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Saddam's compliance using old posts of mine........
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POST #1
Quotes from one of their reports shortly before we started the Shock and Awe campaign in no particularly order..
1-"Iraq has been forthcoming in its co-operation, particularly with regard to the conduct of private interviews and in making available evidence that could contribute to the resolution of matters of IAEA concern. I do hope that Iraq will continue to expand the scope and accelerate the pace of its co-operation."
2-"After three months of intrusive inspections, we have to date found no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons programme in Iraq."
3-"We intend to CONTINUE [it means they aren't complaining about the current inspections] our inspection activities, making use of all the additional rights granted to us by resolution 1441 and all additional tools that might be available to us [they are using additional tools, and aren't complaining], including reconnaissance platforms and all relevant technologies. We also hope to continue to receive from States actionable information relevant to our mandate.
4-"Interviews have continued with relevant Iraqi personnel - at times with individuals and groups in the workplace during the course of UNANNOUNCED inspections..."
5-"Recently, upon our insistence, individuals have been consenting to being interviewed without escort and without a taped record."
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Statements/2003/ebsp2003n006.shtml
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POST #2
The inspectors HAD UNFETTERED ACCESS. Do you know what that means??? The inspectors went EVERYWHERE they wanted to look. They also made UNANNOUNCED visits. Here's an amusing article for you to read. This time, READ IT. It's one of many articles showing that inspections were going on with no disruptions by Saddam.

"(CBS) While diplomatic maneuvering continues over Turkish bases and a new United Nations resolution, inside Iraq, U.N. arms inspectors are privately complaining about the quality of U.S. intelligence and accusing the United States of sending them on wild-goose chases."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/18/iraq/main537096.shtml
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POST #3
And I HAVE to post this in case it also disappears...
"October 7, 2003

"In the wake of a FAIR action alert, the New York Times printed the following correction on Saturday, October 4:
An article on Wednesday about renewed criticism of the Bush administration for its handling of intelligence before the Iraq war misstated the circumstances under which international weapons inspectors left Iraq in 1998. They were withdrawn by the United Nations, not expelled by Saddam Hussein." [Just another example of Saddam's compliance way before Shock and Awe]
Also in the article, "The TV program on which Powell made the false statement, ABC's This Week (9/28/03), has yet to correct the error"
Full article...
"FAIR Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting 112 W. 27th Street New York, NY 10001
ACTIVISM UPDATE:
Times Corrects Iraq Inspections Myth

October 7, 2003

In the wake of a FAIR action alert, the New York Times printed the following correction on Saturday, October 4:
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An article on Wednesday about renewed criticism of the Bush administration for its handling of intelligence before the Iraq war misstated the circumstances under which international weapons inspectors left Iraq in 1998. They were withdrawn by the United Nations, not expelled by Saddam Hussein.
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Hundreds of FAIR activists wrote to the Times after a recent report (9/29/03) repeated as fact a charge by Secretary of State Colin Powell that weapons inspectors were thrown out of the country in 1998. According to the Times, "Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, in a television appearance today, noted that the Iraqi leader threw weapons inspectors out in 1998, making it more difficult for intelligence agencies to get hard information." In fact, as FAIR's action alert pointed out, the inspectors were not kicked out, but were removed by team leader Richard Butler right before an American bombing campaign. The Times had corrected the same error three years earlier (2/2/00).

The TV program on which Powell made the false statement, ABC's This Week (9/28/03), has yet to correct the error.

FAIR thanks the many activists who took the time to write to the Times about this matter."
http://www.fair.org/activism/powell-inspectors-update.html
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POST #4
LEARN TO READ!! Dated March 7, 2003. I'm serious. Unless you read, you will remain uninformed...I've listed the conclusion of the inspections report, but the entire report is in the link underneath this material.

"There is no indication of resumed nuclear activities in those buildings that were identified through the use of satellite imagery as being reconstructed or newly erected since 1998, nor any indication of nuclear-related prohibited activities at any inspected sites.

There is no indication that Iraq has attempted to import uranium since 1990.

There is no indication that Iraq has attempted to import aluminium tubes for use in centrifuge enrichment. Moreover, even had Iraq pursued such a plan, it would have encountered practical difficulties in manufacturing centrifuges out of the aluminium tubes in question.

Although we are still reviewing issues related to magnets and magnet production, there is no indication to date that Iraq imported magnets for use in a centrifuge enrichment programme.

As I stated above, the IAEA will continue further to scrutinize and investigate all of the above issues.

After three months of intrusive inspections, we have to date found no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons programme in Iraq. We intend to continue our inspection activities, making use of all the additional rights granted to us by resolution 1441 and all additional tools that might be available to us, including reconnaissance platforms and all relevant technologies. We also hope to continue to receive from States actionable information relevant to our mandate. I should note that, in the past three weeks, possibly as a result of ever-increasing pressure by the international community, Iraq has been forthcoming in its co-operation, particularly with regard to the conduct of private interviews and in making available evidence that could contribute to the resolution of matters of IAEA concern. I do hope that Iraq will continue to expand the scope and accelerate the pace of its co-operation.

The detailed knowledge of Iraq's capabilities that IAEA experts have accumulated since 1991 - combined with the extended rights provided by resolution 1441, the active commitment by all States to help us fulfil our mandate, and the recently increased level of Iraqi co-operation - should enable us in the near future to provide the Security Council with an objective and thorough assessment of Iraq's nuclear-related capabilities. However credible this assessment may be, we will endeavour - in view of the inherent uncertainties associated with any verification process, and, particularly in light of Iraq's past record of co-operation - to evaluate Iraq's capabilities on a continuous basis as part of our long-term monitoring and verification programme, in order to provide the international community with ongoing and real time assurances."
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Statements/2003/ebsp2003n006.shtml
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Note: I had more posts like that, but they were deleted on Ragingbull because some people really didn't like me spreading the truth.