has anyone heard from Mr. Blix about the warheads

It should eventually turn up in the press. Try [link|http://news.google.com|http://news.google.com] - try searching for "Blix R-400 liquid". [link|http://www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/index.htm|UNMOVIC]'s web site should eventually have the information too, I expect.

Blix's March 7 presentation to the UN SC is [link|http://www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/SC7asdelivered.htm|here]. It says:

There is a significant Iraqi effort underway to clarify a major source of uncertainty as to the quantities of biological and chemical weapons, which were unilaterally destroyed in 1991. A part of this effort concerns a disposal site, which was deemed too dangerous for full investigation in the past. It is now being re-excavated. To date, Iraq has unearthed eight complete bombs comprising two liquid-filled intact R-400 bombs and six other complete bombs. Bomb fragments were also found. Samples have been taken. The investigation of the destruction site could, in the best case, allow the determination of the number of bombs destroyed at that site. It should be followed by a serious and credible effort to determine the separate issue of how many R-400 type bombs were produced. In this, as in other matters, inspection work is moving on and may yield results.

Iraq proposed an investigation using advanced technology to quantify the amount of unilaterally destroyed anthrax dumped at a site. However, even if the use of advanced technology could quantify the amount of anthrax, said to be dumped at the site, the results would still be open to interpretation. Defining the quantity of anthrax destroyed must, of course, be followed by efforts to establish what quantity was actually produced.

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #86,652 by boxley 3/7/03 11:11:16 PM Reply	has anyone heard from Mr. Blix about the warheads Iraq magically discovered lately and the contents therof? I havnt seen anything. thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org] \ufffdOmni Gaul Delenda est!\ufffd Ceasar
Post #86,658 by Brandioch 3/7/03 11:30:31 PM Reply	Because there wasn't anything illegal in them.
Post #86,665 by boxley 3/7/03 11:41:48 PM Reply	possibly, but why did the Iraqi's produce them as evidence? will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org] \ufffdOmni Gaul Delenda est!\ufffd Ceasar
Post #86,659 by Another Scott 3/7/03 11:31:12 PM Reply	Nothing yet. Perhaps there's something about it in the "167 page report" (that Powell and Straw discussed today) that Blix presented to the Security Council within the last few days. If so, maybe something about it will appear in the next day or two. But nothing shows up in my searching. Like you, I wonder if and/or how the contents will be reported. Cheers, Scott.
Post #86,675 by Brandioch 3/8/03 12:05:55 AM Reply	If they were bio, any reason to not be reported by Bush? It seems to me that finding bio bombs would be the "smoking gun" that Bush needed. I can't see any reason our current regime would not be shouting this across the globe as justification for our immediate invasion.
Post #86,726 by Another Scott 3/8/03 9:55:02 AM Reply	Nothing released yet, that I've found. It should eventually turn up in the press. Try [link\|http://news.google.com\|http://news.google.com] - try searching for "Blix R-400 liquid". [link\|http://www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/index.htm\|UNMOVIC]'s web site should eventually have the information too, I expect. Blix's March 7 presentation to the UN SC is [link\|http://www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/SC7asdelivered.htm\|here]. It says: There is a significant Iraqi effort underway to clarify a major source of uncertainty as to the quantities of biological and chemical weapons, which were unilaterally destroyed in 1991. A part of this effort concerns a disposal site, which was deemed too dangerous for full investigation in the past. It is now being re-excavated. To date, Iraq has unearthed eight complete bombs comprising two liquid-filled intact R-400 bombs and six other complete bombs. Bomb fragments were also found. Samples have been taken. The investigation of the destruction site could, in the best case, allow the determination of the number of bombs destroyed at that site. It should be followed by a serious and credible effort to determine the separate issue of how many R-400 type bombs were produced. In this, as in other matters, inspection work is moving on and may yield results. Iraq proposed an investigation using advanced technology to quantify the amount of unilaterally destroyed anthrax dumped at a site. However, even if the use of advanced technology could quantify the amount of anthrax, said to be dumped at the site, the results would still be open to interpretation. Defining the quantity of anthrax destroyed must, of course, be followed by efforts to establish what quantity was actually produced. Cheers, Scott.

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