Word: onus
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...free access to inspection sites, the bulk of his report-back consisted of a catalogue of troubling questions over weapons inventories that Iraq has thus far evaded, and instances where Iraqi cooperation has been less than forthcoming. Blix emphasized, as U.S. and British officials have for weeks, that the onus is on Iraq to prove its commitment to disarmament through active cooperation - and he left the Council in no doubt that Iraq has not yet done so. No conclusive evidence has yet emerged pointing either to disarmament or to continued prohibited programs, Blix said, but his overall message was that...
...that the inspection process be given more time. Britain backs the U.S. position but the skepticism of the British electorate requires that Washington seek UN authorization for an attack. Iraq's Arab and Turkish neighbors oppose a war, but have resigned themselves to its inevitability and have put the onus on Baghdad to do what is necessary to avoid one. Allies have sought to restrain Washington by insisting that the inspection process be allowed to take its course. But Blix may have reinforced the Anglo-American position by emphasizing the issue of Iraqi cooperation over the issue of evidence, issuing...
...some of these, there is an issue of grandfathering," admits Dr. Michael First, editor of DSM IV. "The onus is on the person who wants to change it to prove that we should do so." First also acknowledges that the A.P.A. does not subject every criterion to rigorous scientific testing, "for practical reasons of continuity." Which may be another way of saying some old-timers still bill sessions for "transvestic fetishists," and they don't want to lose the DSM stamp of approval needed for insurance reimbursement...
...will demand that Iraq answer specific questions on the gaps in its December declaration. So, even though Iraq appears to have passed the first hurdle, the UN weapons inspectors are clearly moving to raise the pressure on Baghdad by setting it tougher tests, restoring the premise that the onus is on Iraq to demonstrate through active cooperation that it has ended all prohibited weapons programs...
...Security Council will require hard evidence. And UN inspectors have said repeatedly that they've yet to receive any intelligence from the U.S. or Britain that could point them to locations, documents or individuals that might prove U.S. accusations. The Bush Administration may insist that the onus is on Iraq to prove that it has disarmed, but in the eyes of other Security Council members there's clearly pressure right now on the U.S. and Britain to come forward with evidence that would allow the inspectors to verify their accusations against Iraq. But British and U.S. officials have also been...