UN Weapons Inspectors Turn Fire on Britain and US
"George Bush was under intense pressure yesterday to give UN weapons inspectors intelligence data that the US saysthat Iraq is lying when it claims to have given up its weapons of mass destruction. Hours before Mr Bush was to meet the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, and senior Russian and European representatives, Hans Blix, the chief weapons inspector, delivered a stinging attack on the US and Britain, accusing them of failing to co-operate with his team. If the UK and the US are convinced and they say they have evidence, then one would expect they would be able to tell us where is this stuff," Mr Blix said. Asked if he was getting enough co-operation frrom Western intelligence agencies, he said: "Not yet. We get some, but we don't get all we need."

The background to the issue of the Weapons Inspectors is that it is a charade and diplomatic fig-leaf intended to conceal the real determination of the US to attack Iraq regardless.

UN Weapons Inspectors Turn Fire on Britain and US
"George Bush was under intense pressure yesterday to give UN weapons inspectors intelligence data that the US saysthat Iraq is lying when it claims to have given up its weapons of mass destruction. Hours before Mr Bush was to meet the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, and senior Russian and European representatives, Hans Blix, the chief weapons inspector, delivered a stinging attack on the US and Britain, accusing them of failing to co-operate with his team. If the UK and the US are convinced and they say they have evidence, then one would expect they would be able to tell us where is this stuff," Mr Blix said. Asked if he was getting enough co-operation frrom Western intelligence agencies, he said: "Not yet. We get some, but we don't get all we need."

The background to the issue of the Weapons Inspectors is that it is a charade and diplomatic fig-leaf intended to conceal the real determination of the US to attack Iraq regardless.