Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz on Monday promised that Iraq will try to cooperate more with U.N. weapons inspectors but said he could not rule out a strike on Kuwait in the event of a U.S.-led military attack. In addition, he denied Iraq possesses banned weapons and predicted the Iraqi people would not quickly surrender to a U.S. invasion.
It'll probably take 'em a week or so...
"They are asking Iraq to provide more cooperation, and, OK, let them say that, you see, we are doing that," Aziz replied impatiently when asked about the inspections. He went on to say that only two items of disagreement existed between Iraq and the inspectors: private interviews of Iraqi scientists by inspectors, and Iraq's allowing overflights of U-2 spy planes flown by U.S. pilots, in support of the inspectors. "All other aspects of cooperation have been met," he said, "and we promise to be more forthcoming in the future replying to all their needs in a way that will satisfy them."
That's not what full compliance is, is it? I heard a rumor this morning that Sammy mailed out death certificates to his nuke jockeys, for them and their families, as a warning not to talk. If that turns out to be true, I'd say the time for talk is over... |