No WMD in Iraq

[Whaleboy]

The pro - war people are getting soooooo desperate.

How is it that the anti-war people are tending to be liberals?

[Q Classic]

That right there equals invasion, added to the fact that they are just a plain evil country that will eventually turn into a north korea,

they're a lot more ethnically fragmented than nkorea, and nkorea has virtually no muslims.

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by elijah




How is it that the anti-war people are tending to be liberals?

If this was Clinton's war republicans would be up in arm.

[Elden]

Re: No WMD in Iraq

Originally posted by Myrddin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3135932.stm

No weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq by the group looking for them, according to a Bush administration source who has spoken to the BBC.
This will be the conclusion of the Iraq Survey Group's interim report, the source told the presenter of BBC television's Daily Politics show, Andrew Neil


Something of a surprise

When the UN asked for more time to find the non-existant WoMDs the USA said they had long enought, when the USA asks for more time they think its reasonable.

I'm sure Bush will plant WoMDs in time for next ellection.

[Cruddy]

Originally posted by Agathon


The pro - war people are getting soooooo desperate.

Erm... no. I'm not desperate.

Not that I ever gave a stuff about the WMD. To me sitting in Kuwait waiting for the next suicide bomber for the next 10 years (or however long the Ba'athist regime lasted) was not a sensilble option.

NOT that things have gone perfectly - far from it. But it's nice to know that there are people who will face up to mass murderers, thugs and bullies, rather than sitting smugly on the side lines waiting for the next slip.

Some people never make a wrong move - because they never make a move.

Sound like anyone you know Agathon?

Oh yeah, a couple other facts I heard from the Beeb; the interim report is going to stress very heavily that

a) Saddam definitely had a weapons development program, studying the weaponisation of both bio and chem weapons.

b) Conclusive proof that Saddam did not co-operate with the weapons inspectors prior to the war, actively fed them disinformation, and even built fake facilities to act as distractions. What was he hiding?

[mindseye]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
Does anyone think Saddam shouldn't have been toppled in 1991?

If that's the case, when in the intervening time did he become a nice man?

The difference between 1991 and 2003 wasn't Saddam, it was the difference between multilateral and unilateral.

Sadly, no WMDs = no surprise. Oh, my country!

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Victor Galis
What gives any country the right to invade another country and topple leaders it doesn't like?

Tradition. Going back a very long way all over the world.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by mindseye

The difference between 1991 and 2003 wasn't Saddam, it was the difference between multilateral and unilateral.

Sadly, no WMDs = no surprise. Oh, my country!

Yes- that's true. However the fact that other countries dithered doesn't leave me thinking it was somehow rendered immoral. I always considered it justified on humanitarian grounds alone.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by elijah

A contradiction in terms. No war is ever just on humanitarian grounds, that latter term is so ambiguous and so faulty that we're better off without it.

Nope. You're stating an opinion, not a fact. You're also shying away from tackling a genocidal regime.

[Az]

Laz.

It should've been done much earlier.

[Jac de Molay]

Well, I guess that settles that then .

Lies, deception, and completely botched intelligence notwithstanding, we got rid of a big bad meany and now the world can rejoice.

Don't ask the hard questions of why the reasons for war were so badly misrepresented. Go back to your regularly scheduled episode of Friends.

[Japher]

Lies, deception, and completely botched intelligence notwithstanding

If what was said was based off of botched intelligence would that still make what was said a lie?

[SlowwHand]

Just a reminder of how upfront Bush has been all along.
And if you'll notice, I use a transcript from the source the Radical
Liberal's prefer. It doesn't matter.
"The Cowboy" said it straight out, from the very start, and hasn't wavered.
Go Bush! Tear them a new one.
------------------------------------------------

Transcript of President Bush's address to a joint session of Congress on
Thursday night, September 20, 2001.

Mr. Speaker, Mr. President Pro Tempore, members of Congress, and fellow
Americans, in the normal course of events, presidents come to this chamber
to report on the state of the union. Tonight, no such report is needed; it
has already been delivered by the American people.

