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To: J.T. who wrote (16099)	2/5/2003 3:12:50 PM
From: J.T.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19219

Meanwhile UK sets down the gauntlet for the deadline as Feb 14th: UK sets Iraq deadline Mr Straw: Iraq has made no effort to disarm Jack Straw has thrown down the gauntlet to Saddam Hussein setting an effective deadline of 14 February for Iraq to demonstrate it is co-operating with arms inspectors. The foreign secretary thanked Colin Powell for "laying bare the deceit" of the Iraqi leader shortly after the US secretary of state presented a dossier of evidence to the UN. If non-co-operation continues, this council must meet its responsibilities Jack Straw Mr Straw said evidence presented to the UN by Mr Powell showed that Iraq had made no effort to disarm. "These briefings have confirmed our worse fears that Iraq has no intention of disarming, no intention of following UN resolutions," he said. Furthermore Mr Powell's evidence was proof that Saddam Hussein was clearly in breach of UN resolutions, he added. "This council will have further reports from the inspectors on Friday week," he said. "If non-co-operation continues, this council must meet its responsibilities. "Our world faces many threats, from poverty and disease to civil war and terrorism. Working through this great institution, we have the capacity to tackle these challenges together. 'Threats' "But if we are to do so then the decisions we take must have a force beyond mere words." Mr Straw added that Iraq "had no intention" of giving up its "weapons of mass destruction, no intention of following the path of peaceful disarmament set out in security council resolution 1441". Iraq's final chance for peace had been turned into a "charade". Saddam has been warned that time is running out "Security Council members will share my deep sense of frustration that Iraq is choosing to spurn this final opportunity to achieve a peaceful outcome," he said. Mr Straw went on to warn against "repeating the mistakes of the past 12 years and empowering a dictator who believes his diseases and poison gases are essential weapons to suppress his own people and to threaten his neighbours, and that by trickery he can indefinitely hoodwink the world". The foreign secretary was speaking shortly after it emerged that Prime Minister Tony Blair is due to meet chief weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed El Baradei on Thursday. Dr Blix and Dr El Baradei will stop off in London on their way from New York to Baghdad for talks with Iraqi officials. Conservative shadow foreign secretary Michael Ancram said he would be looking at the "enormous weight of very detailed evidence" produced by Mr Powell. "What Colin Powell has done is say to Saddam Hussein, 'There is no point playing the game any more, these are the questions, these are the accusations you have to answer,'" Mr Ancram told BBC News. Concealment? Mr Ancram said there may not have been a smoking gun, but there was a "smouldering fire". War, however, could be avoided if Iraq disarmed and broke off its links with terrorist groups. For the Liberal Democrats, Menzies Campbell said there was nothing in Mr Powell's statement that justified refusing the inspectors more time. He said: "Military action must be a last resort when all other diplomatic and political options have been exhausted. We are not there yet." Earlier Mr Powell told the UN that Iraq had made no effort to disarm, directly flouting UN resolutions. "The facts and Iraq's patterns of behaviour demonstrate that Saddam Hussein and his regime have made no effort - no effort - to disarm, as required by the international community. "Indeed, the facts and Iraq's behaviour show that Saddam Hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction." Demonstration But Andrew Murray, the chairman of the Stop the War Coalition, accused Mr Powell of rehashing "unprovable speculation, questionable evidence and inconclusive assertions". "The Bush administration is not making a case about weapons on mass destruction or about terrorism," he said. "It is floundering for reasons to justify its planned aggression." An anti-war demonstration in London on 15 February would have the central message that there was "no reason for this war".

To: J.T. who wrote (16099)	2/5/2003 4:53:22 PM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 19219

If the US does it, it does it alone. Without the support of the US population. Watch what happens if someone blows up Mall of America within days of the attack. Message 18539872 M

To: J.T. who wrote (16099)	2/5/2003 6:17:54 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Respond to of 19219

<<The 3 participants who have veto power in the Security Council have not budged on their positions>> You didn't really expect anything else did you? I know I didn't! <<The highest element of surprise would be for the air strikes to commence within the next 48 hours>> Perhaps, but I think they'll want to coordinate the start of the air campaign more closely with the start of the ground campaign this time, the better to get control of the oil fields before they're blown to smithereens (and/or booby trapped w/chemical weapons) by the Iraqis....