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Ex-UN weapons
inspector says US goal is to humiliate Iraq
October 9, 2002
The US is setting up a new UN
resolution on weapons inspections in Iraq for failure so it can
justify "humiliating" the country with military strikes,
a former UN weapons inspector said in an interview published
yesterday.
"This resolution is being
designed so that (Iraqi President) Saddam Hussein will reject
it and refuse to allow the return of weapons inspectors,"
Scott Ritter told Portuguese daily Diario de Noticias.
"It is not a resolution
that has as a goal the disarmament of Iraq, its goal is to humiliate
Iraq. The only purpose is to provoke Iraqi obstruction, which
will then allow the US to start a war," said Ritter, an
outspoken former intelligence officer in the US Marines.
The United States and Britain
are pushing for a new resolution on weapons inspections that
will allow the use of force if Baghdad fails to comply and disarm
immediately.
Baghdad has agreed to the return
of weapons inspectors - who were pulled out of the country in
1998, but the UN Security Council has not yet agreed on its approach
to Iraq.
In a speech on Monday, US President
George W Bush accused Saddam of being "a homicidal dictator
who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction," and demanded
that he disarm or face war.
Ritter, whom Iraq once accused
of spying for the United States, said the best way to find out
if Baghdad possesses weapons of mass destruction was to once
again send in inspectors.
He resigned in August 1998 after
accusing both Washington and the United Nations of not doing
enough to support the inspectors. More recently, however, he
has become increasingly critical of US policies towards Iraq.
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Latest World News October 9, 2002 The US is setting up a new UN resolution on weapons inspections in Iraq for failure so it can justify "humiliating" the country with military strikes, a former UN weapons inspector said in an interview published yesterday. "This resolution is being designed so that (Iraqi President) Saddam Hussein will reject it and refuse to allow the return of weapons inspectors," Scott Ritter told Portuguese daily Diario de Noticias. "It is not a resolution that has as a goal the disarmament of Iraq, its goal is to humiliate Iraq. The only purpose is to provoke Iraqi obstruction, which will then allow the US to start a war," said Ritter, an outspoken former intelligence officer in the US Marines. The United States and Britain are pushing for a new resolution on weapons inspections that will allow the use of force if Baghdad fails to comply and disarm immediately. Baghdad has agreed to the return of weapons inspectors - who were pulled out of the country in 1998, but the UN Security Council has not yet agreed on its approach to Iraq. In a speech on Monday, US President George W Bush accused Saddam of being "a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction," and demanded that he disarm or face war. Ritter, whom Iraq once accused of spying for the United States, said the best way to find out if Baghdad possesses weapons of mass destruction was to once again send in inspectors. He resigned in August 1998 after accusing both Washington and the United Nations of not doing enough to support the inspectors. More recently, however, he has become increasingly critical of US policies towards Iraq. Home Page | Building the Global Village | Events Latest News | Featured Publications | Join Today | Fundraising |