The head of the U.N. nuclear agency will tell the Security Council on Monday that Saddam Hussein has done a "quite satisfactory" job of cooperating with inspectors in some areas, but they need more time to complete their search. Although the Bush administration dismissed the favorable assessment, it might agree to let the inspections go on longer in order to reassure anxious European allies. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said his country's toughened stance against war "won't destroy the German-American relationship." Baghdad steadfastly denies it has weapons of mass destruction. Meanwhile, the FBI is questioning 50,000 Iraqis living in the United States in a house-to-house search for potential terrorist cells and spies.
Iraq's Good Grade
The head of the U.N. nuclear agency will tell the Security Council on Monday that Saddam Hussein has done a "quite satisfactory" job of cooperating with inspectors in some areas, but they need more time to complete their search. Although the Bush administration dismissed the favorable assessment, it might agree to let the inspections go on longer in order to reassure anxious European allies. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said his country's toughened stance against war "won't destroy the German-American relationship." Baghdad steadfastly denies it has weapons of mass destruction. Meanwhile, the FBI is questioning 50,000 Iraqis living in the United States in a house-to-house search for potential terrorist cells and spies.
