The TV news here just had an interview with one of the UN inspectors in Iraq. He said that:

1) They have never found evidence of nuclear weapons development.
2) Iraq will be off the hook when they provide evidence of the cessation of their nuclear weapons development prorgamme.

Now, for the logic-challenged, I'll walk through this slower. There is no evidence of Iraq ever developing nuclear weapons. The UN/US is considering them guilty until proven innocent. Like Whatsuyall and Isnspector, the US/UN have a problem with the idea of proving a negative. To satisfy the UN/US demands of proof of the cessation of nuclear weapons development, Iraq must now start developing nuclear weapons, then stop, and record it all, and present the records to the inspectors.

In other words, if Iraq has never developed any nuclear weapons technology at all (meaning if they are completely innocent), the UN/US inspectors must declare them guilty of developing nuclear weapons, because there will be no evidence of Iraq ceasing its nuclear weapons development programme.

It's a concept that goes back a long way in America, Adam,
that you are probably not familiar with in your country...

It's called "guilty until proven innocent."

Peace.

If the UN wants to remain credible as an international organisation instead of a puppet for the large players only than it has I think their policy should be unguilty until proven.

I do think however that Saddam has become a true master of disquise and hiding evidence....

I think he must have recognised that the US above all has a superior air force, wich allowed the US to badly damage iraqi ground troops without exposing allied ground troops too much, keeping the amount of bodybags send home relatively low.

So, maybe he has really gotten underground. It wouldn't suprise if he has E-N-O-R-M-O-U-S underground faccillities that can withstand the heaviest american bunker busters and even withstand nearby nuclear blasts , cause he might be just ruthless enough to start a nuclear war with israel when possible, have large amounts of jewish and arab people decimated, coming out of his shelter, overlooking the ashes and proclaim, "Look Mum! without hands! I succeded where Nasser failed, we won!"

Na, not even Saddam would be that crazy or.....?


Anyway it wouldn't hurt if the UN inspectors use sophisticated seismologic equipment and check out the surroundings of his mosks and palaces. They might be the perfect cover entrances for deep underground complexes, cause building the mosks it is not suspicious to have so much construction workers/equipment in that area and also amongst the people returning from the Friday prairs in the mosk , might also be millitary personel, going home for the weekend, having traded their green uniform for that of the brown dress, so that the operators of spy satellites think he is just being one of the average religious nutters. Would'nt hurt to actually count how many people move in and out these buildings..

Especially the megalarge "Mother of all wars" mosk supposedly containing a koran written with Saddams own blood, might have the type of command center under it, you would only expect from some Dr. Evil in the latest 007 movies...

Nukes arent what we are worried about. Chances are he couldnt deliver them even if he had the warheads. What we are woried about is chemical and biological.

We KNOW 100% that he had them as late as 1998, when we last had inspectors in iraq. He has used them several times in his reign as well.

Originally posted by goofyfish
It's a concept that goes back a long way in America, Adam,
that you are probably not familiar with in your country...

It's called "guilty until proven innocent."

Peace.

Ah, the good ol days of some of the Roman Empire and, I believe (though not sure), Greece. Am I correct?