DATE= 10/30/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-221940 TITLE=U-S/IRAQ (S-ONLY) BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS WELCOMED THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL'S CONDEMNATION OF IRAQ'S MOVE TO EXPEL AMERICAN MEMBERS OF U-N WEAPONS INSPECTION TEAMS. V-O-A'S DAVID GOLLUST HAS DETAILS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE: TEXT: THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT IS GRATIFIED BY THE STRONG AND UNANIMOUS SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL. AND IT SAYS THERE ARE A RANGE OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR FORCING IRAQ TO BACK DOWN FROM WHAT IS TERMED ITS "UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE" ACTION. IRAQ WEDNESDAY SAID IT WAS GIVING THE AMERICANS WORKING WITH THE U-N INSPECTION COMMISSION "UNSCOM" A WEEK TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY, AND IT HAS BACKED UP THE STATEMENT BY BARRING TWO U-S INSPECTORS FROM ENTERING. IRAQ HAS HINDERED THE WORK OF "UNSCOM," WHICH IS OPERATING THERE TO MONITOR ITS COMPLIANCE WITH POST-GULF WAR U-N RESOLUTIONS THAT IT DISMANTLE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN MIKE MCCURRY SAID IRAQI LEADER SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS REPEATEDLY TRIED TO ESCAPE HIS RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, BUT EACH TIME HAS GOTTEN A SUFFICIENT AND CLEAR RESPONSE FROM THE WORLD COMMUNITY -- AND THIS TIME WILL BE NO EXCEPTION. HE DID NOT ELABORATE ON WHAT RESPONSE MIGHT BE CONTEMPLATED, THOUGH A BRITISH SPOKESMAN SAID EARLIER A MILITARY OPTION CANNOT BE RULED OUT. (SIGNED) NEB/DAG/GKT/MMK 30-Oct-97 10:59 AM EST (1559 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .
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