NBC News - Iraq weapons report - 2003-02-14

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[0:00] reports in the newspapers. Strange

[0:01] segue. United Nations Chief Weapons

[0:03] Inspector Hans Blicks is about to

[0:05] deliver his report to the Security

[0:07] Council. We now join Brian Williams for

[0:09] a special report.

[0:13] This is an NBC News special report. Here

[0:16] is Brian Williams.

[0:19] And good morning from New York. We're

[0:21] coming on the air at this hour to air

[0:23] the remarks of Hans Blicks, the United

[0:26] Nations Chief Weapons Inspector who will

[0:29] be delivering his report to a meeting of

[0:32] the United Nations Security Council.

[0:34] Hans Blicks, an interesting character,

[0:36] does not work for the United States or

[0:39] Iraq for that matter, but has 15 bosses.

[0:42] He works for the United Nations Security

[0:44] Council, members of which are gathering

[0:47] on the floor now. And we are joined from

[0:49] Sydney, Australia, among others by

[0:51] former Chief Weapons Inspector,

[0:53] Ambassador Richard Butler. Ambassador

[0:55] Butler, he could be stern in his report.

[0:58] He may be mild, but the US will be

[1:00] waiting to hop on any violation.

[1:03] Correct.

[1:05] Yeah, that's right. Uh Brian, the main

[1:08] thing to watch for is whether Hans Blick

[1:10] says that he continues to hold the view

[1:13] that Iraq has not taken the central

[1:16] government decision required, which is

[1:18] to give up its weapon. He will say that,

[1:20] you know, they are cooperating more

[1:22] smoothly and being a bit nicer in the

[1:25] inspection process. But if he repeats

[1:27] what he said two weeks ago that he has

[1:30] no sense that Iraq has actually decided

[1:33] to truly do the job then I think it's

[1:36] over for Iraq and that's the thing to

[1:38] listen for. Richard Butler in Sydney,

[1:40] Aus