Time is running out for the Iraqis to provide an honest accounting of their Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).
IRAQI DECLARATION AND CONSEQUENCES
If the United Nations finds the declaration to be incomplete or untrue, it could find Iraq in “material breach” of Resolution 1441, which calls for Iraq to fully disclose its weapons of mass destruction programs and to disarm.
The U.S. government has said if Iraq does not comply and fully disarm, it will lead a coalition to disarm Iraqi President Saddam Hussein through military force.
Iraq has indicated that it will turn over a tome of information on Saturday, December 7. This is fully one day before the UN-imposed deadline. Warning bells are ringing for me. Anybody else have their tinfoil hat on?
Perhaps more disturbing is the fact that “the U.N. has announced that the document won’t be given to the Security Council until inspectors have examined it and possibly edit material out“. Disturbing indeed.