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11 February 1998

• Opinion Analysis: U.S. Public Views Military Strikes Against Iraq February 11, 1998 U.S. Information Agency Office of Research and Media Reaction
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 11 February 1998 -- IRAQ Latest Proposal by Deputy PM Tariq Aziz / Procedural Gimmick / Excludes UNSCOM & Limits Inspections and Monitoring Ultimatum Conveyed by Russia / No Timeline / US Message on Deadline Update on Oil-for-Food Program / US Position / Security Council Action Possession of Scud Missiles, Chemical & Biological Weapons / UNSCOM Aim to Determine Possession Uncovering & Destroying WMD / Use of Diplomacy / Military Objectives / Aftermath of Military Strike / Knowledge of Reconstituted Weapons Authority for US to Act / Special Situation of Iraq
• [EXCERPTS] TRANSCRIPT: WHITE HOUSE DAILY BRIEFING USIA 11 February 1998
• 11 Feb 98 -- U.N. DIPLOMATS STRUGGLE TO END IRAQ CRISIS
• 11 Feb 98 -- TRANSCRIPT: SECDEFENSE COHEN'S 2/10 PRESS CONFERENCE IN QATAR
• CLINTON/IRAQ Voice of America 11 February 1998 --AZIZ SAID HIS GOVERNMENT WOULD ALLOW EXPERTS NAMED BY U-N SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN TO VISIT EIGHT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACES AND CONDUCT WHATEVER TESTS ARE DEEMED APPROPRIATE. BUT HE SAID THOSE SITES SHOULD REMAIN OFF LIMITS TO INSPECTORS OF THE U-N COMMISSION.
• COHEN / GULF Voice of America 11 February 1998 -- SECRETARY COHEN DID NOT WIN ANY OVERT ARAB SUPPORT FOR A U-S MILITARY STRIKE AGAINST IRAQ. AND KEY U-S ALLIES LIKE SAUDI ARABIA AND EGYPT VOICED PUBLIC OPPOSITION.
• IRAQ / ANTI-US COALITION Voice of America 11 February 1998 -- THE RELUCTANCE OF MOST COUNTRIES TO GO ALONG WITH A MILITARY ATTACK ON IRAQ HAS LED ONE SCHOLAR TO FORESEE A COALITION FORMING AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
• ISRAEL / IRAQ Voice of America 11 February 1998 -- IRAQ IS SIGNALING THAT IT WILL NOT ATTACK ISRAEL, EVEN IF THE UNITED STATES LEADS AN OFFENSIVE AGAINST IRAQ.
• Strikes Imminent if Diplomacy Fails American Forces Press Service 11 February 1998 -- By Linda D. Kozaryn
•   Analysis: Putting Steel in Diplomacy, Slow Moves to War Aim to Scare Iraqis The New York Times 11 February 1998
•   Cohen Finds Little Support in Gulf for Military Action The New York Times 11 February 1998
•   Secretary General Urges All Parties in Iraqi Crisis to Be More Flexible The New York Times 11 February 1998
•   Possible Link Between Iraqi Gas, Veterans' Ills Seen The New York Times 11 February 1998
•   Palestinian Police Ban Pro-Iraq Demonstrations in West Bank, Gaza The New York Times 11 February 1998