In Blix's report last Friday he pointed out the the question of whether the Iraqis were lying when they said that the stocks of anthrax had been destroyed or not was an open question, and he indicated that he was on the trail of evidence that could indicate what the actual truth is.

So let's see what he comes up with - and take whatever time is needed to do the job properly. He's said gwe doesn't see this inpection as an open-ended process (though the monitoring aftrwards to make sure that Saddam doesn't rearm, assuming it is determined that he hasn't gotb any WMDs, might well be open-ended, and Blix said that too, and it makes sense.)