We have seen it in the courage of passengers who rushed terrorists to save
others on the ground. Passengers like an exceptional man named Todd Beamer.
And would you please help me welcome his wife Lisa Beamer here tonight?

(APPLAUSE)

We have seen the state of our union in the endurance of rescuers working
past exhaustion.

We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of
blood, the saying of prayers in English, Hebrew and Arabic.

We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people who have made the
grief of strangers their own.

My fellow citizens, for the last nine days, the entire world has seen for
itself the state of union, and it is strong.

(APPLAUSE)

Tonight, we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom.
Our grief has turned to anger and anger to resolution. Whether we bring our
enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.

(APPLAUSE)

I thank the Congress for its leadership at such an important time.

All of America was touched on the evening of the tragedy to see Republicans
and Democrats joined together on the steps of this Capitol singing "God
Bless America."

And you did more than sing. You acted, by delivering $40 billion to rebuild
our communities and meet the needs of our military. Speaker Hastert,
Minority Leader Gephardt, Majority Leader Daschle and Senator Lott, I thank
you for your friendship, for your leadership and for your service to our
country.

(APPLAUSE)

And on behalf of the American people, I thank the world for its outpouring
of support.

America will never forget the sounds of our national anthem playing at
Buckingham Palace, on the streets of Paris and at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.

We will not forget South Korean children gathering to pray outside our
embassy in Seoul, or the prayers of sympathy offered at a mosque in Cairo.

We will not forget moments of silence and days of mourning in Australia and
Africa and Latin America.

Nor will we forget the citizens of 80 other nations who died with our own.
Dozens of Pakistanis, more than 130 Israelis, more than 250 citizens of
India, men and women from El Salvador, Iran, Mexico and Japan, and hundreds
of British citizens.

America has no truer friend than Great Britain. (APPLAUSE) Once again, we
are joined together in a great cause.

I'm so honored the British prime minister has crossed an ocean to show his
unity with America.

Thank you for coming, friend.

(APPLAUSE)

On September the 11th, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against
our country. Americans have known wars, but for the past 136 years they have
been wars on foreign soil, except for one Sunday in 1941. Americans have
known the casualties of war, but not at the center of a great city on a
peaceful morning.

Aericans have known surprise attacks, but never before on thousands of
civilians. All of this was brought upon us in a single day, and night fell
on a different world, a world where freedom itself is under attack.

Americans have many questions tonight. Americans are asking, "Who attacked
our country?"

The evidence we have gathered all points to a collection of loosely
affiliated terrorist organizations known as al Qaeda. They are some of the
murderers indicted for bombing American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and
responsible for bombing the USS Cole.

Al Qaeda is to terror what the Mafia is to crime. But its goal is not making
money, its goal is remaking the world and imposing its radical beliefs on
people everywhere.

The terrorists practice a fringe form of Islamic extremism that has been
rejected by Muslim scholars and the vast majority of Muslim clerics; a
fringe movement that perverts the peaceful teachings of Islam.

The terrorists' directive commands them to kill Christians and Jews, to kill
all Americans and make no distinctions among military and civilians,
including women and children. This group and its leader, a person named
Osama bin Laden, are linked to many other organizations in different
countries, including the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, the Islamic Movement of
Uzbekistan.

There are thousands of these terrorists in more than 60 countries.

They are recruited from their own nations and neighborhoods and brought to
camps in places like Afghanistan where they are trained in the tactics of
terror. They are sent back to their homes or sent to hide in countries
around the world to plot evil and destruction. The leadership of al Qaeda
has great influence in Afghanistan and supports the Taliban regime in
controlling most of that country. In Afghanistan we see al Qaeda's vision
for the world. Afghanistan's people have been brutalized, many are starving
and many have fled.

Women are not allowed to attend school. You can be jailed for owning a
television. Religion can be practiced only as their leaders dictate. A man
can be jailed in Afghanistan if his beard is not long enough. The United
States respects the people of Afghanistan -- after all, we are currently its
largest source of humanitarian aid -- but we condemn the Taliban regime.

(APPLAUSE)

It is not only repressing its own people, it is threatening people
everywhere by sponsoring and sheltering and supplying terrorists.

By aiding and abetting murder, the Taliban regime is committing murder. And
tonight the United States of America makes the following demands on the
Taliban:

-- Deliver to United States authorities all of the leaders of Al Qaeda who
hide in your land.

-- Release all foreign nationals, including American citizens you have
unjustly imprisoned.

-- Protect foreign journalists, diplomats and aid workers in your country.

-- Close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in
Afghanistan. And hand over every terrorist and every person and their
support structure to appropriate authorities.

-- Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps, so we can
make sure they are no longer operating.

These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion.

(APPLAUSE)

The Taliban must act and act immediately.

They will hand over the terrorists or they will share in their fate. I also
want to speak tonight directly to Muslims throughout the world. We respect
your faith. It's practiced freely by many millions of Americans and by
millions more in countries that America counts as friends. Its teachings are
good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme
the name of Allah.

(APPLAUSE)

The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack
Islam itself.

The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends. It is not our many Arab
friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government
that supports them.

(APPLAUSE)

Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there.

It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found,
stopped and defeated.

(APPLAUSE)

Americans are asking "Why do they hate us?"

They hate what they see right here in this chamber: a democratically elected
government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms: our
freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble
and disagree with each other.

They want to overthrow existing governments in many Muslim countries such as
Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. They want to drive Israel out of the Middle
East. They want to drive Christians and Jews out of vast regions of Asia and
Africa.

These terrorists kill not merely to end lives, but to disrupt and end a way
of life. With every atrocity, they hope that America grows fearful,
retreating from the world and forsaking our friends. They stand against us
because we stand in their way.

We're not deceived by their pretenses to piety.

We have seen their kind before. They're the heirs of all the murderous
ideologies of the 20th century. By sacrificing human life to serve their
radical visions, by abandoning every value except the will to power, they
follow in the path of fascism, Nazism and totalitarianism. And they will
follow that path all the way to where it ends in history's unmarked grave of
discarded lies. Americans are asking, "How will we fight and win this war?"

We will direct every resource at our command -- every means of diplomacy,
every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every
financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war -- to the destruction
and to the defeat of the global terror network.

Now, this war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with a
decisive liberation of territory and a swift conclusion. It will not look
like the air war above Kosovo two years ago, where no ground troops were
used and not a single American was lost in combat.

Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated
strikes. Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign
unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes visible
on TV and covert operations secret even in success.

We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive
them from place to place until there is no refuge or no rest.

And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism.
Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: Either you are with
us or you are with the terrorists.

From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support
terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime. Our
nation has been put on notice, we're not immune from attack. We will take
defensive measures against terrorism to protect Americans. Today, dozens of
federal departments and agencies, as well as state and local governments,
have responsibilities affecting homeland security.

These efforts must be coordinated at the highest level. So tonight, I
announce the creation of a Cabinet-level position reporting directly to me,
the Office of Homeland Security. And tonight, I also announce a
distinguished American to lead this effort, to strengthen American security:
a military veteran, an effective governor, a true patriot, a trusted friend,
Pennsylvania's Tom Ridge.

He will lead, oversee and coordinate a comprehensive national strategy to
safeguard our country against terrorism and respond to any attacks that may
come. These measures are essential. The only way to defeat terrorism as a
threat to our way of life is to stop it, eliminate it and destroy it where
it grows.

Many will be involved in this effort, from FBI agents, to intelligence
operatives, to the reservists we have called to active duty. All deserve our
thanks, and all have our prayers. And tonight a few miles from the damaged
Pentagon, I have a message for our military: Be ready. I have called the
armed forces to alert, and there is a reason.

The hour is coming when America will act, and you will make us proud.

This is not, however, just America's fight. And what is at stake is not just
America's freedom. This is the world's fight. This is civilization's fight.
This is the fight of all who believe in progress and pluralism, tolerance
and freedom.

We ask every nation to join us.

We will ask and we will need the help of police forces, intelligence service
and banking systems around the world. The United States is grateful that
many nations and many international organizations have already responded
with sympathy and with support -- nations from Latin America to Asia to
Africa to Europe to the Islamic world.

