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November 1997

• IRAQ: REGIONAL VIEWS DIVERGE--BUT MOST AGREE CRISIS NOT OVER US Information Agency - Foreign Media Reaction Report 26 November 1997
• GULF STATES COALITION AGREES WITH U.S. ON IRAQI THREAT By Susan Ellis US Information Agency 26 November 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: AMB. BILL RICHARDSON'S NOVEMBER 25 WORLDNET ON IRAQ US Information Agency 26 November 1997
• YA'ALON: IRAQI NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS BACK ON TRACK ISRAEL LINE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1997
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 26 November 1997 -- IRAQ Mandate of UNSCOM Inspectors re: Presidential Sites
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 25 November 1997 -- IRAQ UNSCOM as a deterrence to weapons of mass destruction programs Executive Director of UNSCOM, Richard Butler's visit and access to sensitive sites Russian interests and intentions Conditions for lifting sanctions US build-up of military forces in Iraq and US policy goals
• SECURITY COUNCIL WATCHING IRAQI ACTIONS AS UNSCOM INSPECTS By Judy Aita US Information Agency 24 November 1997
• In Arabian Gulf, U.S. speaks diplomatically but carries two big sticks Navy Wire Service 24 November 1997
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 24 November 1997 -- IRAQ Iraq refusal of access to Presidential sites Update of UNSCOM Operations and access to sites American build up of military in region American participation in UNSCOM inspections CIA presence in Northern Iraq Iraq Calls Some Areas Off-Limits The Washington Post Monday, November 24, 1997; Page A01 -- Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations, Nizar Hamdoon, said his government still does not recognize the right of U.N. inspection teams to enter certain sites inside Iraq, provoking senior U.S. officials to say that the dispute between Iraq and the international organization has not ended.
• U-S / IRAQ WRAP VOA 23 November 1997 -- DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN SAYS THE STAND-OFF WITH IRAQ WILL NOT BE OVER UNTIL U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS HAVE ACCESS TO EVERY SITE WHERE THEY SUSPECT WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION COULD BE MADE OR STORED.
• COHEN / IRAQ VOA 23 November 1997 -- DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN SAYS SPY PLANE PICTURES AND HARD EXPERIENCE SHOW IRAQI OFFICIALS DELAYING AND DECEIVING U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS.
• COHEN / IRAQ VOA 23 November 1997 -- THE TOP U-S DEFENSE OFFICIAL SAYS U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GO ANYWHERE IN IRAQ THEY SUSPECT BANNED WEAPONS MIGHT BE HIDDEN -- EVEN IN SOME OF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S PALACES.
• CLINTON/RUSSIA/IRAQ VOA 22 November 1997 - CLINTON HAS REJECTED A SUGGESTION BY RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTIN FOR EARLY ACTION TOWARD EASING U-N SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ.
• CONTAINING THE IRAQI THREAT VOA 22 November 1997 -- IT APPEARS THAT IRAQ HAS AGREED TO ALLOW THE U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS TO RETURN WITHOUT CONDITIONS.
• IRAQ / BUTLER VOA 22 November 1997 -- THE U-N SPECIAL COMMISSION RESPONSIBLE FOR DISARMING IRAQ HAS RECOMMENDED TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL INCREASING NON-AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE U-N INSPECTION TEAMS WITHOUT ACTUALLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS ON THE TEAMS. BUT THE COMMISSION'S ADVISORY BOARD TURNED DOWN OTHER PROPOSALS BY RUSSIA.
• IRAQ/U-N VOA 22 November 1997 -- U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS, INCLUDING U-S CITIZENS, RESUMED THEIR MISSION IN IRAQ AFTER THE BAGHDAD GOVERNMENT RESCINDED ITS DECISION TO EXPEL THE AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE U-N COMMISSION.
• IRAQ/U-N MEETING VOA 21 November 1997 -- AFTER A THREE-WEEK STAND-OFF OVER THE PARTICIPATION OF AMERICANS, THE INSPECTORS -- INCLUDING THE AMERICANS -- WENT BACK TO IRAQ TODAY TO RESUME THEIR WORK.
• U-N INSPECTORS RETURN TO IRAQ VOA 21 November 1997 -- AFTER A THREE-WEEK CONFRONTATION BETWEEN IRAQ AND THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL, UNITED NATIONS WEAPONS INSPECTORS -- INCLUDING AMERICANS -- ARE BACK IN IRAQ TO RESUME THEIR WORK.
