stocks; on the other, Iraq has not impeded the inspection process and the inspectors have turned up no clear evidence of continued prohibited weapons programs. Al-Baradei even put the kibosh on at least one specific charge made by Washington when he reported that aluminum tubes alleged by U.S. officials to have been imported by Iraq...
...beyond Saddam's reach doesn't necessarily mean those scientists will agree to leave the country. UNMOVIC has made clear that it is unable to take Iraqi scientists abroad if they decline the invitation to travel. "We are not going to abduct anybody," said chief inspector Dr. Hans Blix last month. "And we're not serving as a defection agency." A hint of the problems that may arise emerged recently when UNMOVIC sought a private interview with an Iraqi academic, and the scientist himself insisted on an Iraqi government official being present. Not surprisingly, UNMOVIC is being tight-lipped over...
...HANS BLIX...
Those impassive eyes do not judge. They merely observe. Blix may look like your grandfather's accountant, but the affable Swede, who heads the U.N. weapons-inspection team in Iraq, is now the eyes of the world, which is counting on him to find out what Saddam has up his sleeve. Blix knows, however, that what you see isn't always what...
...Thursday's Security Council briefing was simply an update from Dr. Blix, and his team is due to make its preliminary assessment of Iraqi compliance with on January 27. The Bush Administration would have had little chance of convincing the Security Council right now that an incomplete declaration by Iraq was enough to trigger a war - after all, the Iraqis have not impeded the work of UNMOVIC and the inspectors have not reported finding any signs of prohibited weapons activity. The Council's response to an incomplete declaration may well be simply to urge UNMOVIC to seek answers to specific...