Sorry, but even Hans Blix disagrees with you.
According to the wording of UNSC 1441, compliance was to be IMMEDIATE. No more games. Not in 3 months..or 4 months...or 12 more years,but IMMEDIATE.
"Iraq shall provide UNMOVIC and the IAEA immediate, unimpeded, unconditional, and unrestricted access to any and all, including underground, areas, facilities, buildings, equipment, records, and means of transport which they wish to inspect"
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Here is what Blix had to say after 3 months of 1441:
Friday February 14, 2003
If Iraq had provided the necessary cooperation in 1991, the phase of disarmament - under resolution 687 (1991) - could have been short and a decade of sanctions could have been avoided. Today, three months after the adoption of resolution 1441 (2002), the period of disarmament through inspection could still be short, if "immediate, active and unconditional cooperation" with UNMOVIC and the IAEA were to be forthcoming.
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