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...favor of a new British proposal that would provide six conditions for Iraq to meet in order to avert war. In fact, France refuses to vote for any resolution that includes a resort to military action. With no ability to enforce compliance, it is no wonder U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix has been dissatisfied with Iraq’s speed in disarming...
...deploying an invasion armada and planning for a U.S.-administered post-Saddam Iraq. The two-track policy of using the UN process as a means to build diplomatic support for a war already in the making may have helped build domestic backing for an invasion - and chief weapons inspector Hans Blix has affirmed that the military buildup has been the key factor promoting Iraqi cooperation - but the sense of inevitability about the war may have backfired on the international stage...
...greater than any risk posed by going to war; the world, and Iraq in particular, will be a better place without Saddam's regime. But given the timing of the press conference - on the eve of yet another presentation to the divided UN Security Council by chief weapons inspector Hans Blix - the key question he left unanswered was asked early on: Why do so many people around the world differ with Washington's view of the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, and how to deal with it. Because it is that difference that has frustrated the administration's attempts...
...something quite different happened. Standing in front of the club the following day, Jackson cautioned against a "rush to find a culprit" and deflected the focus of attention from the club owner onto the city. "The fact is, safety codes were not enforced, and it's the job of inspectors and officials to do just that," he said. Coming from a civil rights advocate with a long record of giving voice to the voiceless, Jackson's temperate response to the E2 disaster seemed curious, to say the least. The E2 investigation is beginning to show that the fault...
...diplomatic dance among the U.S., its allies and Iraq, one man stands right in the middle--United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix. So last Thursday, nine days before he was to deliver an update on his search for Iraqi weapons to the Security Council, a group of TIME writers and editors visited Blix at his U.N. office for an exclusive interview. Going beyond the customary diplomatic rhetoric, Blix spoke frankly about the Iraqis, saying "Of course, they have no credibility...