VOL. XLI

No. 48

30-November-1998

The Political Scene

Iraq and UNSCOM are once again at odds, this time over documents whichUNSCOM wants and Iraq says it has already seen or do not exist. So far this has notamounted to sufficient non-compliance to provoke a military response from the US, but ithardly constitutes a degree of cooperation sufficient to initiate the "comprehensivereview" by the Security Council either. The US and the UK have meanwhile been holdingostentatious meetings with Iraqi...