VOL. XLVI

No 2

13-January-2003

The Political Scene

The Americans see the UN inspectors failure to find any smoking guns in Iraq thus far as proof that the guns have been hidden. Israel has queered the pitch for Tony Blairs conference on Palestinian reform by preventing Palestinian representatives from attending in the wake of suicide attacks in Tel Aviv.

Blix: No Smoking Gun, But

ChiefUN weapons inspector Hans Blixs 9 January report to the Security Council was a distinctly mixed bag, since Mr Blix...