• IRAQ / U-N VOA 21 November 1997 -- UNITED NATIONS WEAPONS INSPECTORS RETURNED TO IRAQ FRIDAY AFTER A TENSE, THREE-WEEK CONFRONTATION BETWEEN BAGHDAD AND THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL.
• Iraq's Drive for a Biological Arsenal The Washington Post Friday, November 21, 1997; Page A01 -- For the past two years, United Nations inspectors have crisscrossed Iraq in pursuit of 25 warheads that are filled with some of the world's deadliest germs and designed to fit atop medium-range missiles. But so far, the inspectors say, each lead has dissolved in a highly dubious tale about the warheads' fate.
• USS George Washington, escorts arrive in Arabian Gulf Navy Wire Service 21 November 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: SECRETARY OF STATE ON NBC-TV "TODAY SHOW" - IRAQ USIA 21 November 1997
• IRAQ ALLOWS RETURN OF UN WEAPONS INSPECTORS; 'WHO WON?' USIA Foreign Media Reaction Report 21 November 1997
• ALBRIGHT / IRAQ VOA 21 November 1997 - BAGHDAD FINALLY REVERSED COURSE AS A RESULT OF RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY AND THE UNITY OF THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL.
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 21 November 1997 -- IRAQ Composition of UNSCOM Inspection Teams/Number of Americans Joint Iraqi-Russian Communique re: Improving UNSCOM Operations US View of Effective UNSCOM Operations/Need for Unconditional Cooperation by Iraq Status of Humanitarian Assistance/Oil-for-Food Program Prospect of Full Compliance by Iraq with UNSC Resolutions
• UPDATE ON DEPLOYMENTS TO THE ARABIAN GULF - November 20, 1997 - At the request of the commander in chief, U.S. Central Command, the Secretary of Defense has directed the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force to Bahrain. This is the same Air Expeditionary Force previously approved and announced Tuesday for deployment to the Arabian Gulf.
• [EXTRACT] Defense Department News Briefing - 20 November 1997 - Update on deployments which are taking place to the Arabian Gulf.
• U-S MILITARY BUILDUP VOA 20 November 1997 - THE UNITED STATES HAS DECIDED TO SEND MORE MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO THE PERSIAN GULF.
• CLINTON/IRAQ VOA 20 November 1997 - CLINTON ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE OUTCOME OF THE GENEVA MEETING.
• U.S. RESOLUTE ON IRAQI COMPLIANCE FOLLOWING GENEVA MEETING USIA 20 November 1997
• IRAQ: OUTCOME OF MINISTERIAL MEETING IN GENEVA VOA 20 November 1997
• ALBRIGHT / GENEVA UPDATE VOA 20 November 1997
• TEXT: RICHARDSON REMARKS ON GENEVA TALKS ON IRAQ USIA 20 November 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: BERGER BRIEFING ON IRAQ/GENEVA TALKS USIA 20 November 1997
• SECSTATE: PERM FIVE UNITY BRINGS APPARENT REVERSAL IN IRAQ USIA 20 November 1997
• TEXT: DOD ANNOUNCES DEPLOYMENT OF AIR EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO BAHRAIN USIA 20 November 1997
• IRAQ HAS PROGRAM TO HIDE MATERIAL FROM UNSCOM INSPECTORS USIA 20 November 1997
• UNSCOM TO RESUME WORK IN IRAQ USIA 20 November 1997
• PICKERING: IRAQ APPEARS TO HAVE MADE RIGHT DECISION USIA 20 November 1997
• TEXT: JOINT STATEMENT BY PERM FIVE IN GENEVA ON IRAQ NOV. 20 USIA 20 November 1997
• NO MORE U.S. PLANES OR TROOPS NEEDED IN GULF, COHEN SAYS USIA 20 November 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: SECRETARY OF STATE PRESS CONFERENCE IN GENEVA USIA 20 November 1997
• TEXT: DEFENSE DEPARTMENT UPDATE ON DEPLOYMENTS TO THE GULF USIA 20 November 1997
• 20-11-97 PICKERING: IRAQ APPEARS TO HAVE MADE RIGHT DECISION
• 20-11-97 SECSTATE: PERM FIVE UNITY BRINGS APPARENT REVERSAL IN IRAQ
• 20-11-97 TEXT: RICHARDSON REMARKS ON GENEVA TALKS ON IRAQ NOVEMBER 20
• 20-11-97 TEXT: JOINT STATEMENT BY PERM FIVE IN GENEVA ON IRAQ NOV. 20
• 20-11-97 IRAQ HAS PROGRAM TO HIDE MATERIAL FROM UNSCOM INSPECTORS
• 20-11-97 WHITE HOUSE REPORT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1997
• 20-11-97 UNSCOM TO RESUME WORK IN IRAQ
• Forward presence plays vital role in Gulf Navy Wire Service 20 November 1997
• IRAQ / U-N VOA 20 November 1997 -- THE TENSE, THREE-WEEK-OLD CONFRONTATION BETWEEN IRAQ AND THE UNITED NATIONS APPARENTLY MOVED TOWARD RESOLUTION. THE BREAKTHROUGH CAME AFTER RUSSIA PERSUADED IRAQ TO RESCIND ITS DECISION EXPELLING AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE U-N WEAPONS COMMISSION.
