DATE= 11/2/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-222043
TITLE=U-S/IRAQ (L)
BYLINE=NICK SIMEONE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: 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. BILL RICHARDSON AND
THE LEADERS OF THE U-S CONGRESS ARE BOTH WARNING IRAQ AGAIN FACES
THE THREAT OF MILITARY ACTION IF IT DOES NOT ALLOW ARMS
INSPECTORS ACCESS TO SUSPECTED WEAPONS SITES. MORE FROM
CORRESPONDENT NICK SIMEONE.
TEXT: AMBASSADOR RICHARDSON CALLS IRAQ'S ORDER EXPELLING
AMERICAN WEAPONS INSPECTORS -- AND BAGHDAD'S REFUSAL TO ALLOW
THREE INTO THE COUNTRY SUNDAY -- UN-ACCEPTABLE AND OUTRAGEOUS
BEHAVIOR.
// RICHARDSON ACT //
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS (IRAQI PRESIDENT) SADDAM
HUSSEIN IS TESTING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ONCE
AGAIN. HE HAS MADE A SERIOUS MISCALCULATION. AND WHAT
HE IS GOING TO REAP IS INTERNATIONAL DISREGARD FOR HIS
ACTIONS. WHAT HE IS GOING TO SEE IS UNITED U-N SECURITY
COUNCIL ACTION.
// END ACT //
SPEAKING ON AMERICAN TELEVISION (A-B-C), MR. RICHARDSON SAYS THE
SECURITY COUNCIL IS CONTINUING TO WEIGH ITS OPTIONS, WHICH
INCLUDE MILITARY ACTION, TO RESPOND TO IRAQ'S LATEST CHALLENGE TO
THE WORLD COMMUNITY.
// SECOND RICHARDSON ACT //
THE FIRST PRIORITY HAS TO BE TO RESOLVE THIS
DIPLOMATICALLY. WE WANT TO BE IN CONCERT WITH THE
UNITED NATIONS AND ESPECIALLY OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE
SECURITY COUNCIL. WE ARE MOVING VERY MUCH IN THAT
DIRECTION. WE'RE NOT SEEKING A MILITARY CONFRONTATION
WITH IRAQ. WE WANT TO RESOLVE THIS DIPLOMATICALLY. BUT
WE'RE NOT RULING ANYTHING OUT.
// END ACT //
IT APPEARS THAT IF MILITARY ACTION IS REQUIRED, THERE WILL BE NO
ARGUMENT AGAINST IT FROM CONGRESS. THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
LEADERS OF BOTH HOUSES ARE IN RARE AGREEMENT ON HOW TO RESPOND IF
BAGHDAD CONTINUES TO BLOCK AMERICANS FROM ARMS INSPECTION TEAMS.
HERE IS SENATE MAJORITY LEADER TRENT LOTT, WHO APPEARED ON
N-B-C'S "MEET THE PRESS PROGRAM".
// LOTT ACT //
I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE WHATEVER ACTIONS ARE NECESSARY
AND WE EXPECT CONSULTATIONS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WITH
CONGRESS IN THAT REGARD. BUT I SUSPECT SOMETHING WILL
HAVE TO BE DONE RELATIVELY SOON.
// END ACT //
A WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN IS ACCUSING IRAQ OF BLATANT DISREGARD FOR
THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL BY TURNING AWAY THREE AMERICAN MEMBERS
OF THE INSPECTION TEAM. BUT IRAQ SHOWS NO SIGN OF CHANGING
COURSE.
BAGHDAD ACCUSES THE UNITED STATES OF DELIBERATELY DRAGGING OUT
WEAPONS INSPECTIONS PROCEDURES, PUT IN PLACE AT THE END OF THE
GULF WAR IN 1991, IN ORDER TO KEEP THE COUNTRY UNDER U-N
SANCTIONS. (SIGNED)
NEB/NJS/RAE
02-Nov-97 12:59 PM EST (1759 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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