DATE=11/3/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-241116
TITLE=U-S/IRAQ (L)
BYLINE=GIL BUTLER
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE UNITED STATES IS CONTINUING CONSULTATIONS WITH OTHER
COUNTRIES ABOUT HOW TO RESPOND TO IRAQ'S CONTINUED DEFIANCE OF
UNITED NATIONS WEAPON INSPECTIONS. SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE
ALBRIGHT SAID ALL OPTIONS--INCLUDING MILITARY ACTION--ARE ON THE
TABLE. V-O-A'S GIL BUTLER HAS MORE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
TEXT: SECRETARY ALBRIGHT DESCRIBED THE SITUATION AS GRAVE AND
SAID SHE HAS BEEN CONSULTING BY TELEPHONE WITH U-S ALLIES. IN
ADDITION, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILLIAM COHEN AND UNDERSECRETARY
OF STATE THOMAS PICKERING ARE IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR
CONSULTATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA, KUWAIT, TURKEY AND UNSPECIFIED
COUNTRIES IN EUROPE.
AT A NEWS CONFERENCE WITH VISITING GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER
JOSCHKA FISCHER, MS. ALBRIGHT SAID THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL IS
CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION TO PUT INTO FORMAL LANGUAGE A STRONG
MESSAGE GIVEN IRAQ'S SADDAM HUSSEIN ON SATURDAY.
/// ALBRIGHT ACT ///
I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE PRACTICALLY NON STOP IN THE
LAST 48 HOURS, ALSO CONSULTING ABOUT HOW WE DEAL WITH
THIS SITUATION. AT THE UNITED NATIONS (SECURITY
COUNCIL) WHERE THE U-S IS IN THE PRESIDENCY NOW, THERE
IS CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD PUT INTO
RESOLUTION LANGUAGE, THE VERY STRONG WORDS THAT WERE
EXPRESSED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS REPRESENTED
BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL. IN WHICH IT WAS MADE CLEAR
THAT THE SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERED WHAT HUSSEIN HAD
DONE AS A FLAGRANT VIOLATION.
/// END ACT ///
MS. ALBRIGHT SAID ALL OPTIONS--INCLUDING MILITARY ACTION--REMAIN
ON THE TABLE (ARE POSSIBLE).
FOR HIS PART, THE NEW GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER--A MEMBER OF THE
GREEN PARTY--EMPHASIZED, THROUGH AN INTERPRETER--THE NEED TO
ISOLATE SADDAM HUSSEIN.
/// FISCHER INTERPRETER ACT ///
IT IS NOT ONLY THAT ALL OPTIONS ARE OPEN, BUT WHAT IS
NEEDED NOW IS A VERY CLEAR-CUT DIPLOMATIC EFFORT. WE
HAVE TO PUT IN ALL EFFORTS IN ORDER TO ISOLATE SADDAM
HUSSEIN AND I THINK PERSONALLY WHAT IS NEEDED IS A NEW
RESOLUTION BY THE UNITED NATIONS THAT SETS OUT A
CLEAR-CUT POSITION ON THAT.
/// END ACT ///
SECRETARY ALBRIGHT SAID THE UNITED STATES BELIEVES THERE IS
AUTHORITY TO USE MILITARY FORCE IF NECESSARY TO ENFORCE SECURITY
COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS THAT DEMAND IRAQ DISMANTLE CHEMICAL,
BIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILITIES. (SIGNED)
NEB/MGB/GE
03-Nov-98 3:33 PM EST (2033 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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