• IRAQ THURSDAY WRAP VOA 20 November 1997 -- THE U-N CRISIS WITH IRAQ SEEMS TO SUBSIDING, AS THE SPECIAL COMMISSION DISARMING IRAQ PREPARES TO RESUME WEAPONS INSPECTIONS -- WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF AMERICANS.
• U-S-IRAQ VOA 20 November 1997 -- THE UNITED STATES IS NOT ACCEPTING ANY CONDITIONS IRAQ AND RUSSIA MAY HAVE ATTACHED TO THE RETURN OF U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS TO BAGHDAD.
• RUSSIA / IRAQ VOA 20 November 1998 -- RUSSIA IS CLAIMING A DIPLOMATIC COUP FOR ITS ROLE IN HELPING TO EASE TENSIONS IN THE GULF REGION.
• U-S/IRAQ WRAP VOA 20 November 1997 -- RUSSIA HAS BROKERED AN AGREEMENT WITH BAGHDAD ALLOWING THE INSPECTORS TO RESUME THEIR WORK IN EXCHANGE FOR A REVIEW OF UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON IRAQ AT THE END OF THE GULF WAR.
• IRAQI OPPOSITION VIEW VOA 20 November 1997 -- AN IRAQI OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS ACHIEVED HIS MAIN GOAL WITH THE COMPROMISE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BY RUSSIA TO END A DIPLOMATIC STANDOFF BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND BAGHDAD.
• POSSIBLE DEAL WITH IRAQ VOA 20 November 1997 -- THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ SAYS IT WILL ALLOW THE RETURN OF ALL UNITED NATIONS WEAPONS INSPECTORS UNDER A RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TO RESOLVE THE TWO-WEEK OLD STAND-OFF WITH THE UNITED NATIONS.
• IRAQ DIPLOMACY VOA 19 November 1997 -- THE U-N OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF WEAPONS INSPECTIONS IN IRAQ -- RICHARD BUTLER -- BRIEFED THE SECURITY COUNCIL TODAY AND WARNED OF THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF NOT GETTING THE INSPECTIONS BACK ON TRACK SOON.
• U-S / IRAQ VOA 19 November 1997 -- CLINTON ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ARE SKEPTICAL ABOUT ANY BREAKTHROUGH ON THE IRAQ CRISIS COMING FROM THE EMERGENCY FOUR-POWER MEETING IN GENEVA. BUT THEY ARE DECLINING COMMENT ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE RUSSIAN INITIATIVE.
• IRAQ WEAPONS SUMMARY VOA 19 November 1997 -- WEAPONS EXPERTS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION DISARMING IRAQ SAY ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL PROBLEMS THEY FACE AT THE MOMENT IS PERSUADING IRAQ TO LET INSPECTORS INTO SO-CALLED SENSITIVE SITES WHERE BAGHDAD MAY BE HIDING BANNED MATERIAL.
