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BAGHDAD: A slew of horrific evidence ? including "inconclusive" photos of alleged human experiments and videotapes of beagles dying painfully in Iraqi chemical weapons tests are emerging at the center of the current weapons inspection standoff in Baghdad. U.N. officials say former Marine Scott Ritter was in search of more evidence when Iraq withdrew their escorts from his weapons inspection team. Thursday was the third day in a row that Ritter's operations were restricted...
BAGHDAD: Every crisis needs a hero, at least as far as the American public is concerned. And now that Iraq has made good on its threat to withdraw its escorts from the U.N. weapons inspection team led by former U.S. Marine captain and Gulf War veteran Scott Ritter, it may just have handed his home country a hero on a plate. Ritter, derided in the Iraqi press as a "hyena" and CIA spy, made the most of his 15 minutes of fame with an impromptu press conference outside the U.N. compound in Baghdad. The refusal to provide escorts, he said...
...relatively mild condemnation ? yet Ritter's words, surprisingly, were harsher than William Cohen's. Speaking from Malaysia, the Defense Secretary would only say the U.S. would continue to pursue "diplomatic initiatives." President Clinton delivered a mere slap on the wrist with his plea to Saddam to stop trying to "pick and choose" inspection teams. But while Ritter continues to be locked out ? and while his face continues to be plastered over prime time ? Clinton's constituency may soon be calling for tougher talking...
Iraq Blocks U.N. Inspectors Former Marine Captain Scott Ritter finds himself accused as a spy by Iraq. By targeting this Gulf War vet, Saddam may just have given the U.S. its first hero in the showdown...
Saddam Puts the Blocks Back On Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Baghdad, another crisis is brewing ? this time over American arms inspector Scott Ritter. How will the U.N. respond? Full Story...