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16 February 1998

• GULF DIPLOMACY Voice of America 16 February 1998 --IRAQ'S MESSAGE IS THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS MADE UP THE EVIDENCE THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS BEEN BUILDING AND HIDING GERM WARFARE AGENTS AND POISON GAS.
• RUSSIA / IRAQ Voice of America 16 February 1998 -- RUSSIA IS STEPPING UP ITS DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS IN THE FACE OF INCREASINGLY LONG ODDS.
• IRAQ / U-N Voice of America 16 February 1998 -- U-S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS BILL RICHARDSON SAID HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT ANY SOLUTION INVOLVING WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS COMPROMISES
• NEW ZEALAND / IRAQ Voice of America 16 February 1998 -- NEW ZEALAND DECIDED TO SEND 20 MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL AIR SERVICES, A HIGHLY-TRAINED FORCE OF COMMANDOS AND TWO AIR FORCE ORION SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT.
• KUWAIT-IRAQ Voice of America 16 February 1998 -- MANY KUWAITIS FEAR THE COUNTRY COULD BE THE TARGET OF IRAQI RETALIATION IN THE EVENT OF A U-S AND BRITISH MILITARY STRIKE ON IRAQ.
• CLINTON / IRAQ Voice of America 16 February 1998 -- AFTER MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF TO REVIEW PLANS FOR POSSIBLE AIR STRIKES AGAINST IRAQ, MR. CLINTON WILL DELIVER A SPEECH ON THE RATIONALE FOR SUCH ACTION, AND MAKE CLEAR THAT U-S AND IRAQI CASUALTIES ARE EXPECTED.
• U.S. Strikes Also Would Aim at Conventional Forces -- Monday, February 16, 1998; Page A01 -- Defense Secretary William S. Cohen said that the targets of U.S. airstrikes against Iraq would include not only sites thought to contain Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's suspected nonconventional weapons of mass destruction but also those housing conventional military forces that he could use to threaten his neighbors.
• U.N. Weapons Inspectors ... or Spies? The Washington Post Monday, February 16, 1998; Page A01 -- Analysis: Is there any truth to Baghdad's claims that Washington has used its influence to skew the focus and conclusions of the inspections to prepare for strikes like the one now threatened?
• 'Fired Up' and Biding Time in Iraqi Skies The Washington Post Monday, February 16, 1998; Page A17 -- As the United States and Britain complete a massive military buildup in the gulf, they are treating every surveillance flight over southern Iraq as a practice run for potential bombing missions.
• Iraqi Dissidents Plan Provisional Government The Washington Post Monday, February 16, 1998; Page A21 -- Iraqi dissidents are trying to form a provisional government that would be ready to take over if President Saddam Hussein is forced from power or killed, say dissidents and Western officials.
•   Trying to Schedule a War Presents Logistical Problems The New York Times 16 February 1998
•   'Presidential Sites' in Iraq: How Many, and How Big? The New York Times 16 February 1998
•   U.N. Team Mapping Iraqi Leader's Palaces The New York Times 16 February 1998