DATE=2/26/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-227334
TITLE=ALBRIGHT / SENATE / IRAQ (L)
BYLINE=DAVID SWAN
DATELINE=CAPITOL HILL
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT IS STILL PREPARED TO
USE FORCE IF NECESSARY TO MAKE THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT ACCEPT UNITED
NATIONS WEAPONS INSPECTIONS. BUT AS V-O-A'S DAVID SWAN REPORTS,
THE U-N AGREEMENT TO SETTLE THE CRISIS PEACEFULLY IS MEETING MORE
OPPOSITION ON CAPITOL HILL.
TEXT: SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT SPENT ANOTHER MORNING
DEFENDING THE U-N BROKERED ACCORD, AS A ROUTINE STATE DEPARTMENT
BUDGET HEARING TURNED INTO A DEBATE ON IRAQ. REPUBLICAN SENATOR
BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL BLASTED THE DEAL AS A VICTORY FOR
PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN, AND WARNED THE CRISIS WILL NEVER END AS
LONG AS HE RETAINS POWER.
// CAMPBELL ACT //
YOU MENTIONED THAT WE DID NOT CREATE THAT PROBLEM. NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT, WE DIDN'T. WE DIDN'T CREATE CANCER
EITHER. BUT YOU CAN'T COMPROMISE IT, YOU HAVE TO KILL
IT OR CUT IT OUT. AND I'M ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE DRUG (DRAGGED) INTO SOME KIND OF LONG,
EMBROILED PROBLEM OVER THERE UNTIL SADDAM HUSSEIN IS
SIMPLY NOT IN POWER ANYMORE.
// END ACT //
MS ALBRIGHT RESPONDED BY SAYING SHE TOO IS SKEPTICAL OF BAGHDAD'S
INTENTIONS BUT THE AGREEMENT SHOULD STILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE. SHE
SAYS IT PRESERVES THE INTEGRITY OF THE U-N INSPECTION COMMISSION,
ALTHOUGH DIPLOMATS WILL JOIN INSPECTORS IN CHECKING DISPUTED
SITES.
THE SECRETARY ADDS, THE UNITED STATES HAS NOT GIVEN UP ON THE
POSSIBLE USE OF FORCE, OR OTHER EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE PRESIDENT
SADDAM.
// ALBRIGHT ACT //
I HAVE MADE VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE READY TO DEAL WITH A
POST-SADDAM REGIME. WE HAVE WORKED IN THE PAST WITH
OPPOSITION GROUPS. WE WILL DO SO IN THE FUTURE. WE NEED
TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM. BUT I'M SORRY, AS WITH
CANCER IT CAN NOT BE RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY.
// END ACT //
THE C-I-A IS REPORTED (BY THE NEW YORK TIMES) TO BE DRAWING UP
PLANS FOR A CAMPAIGN OF SABOTAGE AND SUBVERSION IN IRAQ. WHILE
PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS BY U-S BACKED DISSIDENTS HAVE FAILED TO TOPPLE
PRESIDENT SADDAM, THE ADMINISTRATION IS UNDER HEAVY POLITICAL
PRESSURE TO TRY AGAIN. (SIGNED)
NEB/DS/KL
26-Feb-98 12:45 PM EST (1745 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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