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To: TimF who wrote (159143)	1/28/2003 10:35:34 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) of 1583102

Ted, Iraq is about the size of California. There are not a great number of inspectors. If Saddam complies completely and declares all of his weapons and their locations the inspectors might be able to verify this cooperation. If Saddam hides everything they have to get very lucky or have an inside source to find it. Initially, there were few inspectors but I think now the number is somewhere between 50-100. In addition, while Iraq may be as CA, its mostly desert so there aren't a lot of places to hide WMD. Having said that, I get your point which is that the likelihood of them finding a hiding place is very difficult. The odds of finding a "smoking gun" where never more then very slim no matter how many of them Saddam has unless Saddam cooperates 100%. But here's where I am annoyed.....Bush, Rumsfield, Cheny and C. Rice all intimated at one point or another that they had proof there is a smoking gun and it was only a matter of time before it was found. Even beyond that, they have said repeatedly that al Qaeda is linked with Iraq and repeatedly the media has asked for proof and the proof has been put off since Oct. Now, we are told Powell will tell lus next week. Frankly, the way this had been handled did nothing to reassure people that Washington knew what they were doing......that's why there have been numerous articles like the ones I posted. The only way to test his cooperation is to not announce everything. Then ask him for a complete and total listing of all banned weapons, and information about how no longer existent weapons where destroyed. If we know about one thing that was not listed on the document then Saddam is in violation. This has already happened. If any information is missing or incomplete on the document, then Saddam in violation. Well it is very incomplete as there is no record of what happened to a large amount of WMD. This is a material breach. And if such is not accepted as a breach then there was no point in having the inspectors over there in the first place. You can't find dispersed and hidden WMD in a country like Iraq that is as big or bigger then CA and is tightly controlled by Saddam and his underlings. I don't think its as impossible as you make it but I agree its not easy. ted

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