• 19-11-97 WHITE HOUSE REPORT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1997
• 19-11-97 TEXT: ALBRIGHT STATEMENT ON IRAQ AT CAIRO EN ROUTE GENEVA
• RICHARDSON: UNSCOM MUST GET BACK TO WORK QUICKLY USIA 19 November 1997
• TEXT: ALBRIGHT STATEMENT ON IRAQ AT CAIRO EN ROUTE GENEVA USIA 19 November 1997
• TEXT: STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES WORLDWIDE CAUTION ON TRAVEL USIA 19 November 1997
• TEXT: JAMES RUBIN REMARKS RE DIPLOMATIC ACTION ON IRAQ USIA 19 November 1997
• FACT SHEET: IRAQ'S PROGRAM OF MASS DESTRUCTION USIA 19 November 1997
• KC-10S TO SUPPORT B-52S TO DIEGO GARCIA - November 19, 1997 - Five additional Air Force tanker aircraft will deploy to Diego Garcia along with the four tankers announced Tuesday.
• ADDITIONAL AIR ASSETS TO THE GULF - November 18, 1997 - Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen announced the deployment of additional air assets to the Gulf region by the end of this week.
• Defense Department News Briefing - 18 November 1997 - President today approved the deployment of additional military aircraft to the Gulf to strengthen forces already there.
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 18 November 1997 -- IRAQ Consultations with Russian Government re: Diplomatic Efforts to Ensure Iraqi Compliance with UNSC Resolutions Possibility of PermRep Meeting in Geneva Activities of Under Secretary Pickering USG Consultations with Allies to Press for Iraqi Compliance Proposal by Iraqi Foreign Minister for Committee of Inquiry
• TRANSCRIPT: BERGER ON MEETING WITH CLINTON ON IRAQ USIA 18 November 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: SECSTATE ALBRIGHT, KUWAIT DEFENSEMIN PRESS AVAILABILITY USIA 18 November 1997
• TEXT: DEFENSE DEPARTMENT READIES MORE AIRCRAFT FOR THE GULF USIA 18 November 1997
• Cruise missiles a top option in the Gulf Navy Wire Service 18 November 1997
• IRAQ SMUGGLING VOA 18 November 1997 -- THE UNITED NATIONS IS TRYING TO PLUG HOLES IN AN ECONOMIC EMBARGO IMPOSED ON IRAQ AFTER IT INVADED KUWAIT IN 1990.
• IRAQ AND IRAN VOA 18 November 1997 -- AS TENSIONS AGAIN RISE IN THE GULF REGION, OBSERVERS ARE QUESTIONING THE IMPACT ON IRAN OF POSSIBLE U-S MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ.
• RUSSIA / IRAQ VOA 18 November 1997 -- RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HE WILL HOLD URGENT TALKS WITH HIS FRENCH, BRITISH AND AMERICAN COUNTERPARTS ON A PLAN TO END THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN IRAQ AND THE UNITED NATIONS.
• U-S / IRAQ MILITARY BUILDUP VOA 18 November 1997 -- U-S DEFENSE OFFICIALS SAY IRAQ'S AIR DEFENSES ARE ON THE HIGHEST STATE OF ALERT AND THAT PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS BEEN EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN MOVING AROUND SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE BATTERIES.
• Iraq-Related Excerpts from the Welcoming Ceremony November 17 for Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev and Defense Minister Altnybayev.
• WHAT TO DO ABOUT IRAQ VOA -- 17 November 1997 -- MORE VIOLENCE CAN PROBABLY BE EXPECTED IN REACTION TO SADDAM HUSSEIN'S DEFIANCE AND THE STALLED PEACE PROCESS.
• USS George Washington clears "the Ditch" Navy Wire Service 17 November 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: CLINTON REMARKS ON IRAQ USIA 17 November 1997
• CLINTON/IRAQ VOA 18 November 1997 - THE ADMINISTRATION IS HOLDING OUT THE PROSPECT OF SOME CONCESSIONS IF SADDAM HUSSEIN PERMITS THE WEAPONS SEARCH TO RESUME.
