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Iraqi security, says the British file, has completely blocked all attempts to interview scientists. Iraqi agents choose the venues for such talks, then listen in and even videotape the proceedings. Secret police hang around the scene to observe any covert behavior, like whispered conversations or note passing. Inspectors have been reluctant to ask any scientist to be interviewed outside the country because the security forces brandish lists of relatives whom they are ready to punish if the scientists give anything away. Thus far none have agreed to leave Iraq...
...before it becomes law. The new reality of legislative logjam means the two leading parties will have to cooperate, at least informally, or nothing will be accomplished. "There will be a de facto grand coalition constituted in the Mediation Committee," says Peter Lösche, a political scientist at the University of Göttingen. Grand coalitions are extremely rare in German politics, and both the SPD and the CDU explicitly ruled out such an arrangement after last September's parliamentary elections. But the stakes are too high to reject cooperation now. Unless Germany reforms its economy, the country risks...
...femme fatale tomb raider (who moonlights as a scientist by night) joins forces with the quest’s leader in search of an ancient crystal skull once owned by Hitler that can revolutionize molecular science...
...precondition for returning to Baghdad, Blix and Al-Baradei demanded that the Iraqis allow private interviews with scientists, allow surveillance flights by U2 spy-planes operated by the inspectors, and pass legislation in the Iraqi parliament outlawing weapons of mass destruction. Iraq this week allowed a scientist to be interviewed with no government minder present, and is believed by UN officials to be ready to concede on the other two points. But the inspectors plan to raise the bar a lot higher, warning that "unless there is a drastic change on the part of Iraq" and its willingness to cooperate...
...femme fatale tomb raider (who moonlights as a scientist by night) joins forces with the quest’s leader in search of an ancient crystal skull once owned by Hitler that can revolutionize molecular science...