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US set to win battle over Iraqi scientists, Interviews in Cyprus could provide trigger for war
(Helena Smith and Ewen MacAskill, The Guardian, January 10, 2003)
Iraqi scientists whose evidence could provide Washington with a trigger for war are to be whisked out of the country soon to a neutral venue, Cyprus. . . . The dilemma for the Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, is that if he allows a scientist out to blow the whistle on a banned weapons programme, it could lead to war, but if Iraq were to block their departure, that too could be the cause of all-out conflict. . . . Ominously, the Iraqi government, which claims it has destroyed all banned weapons, insisted yesterday it did not expect any scientist would volunteer to leave. . . . That time, he said, was likely to be soon. "If Mr Blix is to be fully debriefed in time to write up his report by January 27, then it is our guess the Iraqi scientists will arrive in Cyprus in the coming days." . . . The US has offered the equivalent of a witness protection programme, in which scientists and their families would be given new identities and a new life in the US in return for giving evidence. Iraq has accused the US of trying to bribe scientists into giving false evidence.

posted by LoZo 7:12 PM