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 17 November 1997 -- IRAQ Composition of inspection teams; US position; potential new UNSCOM arrangements Oil-for-food deal; US support of Butler pulling inspectors from Iraq Diplomatic initiatives, potential deadlines; Iraqi compliance; US response Secretary's efforts; possible military action; US use of Gulf countries' facilities Primakov's diplomatic activities; US expectations; US view of latest Iraqi statements Supposed US change in approach, concessions, progress Potential anthrax use; meetings in Washington, DC Timeline for inspectors jobs; expertise of team; US view of Iraqi complaints; suffering of Iraqi people; future removal of sanctions; Update on recent Kurdish dialogue TURKEY Potential use of Incerlik airport re attack on Iraq
• [EXTRACT] Defense Department News Briefing - 17 November 1997 - SITUATION IN IRAQ
• TEXT: ALBRIGHT ADDRESSES UNSCOM INSPECTORS USIA 17 November 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: DEFENSE ON IRAQ'S CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS USIA 17 November 1997
• UN CONFRONTATION WITH IRAQ: 'A WAY OUT OF THE IMPASSE?' USIA Foreign Media Reaction Report 17 November 1997
• Subject: Iraq's Chemical & Biological Weapons Capability - 14 November 1997 - There are residual chemical capabilities and biological capabilities which Saddam Hussein and his regime have successfully concealed from UN inspection regimes.
• CLINTON: WILL OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ON IRAQ MUST PREVAIL USIA 14 November 1997
• ANNAN HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO IRAQ CRISIS USIA 14 November 1997
• TEXT: PRESIDENT CLINTON'S STATEMENT ON IRAQ USIA 14 November 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: ALBRIGHT, NETANYAHU DISCUSS PEACE PROCESS, IRAQ, DOHA USIA 14 November 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: ALBRIGHT, COOK DISCUSS INCREASING PRESSURE ON IRAQ USIA 14 November 1997
• TEXT: UN SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT ON IRAQ USIA 14 November 1997
• CLINTON DETERMINED TO GET IRAQ TO COMPLY WITH U.N. RESOLUTIONS USIA 13 November 1997
• 14-11-97 TEXT: PRESIDENT CLINTON'S STATEMENT ON IRAQ NOVEMBER 14
• 14-11-97 STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1997
• Aircraft carrier USS George Washington heads for Arabian Gulf Navy Wire Service 14 November 1997
• 13-11-97 STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE U.S. IS NOT RULING OUT ANY OPTIONS
• 13-11-97 THE UNITED STATES CALLS IRAQI ACTIONS "UNACCEPTABLE"
• 13-11-97 PENTAGON SAYS U.N. MUST DECIDE HOW TO COMPEL IRAQI COMPLIANCE
• 13-11-97 TEXT: CLINTON STATEMENT ON IRAQ EARLY NOVEMBER 13, 1997
• STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE U.S. IS NOT RULING OUT ANY OPTIONS USIA 13 November 1997
• UNSCOM IS PULLING ALL INSPECTORS OUT OF IRAQ IN PROTEST USIA 13 November 1997
• THE UNITED STATES CALLS IRAQI ACTIONS "UNACCEPTABLE" USIA 13 November 1997
• TEXT: CLINTON STATEMENT ON IRAQ USIA 13 November 1997
• PENTAGON SAYS U.N. MUST DECIDE HOW TO COMPEL IRAQI COMPLIANCE USIA 13 November 1997
• Defense Department News Briefing - 13 November 1997 - SITUATION IN IRAQ
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 13 November 1997 -- IRAQ UNSCOM inspectors; update on situation; Security Council action Hussein's action; US view; potential for military action; options Secretary's trip; withdrawal of inspectors; assurances Diplomatic efforts by other countries; Hussein's actions during "time lag"; weapons of mass destruction; targets; Amcits in Iraq
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 12 November 1997 -- UN Vote in UN Security Council on Iraq, Sanctions/Travel restrictions, Iraqi officials on UN list of travel restrictions UNSCOM Inspection team schedule/U2 flights Next Steps if Iraq does not comply Continued US support for military intervention Other Arab States position on Iraq UN Resolution Definition of Immediate
• Potshot at U-2 Would Be a Windfall, Experts Say By PAUL RICHTER, Los Angeles Times Wednesday, November 12, 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: ALBRIGHT Q&A ON PAKISTAN, IRAQ WITH REPORTERS USIA 12 November 1997
• TEXT: CLINTON STATEMENT ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAQ USIA 12 November 1997
• U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL IMPOSES NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAQI OFFICIALS USIA 12 November 1997
• UN SECURITY COUNCIL DETERMINED TO SEE IRAQ COOPERATE WITH UNSCOM USIA 12 November 1997
• TEXT: U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL IMPOSES TRAVEL BAN ON IRAQI OFFICIALS USIA 12 November 1997
• INDYK VIEWS US POLICIES ON IRAQ, IRAN, PEACE PROCESS USIA 12 November 1997
• 12-11-97 INDYK VIEWS US POLICIES ON IRAQ, IRAN, PEACE PROCESS
• 12-11-97 IRAQ HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION STILL UNACCEPTABLE, RAPPORTEUR SAYS
• IRAQ/U-N VOTE VOA 12 November 1997 -- THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING IRAQ'S OBSTRUCTION OF U-N WEAPONS INSPECTIONS AND PUTTING NEW TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
• U-S / IRAQ VOA 12 November 1997 -- PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS WELCOMED WHAT HE CALLED THE STRONG U-N SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION DEMANDING THAT IRAQ ALLOW U-N WEAPONS INSPECTIONS TO PROCEED.
