Iraq move positive, says Blix

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday called Iraq’s destruction of its missiles a positive development but said the UN Security Council would have to decide whether Baghdad had met disarmament requirements.

Iraq move positive, says Blix

“It is a positive development,” Annan told reporters about Iraq’s scrapping of 19 Al Samoud 2 missiles as ordered by weapons inspectors.

But Annan said it was up to the Security Council to evaluate the future of disarmament in Iraq and decide on war.

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