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12 February 1998

• 12 Feb 98 -- TRANSCRIPT: RICHARDSON INTV ON PBS "LEHRER NEWSHOUR" FEB. 11
• 12 Feb 98 -- PICKERING: UNSCOM MUST HAVE UNFETTERED ACCESS TO ALL IRAQI SITES
• [EXCERPTS] TRANSCRIPT: WHITE HOUSE DAILY BRIEFING USIA 12 February 1998
• 12 Feb 98 -- FACT SHEET: IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: IRAQ'S RECORD WITH UNSCOM
• DoD News Briefing, February 12, 1998 The equipment moving toward the region today includes six F-16 CJs from Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina; six B-52 aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana; and one B-1 from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. There would be deployments from Holloman Air Force base in New Mexico of the F-117s, probably tomorrow.
• SENATE-IRAQ Voice of America 12 February 1998 -- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS HAVE FAILED TO COME TO TERMS ON A BIPARTISAN STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON'S POLICY TOWARD IRAQ.
• RUSSIA/IRAQ Voice of America 12 February 1998 -- RUSSIA DENIED A REPORT ALLEGING MOSCOW MAY HAVE SOLD IRAQ EQUIPMENT USED FOR MAKING BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
• RUSSIA/COHEN Voice of America 12 February 1998 -- RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER PUBLICLY LECTURED VISITING U-S DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN ABOUT WHAT RUSSIANS VIEW AS THE UNCOMPROMISING U-S STAND ON IRAQ. REPORTERS WITNESSED A STARTLING CONVERSATION THURSDAY BETWEEN THE TWO MEN.
• ISRAEL/IRAQ Voice of America 12 February 1998 -- ISRAELI'S PRIME MINISTER HAS ISSUED A VEILED THREAT TO USE HIS COUNTRY'S SUSPECTED NUCLEAR CAPABILITY IN RESPONSE TO ANY ATTACK BY IRAQ.
• HUNGARY/IRAQ Voice of America 12 February 1998 -- HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LASZLO KOVACS SAYS HIS COUNTRY WILL FULLY SUPPORT THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN IN ANY MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ.
• CHINA/IRAQ Voice of America 12 February 1998 -- CHINA SAYS THERE SHOULD BE NO MILITARY SOLUTION TO THE DISPUTE.
• BRITAIN / IRAQ Voice of America 12 February 1998 -- EXPERTS IN LONDON ARE QUESTIONING, WITH GROWING URGENCY, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GOAL OF A SUSTAINED MILITARY CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAQ?
• Document Indicates Illicit Russia-Iraq Deal The Washington Post Thursday, February 12, 1998; Page A01 -- United Nations inspectors last fall uncovered what they considered unsettling evidence of a 1995 agreement by Russia to sell Iraq sophisticated fermentation equipment that could be used to develop biological weapons, according to sources.
• U.S. Rejects Iraqi Plan for Inspections The Washington Post Thursday, February 12, 1998; Page A34 -- The Clinton administration rejected out of hand yesterday an Iraqi proposal to allow limited weapons inspections at eight presidential sites in Iraq under the supervision of diplomats representing U.N. Security Council members.
• Iraqi Opposition Groups At a Low Point The Washington Post Thursday, February 12, 1998; Page A25 -- Iraqi opposition groups that critics of the Clinton administration's policy say should receive more support in the confrontation with President Saddam Hussein are at one of the lowest ebbs in their history, hit by defections, foreign aid cuts and Iraq's army and secret police.
• New Weapons Give Navy Top Air Role The Washington Post Thursday, February 12, 1998; Page A25 -- As the United States prepares for possible strikes against Iraq, Navy and Marine Corps pilots are set to fly the majority of missions in an operation code-named "Desert Thunder" that will hinge, by all accounts, on downpours of precision munitions.
• Arab Allies Blame Crisis on Iraq's Obstinancy The Washington Post Thursday, February 12, 1998; Page A33 -- American efforts to line up Arab support for military action against Iraq gained ground today as Persian Gulf allies unanimously blamed Baghdad for its standoff with the United Nations and Egypt's president warned that President Saddam Hussein's defiance of U.N. arms inspections could provoke a violent American response.
•   U.S. Says Force Will Be Set to Attack Iraq in Week The New York Times 12 February 1998
•   Iran Glad to Be Above the Fray Between Its 2 Enemies The New York Times 12 February 1998
•   A Possible Russian Link to Iraq Arms Buildup The New York Times 12 February 1998
•   Iraq Offers 2-Month Peek at 8 Arms Sites The New York Times 12 February 1998
•   On U.S. Carrier, Not Just a Routine Day The New York Times 12 February 1998
•   Turkish Troops Reported in Iraq to Block Kurd Refugees The New York Times 12 February 1998