• U-S / IRAQ: WHAT IN THE LONG RUN? VOA 11 November 1997 -- THE LATEST SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND IRAQ HAS PROMPTED CALLS FOR A REASSESSMENT OF THE U-S APPROACH TOWARD THE GOVERNMENT OF SADDAM HUSSEIN.
• CZECH / IRAQ ARMS VOA 11 November 1997 - IRAQ MAY BE TRYING TO ACQUIRE EQUIPMENT FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC THAT WOULD ALLOW BAGHDAD TO DETECT AMERICAN RADAR-EVADING JETS.
• THE CONFRONTATION WITH IRAQ CONTINUES VOA 10 November 1997 - U-S OPINION ROUNDUP
• UNITED STATES PRESSING FOR FURTHER SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ USIA 10 November 1997
• TEXT: UNSCOM LIST OF IRAQI WEAPONS VIOLATIONS USIA 10 November 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: GORE SAYS IRAQ MUST COMPLY WITH U.N. RESOLUTIONS USIA 10 November 1997
• 10-11-97 TEXT: UNSCOM LIST OF IRAQI WEAPONS VIOLATIONS
• IRAQ / U-N WRAP VOA 10 November 1997 -- THE UNITED STATES WANTS THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL TO PUT NEW TRAVEL SANCTIONS ON IRAQ AND THREATEN SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IF BAGHDAD DOES NOT COOPERATE WITH U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS.
• U-S / IRAQ VOA 10 November 1997 -- PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS WELCOMED MONDAY'S UNIMPEDED OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ BY AN AMERICAN U-TWO SPY PLANE, AND SAYS THE WORLD COMMUNITY SHOULD NOW DEMAND THE FULL-SCALE RESUMPTION OF U-N INSPECTION OPERATIONS.
• BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 10 November 1997 -- BRITISH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE ONCE AGAIN CALLED ON SADDAM HUSSEIN TO LET ALL U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS ONTO IRAQI SOIL.
• IRAQ/DIPLOMACY VOA 10 November 1997 -- UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN SAYS IRAQ REMAINS FIRM ON ITS DEMAND FOR EXPELLING AMERICANS ATTACHED TO U-N WEAPONS INSPECTION TEAMS.
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 10 November 1997 --IRAQ Secretary Albright's Conversations with Allies (Russia, France, etc.) on Options No Interference of U2 Flights/U2s Flying for UN, not US Possible UNSC Resolution Suspension of UNSCOM Inspections Today Status of US Military in Region Connection to Doha Economic Conference
• IRAQ / FRANCE VOA 10 November 1997 -- FRANCE HAS TOLD IRAQ'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BAGHDAD MUST COOPERATE WITH U-N ARMS INSPECTIONS.
• CLINTON/IRAQ VOA 09 November 1997 -- PRESIDENT CLINTON WARNS IRAQ WILL BE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE IF IT CONTINUES TO OBSTRUCT THE WORK OF UNITED NATIONS WEAPONS INSPECTORS AND CARRIES OUT A THREAT TO SHOOT DOWN AMERICAN U-2 SPY PLANES USED BY INSPECTION TEAMS.
• IRAQ/U-N VOA 09 November 1997 -- IRAQ DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TARIQ AZIZ IS ENROUTE TO NEW YORK WHERE THE SECURITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO CONVENE MONDAY TO DISCUSS BAGHDAD'S CONTINUING REFUSAL TO ALLOW U-S CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORK OF THE U-N WEAPONS COMMISSION.
