Iraq Accepts New UN Resolution on Arms Inspections.
 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iraq said on Wednesday it accepted a new U.N. Security Council resolution, which orders Baghdad to disarm, cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors or face "serious consequences."

"I delivered a letter to the secretary-general's office," Iraq's U.N. ambassador Mohammed Aldouri told reporters. "It was a positive reply."


Aldouri described the six-page letter as setting out Baghdad's entire position on the resolution, adopted by a 15-0 vote last Friday.

"We are waiting for the inspectors to go as scheduled," Aldouri said. "We are eager to see the inspectors perform their duties in accordance with international law."


Aldouri said Baghdad has accepted the resolution in an effort to avoid war.


"This is a part of our policy that is to protect our country, to protect the nation, to protect our region also from the threat of war which is real," he said.


The letter was signed by Foreign Minister Naji Sabri.


The Security Council had given Iraq a one-week deadline to Nov. 15, to accept the resolution and promise to abide by its terms. Aldouri said his country agreed to the measure in order to avoid a U.S.-led attack.


Iraq's acceptance came as a surprise as most council members expected Baghdad to wait until Friday. The letter arrived a day after the Iraqi parliament voted unanimously to reject the resolution and its terms.


Aldouri said again his country had no weapons of mass destruction and would make that clear. Iraq next month has to give a declaration of any weapons programs or components of dangerous weapons it still may have under terms of the resolution.

An advance party of U.N. technicians is expected to go to Baghdad on Monday to prepare for inspections, not expected for another week or two.

China's deputy U.N. ambassador, Yishan Zhang, who holds this month's Security Council presidency, said the 15-member body welcomed "the correct decision of the Iraqi government."

"We want to see the resolution implemented fully and very effectively," he said.

A U.S. official, however, said, "We shouldn't make more of this than there is. This is their responsibility under the council mandate."

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And the games begin...

oh thank God. if there is a war because of this, I have a very strong feeling that millions, perhaps billions, will die, and that's coming from a gung-ho guy like me, but y'all wouldn't know I'm gung-ho

We'll I think your numbers are a LITTLE high, but I would'nt take this acceptance very seriously, this is Saddams little game, he has to disclose any and all weapons, if he lies (like always) well then his ass is grass.

reminds me of something i saw on conan a month or two ago

"can they look under your palaces?"
"uhh...of course...just give us a few weeks to uhh...sweep the floors!"

If he accepts and everything goes well as ordered, fine.

If not then he'll be in trouble.

But I don't think until then you guys can really say hes playing a game. Just like the boy who cried wolf. Right? Chill until you get all the facts.

The ball's in your court, Bush. Show us you aren't just finishing what daddy
started...

Well along with the acceptance note, he said "we are clean" we have no biological, no chemical, and no nuclear research program. We know he has two of the three.

The balls in Saddams court he has to disclose EVERYTHING if the inspectors find anything not disclosed then Saddam can kiss his cushing postion of murde...rule goodbye, if he fucks up, well...

[quote="Pfc.Green":506bb]We'll I think your numbers are a LITTLE high, but I would'nt take this acceptance very seriously, this is Saddams little game, he has to disclose any and all weapons, if he lies (like always) well then his ass is grass.[/quote:506bb]
I'm afraid his estimate may be accurate, my friend.
If Saddam fires missiles at isreal (liek last time, to get Arabs in his favor) Isreal said they will retaliate with nukes.
this opens the window of opportunity for Pakistan and India to exchange blows too.
then everything goes real FUBAR real fast.

Fortunaly Israel would not retaliate with nukes they may threaten this, but if they did they would lose our support, they have just finished a missle defense system. And they would face invasion from their neighbors.

sometimes, I just get this bad feeling, not just about nukes, but terrorist attacks and the like, and I'm not afraid to ssay it makes me scared sometimes

[quote="Pfc.Green":712ea]
Well along with the acceptance note, he said "we are clean" we have no biological, no chemical, and no nuclear research program. We know he has two of the three.[/quote:712ea]

Valid point.

But as long as he cooperates, theres nothing really to complain about. If they find everything and disarm then thats good.

He knows if he doesn't let them in hes gonna get the shit blown outta him. He could be playing a game...buying time. But until I see him say to inspectors, "oh no you can't go there" etc. I won't support a war and I won't think hes playing a game. hes scared because he knows bush wants him dead.

And thats what scares me. The situation is progressing positivley.

