DATE= 11/23/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-
TITLE=COHEN / IRAQ (S-ALT)
BYLINE=JIM RANDLE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: 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. CORRESPONDENT JIM RANDLE REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON.
TEXT: DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN SAYS SPY PLANE PICTURES
AND HARD EXPERIENCE SHOW IRAQI OFFICIALS DELAYING AND DECEIVING
U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS.
HE TOLD N-B-C'S "MEET THE PRESS" PROGRAM BAGHDAD ADMITTED HAVING
A FEW KILOGRAMS OF A DEADLY CHEMICAL CALLED V-X. INSPECTORS
ACTUALLY FOUND NEARLY FOUR-TONS.
MR. COHEN SAID SIMILAR LIES WERE UNCOVERED IN ACCOUNTS OF IRAQ'S
GERM WARFARE AND MISSILE PROGRAMS. MR. COHEN SAYS IRAQ IS
BLOCKING INSPECTIONS AT 63 SITES.
/// COHEN ACT ///
WE ARE HOPING THAT THE IRAQIS WILL IN FACT MAKE THE
CONCESSION THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE. THAT THESE
INSPECTORS SHOULD HAVE UNFETTERED ACCESS TO WHATEVER
SITES ARE SUSPECT.
/// END ACT ///
LATER, IRAQ'S U-N AMBASSADOR NIZAR HAMDOON SAID IRAQ HAS
DESTROYED THE BANNED WEAPONS, AND THE ARGUMENT IS OVER MISSING
PAPERWORK, NOT DEADLY HARDWARE. (SIGNED)
NEB/JR/RAE
23-Nov-97 12:26 PM EST (1726 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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