• TRANSCRIPT: CLINTON Q&A WITH REPORTERS ON IRAQ, FAST TRACK USIA 07 November 1997
• IRAQ CRISIS: GLIMMERS OF HOPE, BUT CONFRONTATION STILL POSSIBLE US Information Agency - Foreign Media Reaction Report 07 November 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: PBS INTV WITH HEAD OF UN SPECIAL COMMISSION ON IRAQ USIA 07 November 1997
• IRAQ REJECTS U.N. OVERTURES TO RESUME COOPERATION WITH UNSCOM USIA 07 November 1997
• IRAQ/NEXT STEP VOA 07 November 1997 -- UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN IS ON THE VERGE OF SENDING THE CRISIS WITH IRAQ OVER WEAPONS INSPECTIONS BACK TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL.
• IRAQ/U-N VOA 07 November 1997 -- AFTER THREE DAYS OF TALKS IN BAGHDAD, A TEAM OF UNITED NATIONS ENVOYS HAS FAILED TO PERSUADE IRAQ TO REPEAL ITS BAN ON AMERICAN PARTICIPATION IN THE WORK OF U-N ARMS INSPECTORS.
• CLINTON / IRAQ VOA 07 November 1997 -- MR. CLINTON SAYS HE DOES NOT HAVE MUCH HOPE THAT IRAQI LEADER SADDAM HUSSEIN WILL GIVE ANY GROUND IN THE STANDOFF OVER U-N WEAPONS INSPECTIONS.
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 07 November 1997 -- IRAQ Secretary's Consultations with Members of the Administration and with UN Officials Outcome of UN Diplomatic Mission/Continued Iraqi Interference with UNSCOM Monitoring Issuance of Visa to Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz for Meetings at UN Option of Additional Sanctions to Induce Compliance with UNSC Resolutions Chairman Butler's Decisions on Composition of Inspection Team History of Iraq's Non-Compliance with UN Resolution 687 re: UN Weapons Inspections Iraqi Threat to Shoot Down U-2 Flight US Efforts in UNSC to Develop Action to Ensure Iraqi Compliance with UNSC Resolutions Allied Response to Iraqi Actions
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 06 November 1997 -- IRAQ Update on Postponement of U2 Flights Reported US Request to Use a Turkish Air Base for Military Strikes Against Iraq US-Turkey Dialogue on Cease-fire in Northern Iraq Amb. Butler's Letter Detailing Iraqi Interference with UNSCOM Monitoring/Possible UN Options Secretary Albright-Secretary General Annan Conversations/US Dialogue with Allies
• [EXTRACT] Defense Department News Briefing - 06 November 1997 - There is some evidence that Iraq is trying to maintain the ability to start up an indigenous SCUD production line should sanctions be lifted. In terms of chemical weapons, UNSCOM believes that Iraq probably has, may have a very small stockpile of chemical agents or munitions or production facilities left over from the Gulf War.
• TRANSCRIPT: DEFENSE SECRETARY COHEN ON U.N.-IRAQ DISPUTE USIA 06 November 1997
• U.N. WARNS IRAQ NOT TO MOVE EQUIPMENT USIA 06 November 1997
• 05-11-97 U.N. ENVOYS DELIVER MESSAGE ON SECURITY COUNCIL UNITY TO IRAQ
• U.N. ENVOYS DELIVER MESSAGE ON SECURITY COUNCIL UNITY TO IRAQ USIA 05 November 1997
• IRAQ AWAITS U.N. ENVOYS BEFORE MOVING AGAINST AMERICAN INSPECTORS USIA 04 November 1997
• U.S. OPINION ROUNDUP: U.N. WEAPONS CRISIS WITH IRAQ USIA 04 November 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: RICHARDSON INTERVIEW ON IRAQ ON PBS NOVEMBER 3, 1997 USIA 04 November 1997
• U-S POLICY COLLISION IN THE GULF VOA 04 November 1997 - U-S POLICY FACES A DILEMMA -- THE WORLD NEEDS AND INCREASING AMOUNT OF OIL, YET THE UNITED STATES SUPPORTS SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN AND IRAQ
• IRAQI INTRANSIGENCE IRKS U-N,-U-S VOA 04 November 1997 -- THE SHOWDOWN WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN'S GOVERNMENT IN IRAQ OVER THE COMPOSITION OF U-N WEAPONS INSPECTION TEAMS CONTINUES.
