06 July 2003
Myers Discusses Prospects for Liberia, Outlines Threats to Iraq
(July 6 interview on Fox News Sunday) (250)
By Peggy Hu
Washington File Staff Writer
Washington -- Liberian President Charles Taylor "hasn't done Liberia
any good and hasn't been helpful to the surrounding countries,"
Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an
interview with Tony Snow on Fox News Sunday. "I think the U.N. is
working right now to consider ways to have him leave office," he
added.
According to Myers, the United States would like "to see the states in
the region help with this particular problem." He said that "it's too
early to talk about whether [any action] would be unilateral or
multilateral." But clearly, Myers added, "Once President Taylor
leaves, if he leaves, there has to be some sort of political process
that provides a government for Liberia."
On Iraq, Myers said that there is "no question, if Saddam is alive --
and that's not known -- but if he's alive, if his sons are alive,
we'll go after him."
Myers said that currently "there are about five different threats to
the country," including the remnants of the Ba'ath Party and other
followers of Saddam Hussein; Al-Islam, a group with ties to the
terrorist organization al-Qaeda; foreign fighters; Sunni extremists;
and criminal elements.
"The one thing that's interesting, though, is the public doesn't back
any of those groups," Myers noted. The Iraqi people want "a different
life than they had under the Ba'ath Party," he said.
(The Washington File is a product of the Bureau of International
Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site:
http://usinfo.state.gov)
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