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Informationen zum Autor Scott Ritter was commissioned in the Marine Corps in 1984 and served for eight years as an intelligence officer, reaching the rank of major. He was an arms control inspector in the Soviet Union and served on the staff of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf before joining Unscom, the U.N. weapons inspection program in Iraq. Klappentext As the United States heads toward confrontation with Iraq! former U.N. Chief Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter updates his book about his experiences in Iraq to explain why he believes Saddam Hussein does not pose a threat to the U.S. and why we should not invade Iraq. Zusammenfassung WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IRAQ? Scott Ritter spent seven years in Iraq as an arms inspector for the United Nations. His 1998 resignation as the U.N.'s chief weapons inspector there made front-page headlines around the world. In Endgame, Ritter draws on his experiences to take us inside Saddam Hussein's Iraq and to explain where U.S. policy in Iraq went wrong. Ritter describes in detail the ways that Saddam tried to foil inspectors by concealing his weapons programs. He brings readers with him inside some of Iraq's most carefully guarded sites and shows us dramatic face-offs between U.N. inspectors and hostile Iraqi guards and officials. But Ritter criticizes the U.S. for squandering an international consensus on Iraq and trying to use the inspections process for uniquely American goals. He argues strongly against the proposed American military strike against Iraq, suggesting instead a bold and innovative solution to the long-standing crisis. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAUTHOR'S NOTEPROLOGUE: UNSCOM 2551 A Journey of Discovery2 The Road to Auja3 "He Who Confronts"4 School for Weapons of Mass Destruction5 "Dr. Germ" and "The Chemist" -- A Family Business6 The Two-Day War7 Burying Treasure8 The Year of the Gun9 Fortress Saddam and the Concealment Mechanism10 The Ghost in the Machine11 The Lean, Mean Politics of Sanctions12 What's in the Briefcase: The Anatomy of an Inspection13 Black-Umbrella Days14 The End of UNSCOM As We Know It15 Trumping SaddamAPPENDIX: Iraq's Arsenal of Weapons of Mass DestructionNOTE ON SOURCESINDEX...
