Saddam
is trying to win time by submitting 12000 pages of information
about his weapons of mass destruction. Saddam is trying to keep the inspection
process going for as long a period as possible and time is on Saddam's side. The
reason for this is:
Saddam
knows if he can avoid a war taking place till March then there cannot
be a war and he will remain in power.
At
the same time he knows that it is very likely a war will occur to oust
him, so does not want to reveal where his weapons of mass destruction
are so that he still has a hidden hand that will make the US and UK more
cautious about going to war.
The
US and UK governments received the Iraqi declaration with scepticism even before they
read it.
Military
preparations are under way with some reports suggesting that the Americans
are ready for action. Build up
continues in Qatar, while the number
of military raids inside Iraq has risen by 300%.
Details of how to run Iraq
after Saddam are being decided, but mixed messages, which can be read
one way or another, are being sent to keep Saddam thinking that he can
get away with it.
The
British government continues
its campaign to gather public support for regime change in Iraq by publishing
a dossier about human rights
violations in Iraq.
You can find this online
at http://www.iprospect.org.uk/na8dec.html
