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Canaries in the Cooling Tower
Duelfer, Charles A.
National Interest, July/August 2009, #102, pp52-62
"Weapons inspections frequently derided as the most feckless tool in our nonproliferation arsenal. The head of the Iraq Survey Group runs us through his surreal experience in the country, and shows that the lessons of Iraq can apply to Iran and North Korea. Pyongyang and Tehran are well on their way to functioning nuclear capabilities. Inspectors will be our only way out."
Charles A. Duelfer served as deputy executive chairman of the UN Special Commission on Iraq from 1993 to 2000. He headed the Iraq Survey Group in 2004 and produced the final report on Iraq’s WMD, the so-called Duelfer Report.
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A6/04-09. Posted August 27, 2009

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