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,
Day: September 16, 2002
But I will steal from Volokh…
Quote of the day:
“If one is going to be pedantic, one should at least be correct…”
– Volokh
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: