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Barbara Crossette's article, "U.S. Monitor Now Argues Iraq Has Little to Hide," New York Times, 3 July 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/global/070300un-ritter.html> contains a glaring and important typographical error: ***************************************************************** In his article, Mr. Ritter wrote that given the comprehensive nature of the former monitoring regime, "it was possible as early as 1997 to determine that, from a quantitative standpoint, Iraq had been disarmed." ***************************************************************** Ritter actually wrote "it was possible as early as 1997 to determine that, from a QUALITATIVE standpoint, Iraq had been disarmed." (Scott Ritter, "The Case for Iraq's Qualitative Disarmament," Arms Control Today, Vol. 30, No. 5 (June 2000), pg. 8, paragraph 6) Never once in the article does Ritter claim that Iraq was or is quantitatively disarmed. The New York Times' misquote is rather critical, for Ritter's primary points are to distinguish between quantitative and qualitative disarmament, detail, weapons sector by weapons sector, Iraq's qualitative disarmament, and then make a policy proposal based on Iraq's qualitative disarmament. To see the Arms Control Today article: <http://www.armscontrol.org/ACT/june00/iraqjun.htm> With regards, Nathaniel Hurd, Boston, USA ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi