Author Topic: Anyone see the Blix report at the UN yet? (Read 613 times)

Hortlund · « **Reply #15 on:** February 14, 2003, 04:36:03 PM »

Yeah, I knew you'd like that one. What was it...grandmother from Sweden?

john9001 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 14, 2003, 05:04:15 PM »

just heard today the UN inspectors are not allowed on military bases? now where would you likely find "weapons"?

iraq said the U-2 can fly but UN has to tell iraq when and where the flights are going ahead of time.

a large iraq column has moved south to 2 miles from kuwait border, this is good , no collateral damage in desert, ...... or , maybe they want to first to surrender.

Hortlund · « **Reply #17 on:** February 14, 2003, 05:07:19 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
a large iraq column has moved south to 2 miles from kuwait border, this is good , no collateral damage in desert, ...... or , maybe they want to first to surrender.

Isnt that where the (some of the) Iraqi oil fields are?

midnight Target · « **Reply #18 on:** February 14, 2003, 06:37:52 PM »

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Originally posted by Hortlund
Yeah, I knew you'd like that one. What was it...grandmother from Sweden?

Dad's Dad, Paternal Grandfather. Member of the Stockholm Guard and a WW1 Vet. Did Sweden take part in WW1? Family history is muddy about this part of his life. I know he went AWOL from the Stockholm Guard and jumped a ship to America. Not sure if that was before or after WW1. He died in a Train accident in 1928 when Dad was 2.

My last name ends in the same 4 letters as yours.

Hortlund · « **Reply #19 on:** February 14, 2003, 06:41:27 PM »

-lund is a very common ending in Sweden, same with -son.

No, Sweden was not involved in WW1. I wonder why he deserted like that. Maybe it was the adventure of a new nation or something.

Hangtime · « **Reply #20 on:** February 14, 2003, 06:42:37 PM »

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Isnt that where the (some of the) Iraqi oil fields are?

and; where the kuwaiti fields are.

remember all that smoke when they lit the wells last time? degrades our laser targeting systems.

midnight Target · « **Reply #21 on:** February 14, 2003, 06:43:44 PM »

My guess is that he wanted to go to War. His sister was still alive until recently, and she said he served in WW1. Maybe that was his motivation.

Hangtime · « **Reply #22 on:** February 14, 2003, 06:46:55 PM »

Hortlund · « **Reply #23 on:** February 14, 2003, 06:47:23 PM »

Yes, that might be it. Its in our genes MT

Monk · « **Reply #24 on:** February 15, 2003, 09:42:14 AM »

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Originally posted by Hangtime

remember all that smoke when they lit the wells last time? degrades our laser targeting systems.

Ooo, no it doesn't Mr. Hangtime.
We were getting 3-4k Tank kills, in the last game.

(Sniff.....sort of brings a tear to my eye.)

Replicant · « **Reply #25 on:** February 15, 2003, 11:42:24 AM »

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Report was pretty much 'status quo'. Iraq have drip fed information that should have been declared earlier.

IMHO, US should pull out, make France sign a document making it legally responsible for Iraq's Compliance. Should Iraq in the next 10 years violate any UN resolutions France should bare costs of enforcement, and should Iraq in the next 10 years use those weapons then those diplomats from France should face a War Crimes Tribunal.

The French actually admitted on the BBC this morning that pressure from the US the only reason Iraq has responded in any way.

The amusing thing is Blix said this new missile is clearly in violation, and should be destroyed, to which Iraq flicked him the 'finger'.

Wouldn't be a bad idea actually

This whole episode with Iraq just shows what a complete joke the United Nations is. What's the point of giving deadlines and threats, which all countries supported, if they're not going to stand firm and stick to what they originally said.

A good point was that Iraq are supposed to be disarming, to give up their weapons, not just wait and see if the UN are lucky enough to find them.