Re: [TruthTalk] God and war

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On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:05:29 -0500 "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Gary wrote: >>the issue is that SH has nuc weapons >>on hand, is hiding them [i.e., refuses to 'disarm'] [DavidM:] > Who says that?    <<U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said he had heard nothing that gave "any hope that Iraq will disarm" voluntarily. Asked whether the threat from Saddam was imminent, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said, "From the president's point of view, it remains a very grave threat." Other Security Council members with the same veto power as the United States disagreed. "The job has not been completed. We share the view of many that this process has not been completed and more time is needed," said China's deputy U.N. ambassador Zhang Yishan. Russian Ambassador Sergey Lavrov said his country strongly supported calls "for inspections to continue." France's U.N. Ambassador Jean-Marc de la Sabliere also supported the need for inspections "to go forward...with the objective of Iraq's verifiable disarmament," adding that it could be "several weeks" or "a few months." He said there was strong backing in the 15-member council for additional time. But Negroponte said the issue was no longer the inspections process. "The purpose of this exercise is not inspections but the disarmament of Iraq. Our quarrel is with Iraq's behavior in this process," he said. >> http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/iraq030127.html