• IRAQ / U-N VOA 04 November 1997 -- IRAQ HAS AGAIN BARRED AMERICANS FROM U-N ARMS INSPECTIONS. IRAQ SAYS IT WILL NOT GRANT ACCESS TO INSPECTION TEAMS THAT INCLUDE AMERICANS.
• IRAQ / U-N TEAM VOA 04 November 1997 -- A THREE-MAN DELEGATION FROM THE UNITED NATIONS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN BAGHDAD LATE TUESDAY TO TRY TO DEFUSE THE LATEST CRISIS OVER U-N WEAPONS INSPECTIONS.
• [EXTRACT] Defense Department News Briefing - 04 November 1997 - Israeli Defense Minister Mordechai - Iraq Situation
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 04 November 1997 -- IRAQ Reports of Iraqi Military Build-up Arrival of UN Delegation Team in Baghdad/Purpose and Mission Saddam Hussein's Threat to Shoot Down U-2 Aircraft UN Secretary General's Request to Iraq re UN Delegation Authority/Approval for Possible Military Option Saddam Hussein's Actions/Motivation US Policy Toward Iraq US Contacts with Other Governments re Iraq
• IRAQ'S MILITARY VOA 04 November 1997 -- BAGHDAD IS THREATENING TO SHOOT DOWN AMERICAN SPY PLANES THAT FLY OVER IRAQ AS PART OF THE U-N SEARCH FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
• S-G / IRAQ VOA 03 November 1997 -- UNITED NATIONS
• U.N. ENVOYS TO DISCUSS WEAPONS CRISIS WITH BAGHDAD USIA 03 November 1997 SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN SAYS THE STAGE IS BEING SET FOR IRAQ TO SMOOTH OUT ITS RELATIONS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND PUT AN END TO ITS SEVEN-YEAR ECONOMIC ISOLATION.
• U-S / IRAQ VOA 03 November 1997 -- THE UNITED STATES IS DISMISSING AS "BRAVADO" AN IRAQI THREAT TO ATTACK U-S SPY PLANES OVERFLYING IRAQ AS PART OF THE UNITED NATIONS INSPECTIONS MISSION.
• COHEN / IRAQ VOA 03 November 1997 -- U-S DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN SAYS BAGHDAD WILL NOT SUCCEED IN BREAKING THE RESOLVE OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE U-N WEAPONS INSPECTIONS IN IRAQ.
• IRAQ / U-N VOA 03 November 1997 -- THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT MONDAY CARRIED OUT ITS THREAT TO BAR AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE WORK OF THE U-N COMMISSION OVERSEEING THE ELIMINATION OF BAGHDAD'S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
• U-S FORCES / IRAQ VOA 03 November 1997 -- THE UNITED STATES HAS A VARIETY OF AIRCRAFT AND WEAPONS IN THE GULF REGION, SHOULD THE DISPUTE OVER BAGHDAD'S BANNING OF AMERICAN WEAPONS INSPECTORS ESCALATE INTO MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ.
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 03 November 1997 -- IRAQ US Policy on UNSCOM Inspections Blocked by Iraq/UN Diplomatic Delegation/Number of American Inspectors/UN Security Council Unity Against Iraq's Actions/Next Steps/Applicability of UN Resolutions Amb. Butler's Remarks on UNSCOM Finding Nerve Gas Possible Iraqi Troop Movements
• U-S / IRAQ VOA 03 November 1997 -- THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS BRUSHED OFF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S CALL FOR DIALOGUE ON THE CRISIS OVER U-N WEAPONS INSPECTIONS. 03-11-97 CONGRESS URGES SWIFT RESPONSE TO IRAQ CONGRESSIONAL REPORT, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1997
• U-S/IRAQ VOA 02 November 1997 -- THE U-S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS IRAQ HAS MADE A SERIOUS MISCALCULATION BY ORDERING ALL AMERICAN WEAPONS INSPECTORS TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY BY THURSDAY.
• RUSSIA/FRANCE/IRAQ VOA 01 November 1997 - RUSSIA AND FRANCE URGED IRAQ TO ALLOW AMERICANS TO BE PART OF UNITED NATIONS WEAPONS INSPECTION TEAMS.