Bush first wanted to go in by himself but people told him to gather allies and go through the UN. He said OK, and numerous times he has threatened to go without the UN. Now that we have a resolution, hes still threatening war. I support war if the UN thing falls through and Saddam says no way etc. but I say lets give peace a chance. I really don't see what bushes problem is. Hes so determined to go to war. I just don't understand. If he does go to war the international community will look down on the US for sure. If he waits for the UN he has a much better chance of looking better.

you know what really annoys me, no offence, but the way Bush has dragged the UK into this mess. Some of you may now be thinking, no he hasn't it's Blair's fault, well I agree with that aswell.
Blair must be totally blind, none of the UK support him on this, and he's just digging us deeper into a hole we won't be able to get out of. Every time that he says he supports Bush and thinks Saddam is an evil bastard (which he is) , he makes the UK an even bigger target.

And the games begin....?

Sometimes Green, I think you wish for a war with Iraq. Easy to do when you won't be the one on the front lines.

Saddam certainly does have some time to clean up his weapons and hide them - if he does have them. What is it, 45 days until the inspectors come?

I do not want a war with Iraq, but if Saddam will not reveal all weapons and get rid of them freely, then war maybe the only way and if so, then so be it. And your little crack about the frontlines is pretty stupid.

[quote="Pfc.Green":43090]The balls in Saddams court he has to disclose EVERYTHING if the inspectors find anything not disclosed then Saddam can kiss his cushing postion of murde...rule goodbye, if he fucks up, well...[/quote:43090]

No, the ball is in Bush's court because he now has a choice to make:

- he spews out more bullshit and proceeds with his war or

- he lets inspectors in to do their "thang"


Make no mistake: Bush doesn't want inspections... he wants war. Sadly for
him, he doesn't have a choice anymore: he either lets the inspectors in or
shows us his true colors (intentions).

[quote="Pfc.Green":30f7b]
I do not want a war with Iraq, but if Saddam will not reveal all weapons and get rid of them freely, then war maybe the only way and if so, then so be it. And your little crack about the frontlines is pretty stupid.[/quote:30f7b]

How's it stupid? I am tired of hearing about peeps talk about taking Saddam out, but I don't see any of them running to join up to take part in it.

We'll I am enlisted in the Navy, and ship out to boot at Great Lakes in Feb. So I guess I'm not one of those "peeps".

Green in the Navy?

You're soooooo gonna get ass-raped. biggrin:

He'll get raped by the MARINES.

And I'm sorry, but BUSH is a fucktard on this one. It's obvious he and his father needed someone to get them numbers, and this is just the way to do it. We find WMD in IRAQ, bush is a hero.

I'll wonder what they'll do if and when there ISNT WMD in IRAQ. What kind of spin will come out of tha.t

hake:

I think if the weapon inspectors come in, Saddam henchmen might try to snipe them...possibility...

If that happened then the entire world would kick saddams ass. Remember Basically everyone supports the UN, and the inspectors represent the UN. If saddam did that there would be no more Iraq left. He wouldn't try something like that.

what's with all the Navy gay jokes?

I'd like to see you say that to a Navy man face to face

"uh, sir, I didn't mean that, I, uh......bye-bye" *runs away before he can be stuffed into a piece of shipboard machinery*

well, its great, i mean at least saddam has a bit of sense, and you notice i mention saddam not Iraq, but either way its not a matter weather we go in, its when...sad to say

[quote="Pfc.Green":f2854]We'll I am enlisted in the Navy, and ship out to boot at Great Lakes in Feb. So I guess I'm not one of those "peeps".[/quote:f2854]

Yeah, you sure will be on the front lines in the Navy. Maybe Saddam will send one of his little rafts at you guys. hake:

Before world war 1, the triple alliance and the triple entente(sp) amassed two great opposing armies with the idea that noone would want to enter war because the results would be devasting to both sides because the forces were so big.
That plan was crap because it didnt work.

In world war 2 we saw what 1 A bomb could do in seconds.
since then we have seen tests of nuclear bombs that are more powerful.

The new threat of nuclear weapons as opposed to massive armies works very well.
Saddam probably has some, but i very much doubt he would use them, the fact he has the capability to scare the most powerful country in the world probably gives him a bonor, or something to a similar effect.
Bush doesnt seem to like the fact that anyone can have a nuclear weapon other than him, but picks bones at Saddam because well........he really is a "bad guy". so you cant blame bush for that.
Saddam knows fine well he would lose another gulf war - hes not THAT insane.
Countries who have weapons of mass destruction have them to prevent a mass destruction war. Noone has anything to gain from an apocalypse, and as such, wont ever use them in anger other than a threat.

Well its obvious If one US solider steps on Saddam's soil his gonna pull the trigger and we will all end up with small poxes and anthrax.