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To: Neocon who wrote (113285)	8/29/2003 9:39:12 AM
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El Baradei said that although he did not feel intimidated, he supposed that Blix did. It doesn't say he supposed anything about how Blix felt, Neocon. That's a misquote. What it says is that Blix complained a lot about the media campaign, some of the administration's efforts to put pressure on him. He also offered as his explanation for the efforts to intimidate Blix that there were more serious concerns about chemical and biological weapons. The reporter put in a senseless comma after 'Blix' that I think might have misled you. It was, however, an oral interview. And it goes on to say, "The Bush administration sharply criticized Blix before the war for refusing to back U.S. and British assertions about Iraq's weapons programs in his reports to the U.N. Security Council." Although El Baradei made no speculation about whether Blix felt intimidated, but only pointed out that pressure was put on Blix, pressure about which Blix complained, I myself do speculate that Blix might well have felt the sharp criticism was an attempt to intimidate him.