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This is what Richard Butler, Scott Ritter's ex-boss as Cheif U.N. Arms Inspector, has to say about Saddam's offer.
"But what we really needed to hear is that you can inspect without conditions, that is you can go anywhere, anytime. It did not say that, that is a black hole. That is a significant omission," Butler said. "It is a very snakey letter."
He said that if inspectors did not have unfettered access to Iraqi facilities, they did not have "a snowball's chance in hell" of establishing whether Iraq had nuclear, chemical or germ weapons.
"Iraq's basic position is to say it has no weapons of mass destruction ... that is a black lie," Butler said. "The Russians know it, the French know it... they're the ones who are saying this letter is okay, let's go with it."
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