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By Sridhar Krishnaswami
ready to take a look at the wording of the draft second resolution and did not rule out the possibility of an amendment. "We are ready to discuss the wording of that resolution and take on board any constructive suggestions of how the process on that draft resolution can be improved. There is certainly the possibility of an amendment and that's what we are looking at'', Mr. Straw said at a news conference here. He did not divulge details. Mr. Straw, took the position that if pressure on Iraq is slackened, concessions from Saddam Hussein will stop and the Iraqi leader will never disarm. That said, Mr. Straw also made the point "We do not want military conflict even now. We'll strain every nerve'' to resolve this crisis peacefully, he said. The British Foreign Secretary recalled the terms of the U.N. Resolution 1441 that called for "full, active and immediate'' compliance' and stressed that the only thing certain at this time was that Iraq has not lived up to the terms of the resolution passed unanimously by the Security Council last November. Mr. Straw maintained that Iraq has been destroying some weapons "reluctantly, but not all''.
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