DATE=11/18/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-241835
TITLE=IRAQ INSPECTIONS RESUME (S ONLY)
BYLINE=SCOTT BOBB
DATELINE=KUWAIT CITY
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS RETURNED TO WORK IN IRAQ
WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE, MORE U-N STAFFERS ARE REPORTEDLY BEING
SENT IN TO HELP TEST THE GOVERNMENT OF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S
COMMITMENT TO DISMANTLING THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. MORE
FROM VOA'S SCOTT BOBB IN KUWAIT CITY.
TEXT: SPOKESWOMAN CAROLINE CROSS TOLD REPORTERS THE FIRST GROUP
OF INSPECTORS LEFT THE U-N COMPOUND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND
WERE RESUMING THEIR FULL RANGE OF ACTIVITIES.
THE SPOKESWOMAN SAID SHE ASSUMED THE U-N STAFF WOULD BE
REINFORCED IN THE COMING DAYS, BUT DECLINED TO GIVE DETAILS.
THE INSPECTORS WERE WITHDRAWN LAST WEEK AFTER IRAQ SUSPENDED
COOPERATION. LAST SATURDAY, IRAQ AGREED TO RESUME COOPERATION,
THUS AVOIDING AT THE 11TH HOUR U-S / LED AIR STRIKES.
IRAQI OFFICIALS HAVE PLEDGED TO COOPERATE WITH THE INSPECTORS,
BUT SAY THERE WILL BE LIMITS. AS A RESULT, OBSERVERS IN
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES SAY THEY BELIEVE ANOTHER CRISIS IS
UNAVOIDABLE. (SIGNED)
NEB/SB/PCF
18-Nov-98 6:31 AM EST (1131 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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