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To: NickSE who wrote (72847)	2/10/2003 1:21:42 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

There is no way now the US will get second resolution for military force. Since our opposition at the UN knows that our attitude now is that "We don't need no stinking Badges," you might be surprised what happens.

To: NickSE who wrote (72847)	2/10/2003 3:00:33 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<Putin was greeted at Paris' Orly airport by President Jacques Chirac before driving up the Champs-Elysees - lined with French and Russian flags - for a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe. > Giggle. Straight out of the 1920s. Mqurice PS: I note they didn't mention cheering crowds. In the age of tv and political cynicism that would be asking a bit much and they can't be forced onto the street as they can in North Korea, Iraq and China. The Chinese 50th celebrations were funny like that too, with Jiang Zemin riding up and down in a silly limousine, with him shouting "Sieg" and the crowd roaring back "Heil" [or whatever the Chinese equivalent was]. As seen on tv.

To: NickSE who wrote (72847)	2/10/2003 7:14:12 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Ok, who kidnapped the real Mr. Blix?!? -g- Extra inspectors not the issue, says Blix news.ft.com Hans Blix, chief United Nations weapons inspector, warned on Monday that an increase in the number of weapons inspectors in Baghdad would not address the fundamental question of whether Iraq was willing to offer full co-operation on disarmament. "The principal problem is not the number of inspectors but rather the active co-operation of the Iraqi side, as we have said many times," Mr Blix said in Athens, after his 11th-hour visit to Baghdad this weekend. As tension grows within UN corridors ahead of the inspectors' report to the Security Council on Friday, the comment appeared to echo claims in Washington that nothing short of a total turnround by Iraq could warrant a continuation of inspections. Despite further apparent concessions by Baghdad, it may also undermine French, Russian and German calls for a strengthened UN process. But until the inspectors' report is delivered, diplomats are loath to make any clear predictions of support for a possible second resolution authorising military action. [.....]