The game is afoot

News services are sending out bulletins that Iraq has agreed to allow weapons inspectors to return “without condition”.
Will post links when the stories go up; file under “developing”…
Update: Beeb beats MSNBC and CNN today:
“Iraq has told the UN it is ready to readmit weapons inspectors.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the offer – in a letter from Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri – was unconditional.
Inspectors would be allowed to continue their work and Iraq was ready to discuss the practical arrangements for the return of inspectors… “

Update 2: MSNBC comes in a close second (CNN still lagging. Siesta time down in Atlanta, kids?) They’ve got Annan quotage:
“I can confirm to you that I have received a letter from the Iraqi authorities conveying their decision to allow the return of the inspectors without conditions,

I’m feeling lazy. Go read Lileks instead.

Light on the free ice cream today, sorry.
Speaking of which: I’m not usually one to link to Lileks. Not because he isn’t great (he is), nor because I don’t read him (I do), but simply because everybody should know by now to read Lileks, unless you’ve been trapped under something extremely heavy for, well, a long while.
Anyway, his piece today contains gem that begins as follows:
How do I teach Gnat about the world? Simple: