DATE=12/20/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-243325
TITLE=ALBRIGHT / SADDAM (S)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT SAYS U-S LED AIR
STRIKES HAVE REDUCES IRAQ'S ABILITY TO THREATEN ITS NEIGHBORS.
CORRESPONDENT KYLE KING REPORTS THE SECRETARY DISMISSES IRAQI
CLAIMS OF VICTORY OVER THE UNITED STATES.
TEXT: SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT SAYS 70-HOURS OF BOMBING LEFT
SADDAM HUSSEIN IN A WEAKER POSITION BECAUSE MANY OF HIS MOST
IMPORTANT MILITARY FACILITIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
// ALBRIGHT ACT //
THE REGION IS SAFER BECAUSE WE HAVE MANAGED, I THINK, TO
DEGRADE HIS ABILITY TO THREATEN HIS NEIGHBORS. THE BOX
THAT HE IS IN IS STRONGER, BECAUSE OF THE CREDIBILITY OF
OUR USE OF FORCE.
// END ACT //
SPEAKING (SUNDAY) ON N-B-C TELEVISION'S "MEET THE PRESS PROGRAM",
MS. ALBRIGHT ADMITTED IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY IF ALL OF IRAQ'S
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
BUT, RECITING A LIST OF FACILITIES THAT HAD BEEN BOMBED, SHE SAID
SADDAM HUSSEIN'S STATEMENTS OF VICTORY WERE NOTHING MORE THAN
PROPAGANDA. (SIGNED)
NEB/KBK/RAE
20-Dec-98 11:28 AM EST (1628 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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