British Foreign Minister Jack Straw (L) confers with German Foreign
Minister Joschka Fischer as the two met in the United Nations Security
Council chamber at U.N. headquartes in New York, March 7, 2003. Chief
U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said on Friday that Iraq would need
months to disarm, even if it takes a proactive attitude toward the
inspections mandated by the Security Council. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine

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