Perhaps the NATO charter reflects best the attitude of the world: An attack
on one is an attack on all. The civilized world is rallying to America's
side.

They understand that if this terror goes unpunished, their own cities, their
own citizens may be next. Terror unanswered can not only bring down
buildings, it can threaten the stability of legitimate governments.

And you know what? We're not going to allow it.

(APPLAUSE)

Americans are asking, "What is expected of us?"

I ask you to live your lives and hug your children. I know many citizens
have fears tonight, and I ask you to be calm and resolute, even in the face
of a continuing threat.

I ask you to uphold the values of America and remember why so many have come
here.

We're in a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is to live
by them. No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words
because of their ethnic background or religious faith.

I ask you to continue to support the victims of this tragedy with your
contributions. Those who want to give can go to a central source of
information, Libertyunites.org, to find the names of groups providing direct
help in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The thousands of FBI agents who
are now at work in this investigation may need your cooperation, and I ask
you to give it. I ask for your patience with the delays and inconveniences
that may accompany tighter security and for your patience in what will be a
long struggle.

I ask your continued participation and confidence in the American economy.
Terrorists attacked a symbol of American prosperity; they did not touch its
source.

America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise
of our people. These were the true strengths of our economy before September
11, and they are our strengths today.

And finally, please continue praying for the victims of terror and their
families, for those in uniform and for our great country. Prayer has
comforted us in sorrow and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead.
Tonight I thank my fellow Americans for what you have already done and for
what you will do.

And ladies and gentlemen of the Congress, I thank you, their
representatives, for what you have already done and for what we will do
together.

Tonight we face new and sudden national challenges. We will come together to
improve air safety, to dramatically expand the number of air marshals on
domestic flights and take new measures to prevent hijacking.

We will come together to promote stability and keep our airlines flying with
direct assistance during this emergency.

(APPLAUSE)

We will come together to give law enforcement the additional tools it needs
to track down terror here at home.

We will come together to strengthen our intelligence capabilities to know
the plans of terrorists before they act and to find them before they strike.

(APPLAUSE)

We will come together to take active steps that strengthen America's economy
and put our people back to work.

Tonight, we welcome two leaders who embody the extraordinary spirit of all
New Yorkers, Governor George Pataki and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

As a symbol of America's resolve, my administration will work with Congress
and these two leaders to show the world that we will rebuild New York City.

After all that has just passed, all the lives taken and all the
possibilities and hopes that died with them, it is natural to wonder if
America's future is one of fear.

Some speak of an age of terror. I know there are struggles ahead and dangers
to face. But this country will define our times, not be defined by them.

As long as the United States of America is determined and strong, this will
not be an age of terror. This will be an age of liberty here and across the
world.

Great harm has been done to us. We have suffered great loss. And in our
grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment.

Freedom and fear are at war. The advance of human freedom, the great
achievement of our time and the great hope of every time, now depends on us.

Our nation, this generation, will lift the dark threat of violence from our
people and our future. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts,
by our courage. We will not tire, we will not falter and we will not fail.

(APPLAUSE)

It is my hope that in the months and years ahead life will return almost to
normal. We'll go back to our lives and routines and that is good.

Even grief recedes with time and grace.

But our resolve must not pass. Each of us will remember what happened that
day and to whom it happened. We will remember the moment the news came,
where we were and what we were doing.

Some will remember an image of a fire or story or rescue. Some will carry
memories of a face and a voice gone forever.

And I will carry this. It is the police shield of a man named George Howard
who died at the World Trade Center trying to save others.

It was given to me by his mom, Arlene, as a proud memorial to her son. It is
my reminder of lives that ended and a task that does not end.

I will not forget the wound to our country and those who inflicted it. I
will not yield, I will not rest, I will not relent in waging this struggle
for freedom and security for the American people. The course of this
conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice
and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral
between them.

(APPLAUSE)

Fellow citizens, we'll meet violence with patient justice, assured of the
rightness of our cause and confident of the victories to come.

