Saddam Hussein has certainly figured himself to be a sort of emperor of Mesopotamia and the leader of the Arab world.
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We would like to have clues as to where the United States' and other countries' intelligence feel they know Iraqis are storing weapons of mass destruction, ... Then, we can send in the inspectors.Hans Blix
You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the present time. There is quite a lot left in the barrel that could be explained by them. If they have some weapons, if they have some anthrax, they should deliver that.
Hans Blix
It editing the report was a very fast operation, of course. And we have a limited number of people and they worked very, very hard over the weekend, and I am pleased they were able to do so.
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They said they had been surprised themselves ... They were in boxes, never opened -- there were bird droppings on them. But of course they should have been declared and destroyed.
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What has not worked is for the Iraqi side either to present prohibited items for destruction or present evidence that they are finished. We hope that at this late hour they will come and give a positive response. If they do not do that, then our report to the Security Council on Friday February 14 will not be what we'd like it to be.
Hans Blix
We want to be serious when we come forward with accusations, as we were when ordering the Iraqis to destroy a very large missile program.
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