Word: breach
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...process even as it assembles an invasion armada that carries no UN mandate. Although the arms inspectors have cited problems with Iraq's December declaration that it harbors no prohibited weapons, not even Britain endorsed the U.S. view that the declaration itself put Iraq in "material breach" of Security Council Resolution 1441 - language that could trigger a war. And that's unlikely to change as long as Iraq maintains its current pattern of cooperation with the inspectors. Indeed, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will have irritated Washington hawks by his New Year's Eve statement that there was "no basis...
...declaring war the following day, but once its invasion armada is assembled and ready for action, it will no longer be in a position to tolerate months of delay. At that point, President Bush will have to work hard to convince reluctant allies that Iraq is indeed in "material breach" of UN requirements, and that imposing a "regime-change" on Baghdad is the only remedy...
After U.N. inspectors revealed last week that Iraq had failed to disclose some information about its weapons programs, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Iraq was again in "material breach" of U.N. resolutions, bringing the U.S. closer to war. Material breach, hitherto an unfamiliar bit of legalese, today is the preferred euphemism for "liar, liar." It's just one of several words and phrases that took on new currency...
...mass destruction fails to live up to its undertaking to provide a full and accurate account of its stocks and programs, as required by UN Security Council Resolution 1441. But it won't use that failure as grounds to reconvene the Security Council and declare Iraq in "material breach" of the resolution in order to set in motion the "serious consequences" of which the resolution warns - because the UN isn't ready to back up that interpretation, and that would impact negatively on American public support for going...
...gaps in Iraq's weapons disclosure put it in "material breach" of UN Security Council Resolution 1441, says Washington. Yet the Bush Administration refrained Thursday from seeking UN endorsement of that view, and triggering an invasion of Iraq. Chief UN weapons inspector Dr. Hans Blix told the Council that Iraq's declaration contained little new information about its weapons programs and left key questions unanswered, and Secretary of State Colin Powell warned that Baghdad had failed "to move us in the direction of a peaceful resolution." But instead of demanding Security Council support for going to war, Powell emphasized...