(New York Times) Thomas L. Friedman - The UN inspectors in Iraq have begun their investigation of various Iraqi factories and military sites. Pay no attention. They will find nothing. Saddam Hussein is an expert at hiding his war toys and, having had four years without inspections, had probably buried everything good under mosques or cemeteries. Is there an Iraqi Andrei Sakharov? Is there just one Iraqi scientist or official who wants to see the freedom of his country so badly that he is ready to cooperate with the UN by submitting to an interview and exposing the regime's hidden weapons?
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