"Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix says Iraq's destruction of banned al-Samoud missiles over the past several days constitutes what he calls "real disarmament."
I'd prefer to see this quote in context with the rest of the report. Demolition of a few missiles is meaningless if the molds/tools/patterns for said missiles are not secured and destroyed as well. Once the controversy dies down it would be a simple matter for Hussein to secretly produce more. Finally, this act is merely the destruction of the weapon DELIVERY SYSTEMS, not the weapons themselves (the aforsaid NBC weapons Iraq is allegedly developing). In my book "real disarmament" will come with the destruction of those weapons and their plans/molds/tools. Right now this just looks like a token gesture.
Damon.
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