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Saddam is a secretive, Stalinesque dictator, and even Iraqis are mystified by his decisions. Western experts can only speculate, but they suspect the next act may play out in one of two ways. In the first, Butler puts the eight presidential sites under continuous watch. He has never thought they were crammed with toxins and gas, but he does not want them available as quick-switch storage depots when he gets close to the hidden weapons. Butler's experts believe those are in offices of the Iraqi intelligence services and the Special Republican Guard complexes that Saddam also declared...
...York City, Butler and senior UNSCOM officials were not happy when they first read over the memorandum. "There were procedures in Kofi's agreement that UNSCOM has worked to get rid of," says one. Adding diplomats, along with a political adviser reporting to Annan, inserted another layer into the chain of command and could make the hands-on work of the expert inspectors more difficult. Republicans on Capitol Hill were more outspoken, with Senators Trent Lott, Jesse Helms and John Ashcroft in full denunciation. Even Connecticut Democrat Christopher Dodd was "very uneasy about this agreement...
Annan phoned Albright to repeat his assurances and to say that Butler, whom the Iraqis loathe because he will not tolerate their lies and evasions, is still "in charge." Just as important, a professional UNSCOM inspector would head the Special Group team that would actually search for weapons inside the palace compounds. Annan told Albright he had informed the Iraqis that, like it or not, they were "going to have to work with Butler...
...next day Butler gave a press conference to praise Annan and announce that he found the arrangements "quite satisfactory." The White House and State Department were mollified as well. "In the last 48 hours," said Albright, "some have jumped to conclusions about the agreement." Now, she said, "it will be very clear that those conclusions have turned out to be wrong...
...place to ensure that conflicts can be resolved. Next week I'm going to appoint a special representative of the Secretary-General to have a political presence in Iraq. It's a shame I have to admit that we haven't done this. I have also mentioned to Richard Butler that within his own organization, on the ground, he should strengthen the mechanism to resolve conflicts. If you don't deal with it, little problems become a drama, and before you know it, you have a big crisis on your hands...