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Hans Blix has the opportunity to become a state hero in Iraq.
Chief UN inspector Hans Blix may go down in history, art history, if his much-awaited report confirms that Iraq has none of the weapons of mass destruction claimed by the United States.
"If the report is positive and brings good news to Iraq, then I will draw a portrait of Blix with our president Saddam Hussein," said Salam Abid, one of the main Saddam portrait artists in the country.
"Good news" for Iraq, and Saddam personally, means the United Nations declaring Iraq free of arms of mass destruction, as stipulated by UN Security Council Resolution 1441 which threatens Baghdad with "serious consequences" otherwise.
Saddam is a favorite model for portrait artists happy to hear that Blix is due to launch arms inspections in Iraq on Wednesday after a four-year break, and that Washington said it might consent to Saddam staying in power if he agrees to give up suspected banned weapons.
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