Iraq's Response to Aziz/Sahhaf talks in NYC
Iraq News, OCTOBER 15, 1998
By Laurie MylroieThe central focus of Iraq News is the tension between the considerable, proscribed WMD capabilities that Iraq is holding on to and its increasing stridency that it has complied with UNSCR 687 and it is time to lift sanctions. If you wish to receive Iraq News by email, a service which includes full-text of news reports not archived here, send your request to Laurie Mylroie .
I. RCC, PARTY LEADERSHIP MEETING, INA, OCT 13
II. RCC, PARTY LEADERSHIP MEET AGAIN, IRAQ TV, OCT 14
This is the 71st day without weapons inspections in Iraq.
On Oct 9, Foreign Minister, Mohammad Sahhaf, returned to Baghdad
after three weeks in NYC. On Oct 10, Tariq Aziz returned to Baghdad
after two weeks in NYC and brief stops in Paris, where he met the French
Foreign Minister, and Amman, where he met Crown Prince Hassan.
On Oct 13, as reported by INA, the RCC and Ba'th Party Command held
a joint meeting, in which they discussed the results of the Aziz/Sahhaf
talks with the UNSG and with permanent and non-permanent members of the
UNSC. The Iraqi leadership also "studied the blatant US interference in
Iraq's internal affairs . . . [which] include the US Government's
summoning of Iraqi parties to Washington to discuss with them Iraq's
internal affairs and the US Congressional recommendation to allocate
funds and weapons to undermine Iraq's security and stability . . . The
acts of blatant interference also include the serious US espionage role
carried out by influential elements in the UN Special Commission to
provide the Zionist entity . . . with sensitive and basic information on
Iraq's security and Armed Forces . . . The conferees decided to resume
the discussion of these topics later."
The RCC and Ba'th Party Command met again the next day. As Iraq
television reported, they "resumed the discussion of the topics
addressed in the joint meeting they held yesterday . . . The conferees
held an in-depth study of the feverish and continuous attempts and
efforts which have been exerted by the US Government for more than eight
years in their plotting against Iraq under various international
pretexts. In these attempts, the US Government has used all methods of
economic, political, psychological, and military wars, as well as the
most sophisticated and brutal means of destruction. . . . The conferees
continued the in-depth and detailed discussion . . . of the various
aspects of spying on Iraq's security and vital interests carried out by
influential elements in the UN Special Commission and the International
Atomic Energy Agency, in the interest of the CIA and its ally, the
Zionist intelligence under the direct supervision of the political,
espionage, and military agencies of the US Government. The RCC and the
Iraq Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'th Party will resume their
discussion of these topics in the near future."
I. RCC, PARTY LEADERSHIP MEETING
Baghdad INA in Arabic 1800 GMT 13 Oct 98
[FBIS Translated Text] Baghdad, 13 Oct (INA) President Saddam Husayn has
chaired the joint meeting of the Revolution Command Council [RCC] and
the Iraq Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'th Party
The conferees discussed the results of the visit to New York by
Deputy Prime Minister Tariq 'Aziz and Foreign Minister Muhammad Said
al-Sahhaf. They also discussed the results of their talks with the UN
Secretary General and the representatives of a number of permanent and
nonpermanent members of the Security Council.
During the joint meeting, the conferees studied the blatant US
interference in Iraq's internal affairs, something that contradicts the
rules of the international law, as well as the letter and spirit of the
Security Council resolutions, which the United States itself
participated in drafting and which calls for respecting Iraq's
sovereignty and territorial integrity. The acts of blatant interference
include the US Government's summoning of Iraqi parties to Washington to
discuss with them Iraq's internal affairs; and the US Congressional
recommendation to allocate funds and weapons to undermine Iraq's
security and stability and threaten its sovereignty and territorial
integrity. The acts of blatant interference also include the serious US
espionage role carried out by influential elements in the UN Special
Commission [UNSCOMI to provide the Zionist entity, which is stilt in a
state of war with Iraq, with sensitive and basic information on Iraq's
security and Armed Forces. UNSCOM elements obtained this information
while performing their tasks within the UNSCOM.
The conferees decided to resume the discussion of these topics
later.
The speaker of the National Assembly, the chief of the Presidential
Office, and the ministers of foreign affairs and culture and information
attended the meeting.
[Description of source: Official news agency of the Iraqi Government]
II. RCC, PARTY LEADERSHIP MEET AGAIN, IRAQ TV
Baghdad Iraq Television Network in Arabic 1800 GMT 14 Oct
[Announcer-read report over video]
[FBIS Translated Text] Leader President Saddam Husayn, may God preserve
him, has chaired the joint meeting or the Revolution Command Council
(RCC) and the Iraq Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'th Party. The
conferees resumed the discussion of the topics addressed in the joint
meeting they held yesterday, l3 October.
The conferees held an in-depth study of the feverish and continuous
attempts and efforts which have been exerted by the US Government for
more than eight years in their plotting against Iraq under various
international pretexts. In these attempts, the US Government has used
all methods of economic, political, psychological, and military war, as
well as the most sophisticated and brutal means of destruction.
During the joint meeting, the conferees continued the in-depth and
detailed discussion, which was held In yesterday's joint meeting, of the
various aspects of spying on Iraq's security and vital interests carried
out by influential elements in the UN Special Commission and the
International Atomic Energy Agency in the interest of the CIA and its
ally, the Zionist intelligence under the direct supervision of the
political, espionage, and military
agencies of the US Government.
The RCC and the Iraq Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'th Party will
resume their discussion of these topics in the near future.
The speaker of the National Assembly, the head of the Presidential
Office, and the ministers of foreign affairs and culture and information
attended the meeting.
[Video shows Saddam chairing leadership meeting; description of source:
Official television station of the Iraqi Government]
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