The UN nuclear agency has said it will be giving Saddam Hussein a grade of “B” on his co-operation with weapons inspections.
Gwozdecky said ElBaradei will tell the Security Council that Saddam’s government has provided good access to inspectors searching for weapons of mass destruction.
“Access and co-operation are good,” he said. “We’ve been getting where and when we want to get, and we’ve been generally successful in getting what we need.”
But ElBaradei also will say that the Iraqis “need to help themselves by coming forward” with evidence rather than waiting for the inspectors to sniff it out.
He said the IAEA chief also would make a case for additional pressure on Baghdad to encourage Iraqi scientists to consent to private interviews with the UN inspectors. So far, the scientists have refused.
Of course they’re refusing. If they consent, and tell the inspection teams where the weapons are, it’s like signing their own death warrant.
I wonder how the grading scheme works? Do Iraq’s allies in the UN get to all vote A, and Iraq’s enemies get to vote F, and they compromise on B? Are there points awarded for smiling nicely? Yes, sure they’re co-operative . . . in leading inspectors to places where there are no weapons! Those idiots at the UN just don’t seem to get it.