In all that lies before us, may God grant us wisdom and may he watch over
the United States of America. Thank you.

(APPLAUSE)

[Japher]

From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime

This will be historic.

Fellow citizens, we'll meet violence with patient justice, assured of the rightness of our cause and confident of the victories to come.

"Patient", something many jackasses in the country have not been.

[SlowwHand]

1441 canceled all previous resolutions conerning Iraq.
If you want the next of each seperate canceled resolution, you can do that
yourself.
I'm not a baby-sitter.

http://www.un.int/usa/sres-iraq.htm

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of
America: draft resolution

[Adopted as Resolution 1441 at Security Council meeting 4644, 8 November
2002]

The Security Council,

Recalling all its previous relevant resolutions, in particular its
resolutions 661 (1990) of 6 August 1990, 678 (1990) of 29 November 1990, 686
(1991) of 2 March 1991, 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991, 688 (1991) of 5 April
1991, 707 (1991) of 15 August 1991, 715 (1991) of 11 October 1991, 986
(1995) of 14 April 1995, and 1284 (1999) of 17 December 1999, and all the
relevant statements of its President,

Recalling also its resolution 1382 (2001) of 29 November 2001 and
its intention to implement it fully,

Recognizing the threat Iraq's non-compliance with Council
resolutions and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and long-range
missiles poses to international peace and security,

Recalling that its resolution 678 (1990) authorized Member States
to use all necessary means to uphold and implement its resolution 660 (1990)
of 2 August 1990 and all relevant resolutions subsequent to resolution 660
(1990) and to restore international peace and security in the area,

Further recalling that its resolution 687 (1991) imposed
obligations on Iraq as a necessary step for achievement of its stated
objective of restoring international peace and security in the area,

Deploring the fact that Iraq has not provided an accurate, full,
final, and complete disclosure, as required by resolution 687 (1991), of all
aspects of its programmes to develop weapons of mass destruction and
ballistic missiles with a range greater than one hundred and fifty
kilometres, and of all holdings of such weapons, their components and
production facilities and locations, as well as all other nuclear
programmes, including any which it claims are for purposes not related to
nuclear-weapons-usable material,

Deploring further that Iraq repeatedly obstructed immediate,
unconditional, and unrestricted access to sites designated by the United
Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) and the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA), failed to cooperate fully and unconditionally with UNSCOM and
IAEA weapons inspectors, as required by resolution 687 (1991), and
ultimately ceased all cooperation with UNSCOM and the IAEA in 1998,

Deploring the absence, since December 1998, in Iraq of
international monitoring, inspection, and verification, as required by
relevant resolutions, of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles,
in spite of the Council's repeated demands that Iraq provide immediate,
unconditional, and unrestricted access to the United Nations Monitoring,
Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), established in resolution
1284 (1999) as the successor organization to UNSCOM, and the IAEA, and
regretting the consequent prolonging of the crisis in the region and the
suffering of the Iraqi people,

Deploring also that the Government of Iraq has failed to comply
with its commitments pursuant to resolution 687 (1991) with regard to
terrorism, pursuant to resolution 688 (1991) to end repression of its
civilian population and to provide access by international humanitarian
organizations to all those in need of assistance in Iraq, and pursuant to
resolutions 686 (1991), 687 (1991), and 1284 (1999) to return or cooperate
in accounting for Kuwaiti and third country nationals wrongfully detained by
Iraq, or to return Kuwaiti property wrongfully seized by Iraq,

Recalling that in its resolution 687 (1991) the Council declared
that a ceasefire would be based on acceptance by Iraq of the provisions of
that resolution, including the obligations on Iraq contained therein,

Determined to ensure full and immediate compliance by Iraq without
conditions or restrictions with its obligations under resolution 687 (1991)
and other relevant resolutions and recalling that the resolutions of the
Council constitute the governing standard of Iraqi compliance,

Recalling that the effective operation of UNMOVIC, as the
successor organization to the Special Commission, and the IAEA is essential
for the implementation of resolution 687 (1991) and other relevant
resolutions,

