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Issues of Global Import |
3 February 2003
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What Does Blix Mean?
Chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has made his report to the world body concerning Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and the punditocracy is trying to make heads and tails of it. The best place to start would be to understand Blix and his people first and the facts second. The report is not crystal clear because the people writing it had no interest in perfect clarity. Click here to read Kensington's Opinion.
Paris-Berlin Axis Around Which Nothing Revolves
As the Bush administration's war wagon loads up and heads out, the French and the Germans seem determined to make fools of themselves. As the two most important core members of the European Union, their reluctance to follow the US into a war with Iraq is understandable, as it diminishes their influence. However, in pretending to speak for Europe as a whole, they have created a Paris-Berlin axis at which most just laugh. Click here for more.