U.S.: Report proves Iraqi non-compliance

[Terri]

By Richard Tomkins
UPI White House Correspondent
Published 1/9/2003

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The United States said Thursday that the U.N. weapons inspection report on Iraq and the country's suspected weapons of mass destruction proves Baghdad's non-compliance with U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441, despite the inspectors' failure to find illicit weapons stockpiles or precursor materials.

The judgment came amid reports of growing dissension over possible war with Iraq in the Labor government of Prime Minister Tony Blair, Washington's staunchest ally in the face off with Saddam Hussein. The report was delivered by both John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and by White House spokesman Ari Fleischer.

"While they (the inspectors) said that there is no smoking gun, they said the absence of it is not assured," Fleischer said. "And that's the heart of the problem. The heart of the problem is that Iraq is good at hiding things.

"We know for a fact weapons are there," he said.

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[AngelsRWorldChamps]

even the rally monkey would have found iraq had weapons

[navyblue]

I absolutely support Bush on the WOT. *But we have been hearing for weeks that no matter what Saddam says, we KNOW he has these weapons.

I think after all this, we have the credibility of the leader of the free world at stake here. *For the sake of the nation, I hope when the rubber hits the road, Bush actually does have this proof to throw in the face of the rest of the world.

From my personal experiences in country in that part of the world, I wouldn't trust any of those people. I have seen them steal right in front of my eyes and then lie about it.

Nuther thing: *If Osama got away, and I have no idea if he did or not, I would chalk it up to the naivete of our military in thinking they could trust the Afghan war lords to watch thier backs. *If he's alive and got out, it's because those clowns let him out.