Noting the letter dated 16 September 2002 from the Minister for
Foreign Affairs of Iraq addressed to the Secretary-General is a necessary
first step toward rectifying Iraq's continued failure to comply with
relevant Council resolutions,

Noting further the letter dated 8 October 2002 from the Executive
Chairman of UNMOVIC and the Director-General of the IAEA to General Al-Saadi
of the Government of Iraq laying out the practical arrangements, as a
follow-up to their meeting in Vienna, that are prerequisites for the
resumption of inspections in Iraq by UNMOVIC and the IAEA, and expressing
the gravest concern at the continued failure by the Government of Iraq to
provide confirmation of the arrangements as laid out in that letter,

Reaffirming the commitment of all Member States to the sovereignty
and territorial integrity of Iraq, Kuwait, and the neighbouring States,

Commending the Secretary-General and members of the League of Arab
States and its Secretary-General for their efforts in this regard,

Determined to secure full compliance with its decisions,

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,

1. Decides that Iraq has been and remains in material breach
of its obligations under relevant resolutions, including resolution 687
(1991), in particular through Iraq's failure to cooperate with United
Nations inspectors and the IAEA, and to complete the actions required under
paragraphs 8 to 13 of resolution 687 (1991);

2. Decides, while acknowledging paragraph 1 above, to afford
Iraq, by this resolution, a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament
obligations under relevant resolutions of the Council; and accordingly
decides to set up an enhanced inspection regime with the aim of bringing to
full and verified completion the disarmament process established by
resolution 687 (1991) and subsequent resolutions of the Council;

3. Decides that, in order to begin to comply with its
disarmament obligations, in addition to submitting the required biannual
declarations, the Government of Iraq shall provide to UNMOVIC, the IAEA, and
the Council, not later than 30 days from the date of this resolution, a
currently accurate, full, and complete declaration of all aspects of its
programmes to develop chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, ballistic
missiles, and other delivery systems such as unmanned aerial vehicles and
dispersal systems designed for use on aircraft, including any holdings and
precise locations of such weapons, components, sub-components, stocks of
agents, and related material and equipment, the locations and work of its
research, development and production facilities, as well as all other
chemical, biological, and nuclear programmes, including any which it claims
are for purposes not related to weapon production or material;

4. Decides that false statements or omissions in the
declarations submitted by Iraq pursuant to this resolution and failure by
Iraq at any time to comply with, and cooperate fully in the implementation
of, this resolution shall constitute a further material breach of Iraq's
obligations and will be reported to the Council for assessment in accordance
with paragraphs 11 and 12 below;

5. Decides that Iraq shall provide UNMOVIC and the IAEA
immediate, unimpeded, unconditional, and unrestricted access to any and all,
including underground, areas, facilities, buildings, equipment, records, and
means of transport which they wish to inspect, as well as immediate,
unimpeded, unrestricted, and private access to all officials and other
persons whom UNMOVIC or the IAEA wish to interview in the mode or location
of UNMOVIC's or the IAEA's choice pursuant to any aspect of their mandates;
further decides that UNMOVIC and the IAEA may at their discretion conduct
interviews inside or outside of Iraq, may facilitate the travel of those
interviewed and family members outside of Iraq, and that, at the sole
discretion of UNMOVIC and the IAEA, such interviews may occur without the
presence of observers from the Iraqi Government; and instructs UNMOVIC and
requests the IAEA to resume inspections no later than 45 days following
adoption of this resolution and to update the Council 60 days thereafter;

6. Endorses the 8 October 2002 letter from the Executive
Chairman of UNMOVIC and the Director-General of the IAEA to General Al-Saadi
of the Government of Iraq, which is annexed hereto, and decides that the
contents of the letter shall be binding upon Iraq;

7. Decides further that, in view of the prolonged
interruption by Iraq of the presence of UNMOVIC and the IAEA and in order
for them to accomplish the tasks set forth in this resolution and all
previous relevant resolutions and notwithstanding prior understandings, the
Council hereby establishes the following revised or additional authorities,
which shall be binding upon Iraq, to facilitate their work in Iraq: