Seanad debates

Friday, 21 March 2003

It is unfortunate Senator McHugh is not in the Chamber to discuss the time that might have been provided to Hans Blix and Mohammed El Baradi in terms of the work they were doing. They were in Iraq as a result of the adoption of Resolution 1441, but even after that resolution had been adopted, Saddam Hussein played ducks and drakes with it. It was not until the United States in particular moved troops into the region that he started to comply again in some small measure. He provided a great deal of information but little of any substance by way of assisting the disarming process. He first said he did not have al-Samoud missiles. When they were found they were apparently a surprise to him and that it was an oversight on his part. How can 100 missiles be an oversight? He sought to dismantle them. He said he had no Scud missiles, yet Scud missiles were dropping on Kuwait city last night.

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