Do the Iraqis have a lethal nerve gas?
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: The London Observer, newspaper, reported today that inspectors were on the verge of finding a very and especially lethal nerve gas, and that that’s why this is happening. Is there any truth to that? BILL RICHARDSON: Well, it could be that Saddam Hussein and the Iraqis have something to hide, as ugly as that report may be, Richard Butler, the head of the inspection team, may answer this question in the days ahead. It could be that they’re hiding something. I don’t have that documented but what the Iraqis have shown is clear patterns of obstruction, of hiding weapons, of denying access to inspectors, especially in the biological weapon area. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: When you said that Saddam Hussein had made a big mistake and you were referring especially to the way that the alliance is responding now, tell us more about that. There had been–it seems some people called this sanctions fatigue, I think, some of the countries saying that they wished sanctions could end f
