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18 February 1998

• 18 Feb 98 -- ALBRIGHT, COHEN, BERGER OUTLINE U.S. GOALS IN IRAQ
• 18 Feb 98 -- UN SECURITY COUNCIL GIVES ANNAN STRONG SEND-OFF TO BAGHDAD
• 18 Feb 98 -- U.S. AWAITS VISIT OF UN SECRETARY GENERAL TO BAGHDAD
• 18 Feb 98 -- ALBRIGHT, COHEN, BERGER AT TOWN MEETING ON IRAQ
• 18 Feb 98 -- TRANSCRIPT: INDYK 2/17 WORLDNET INTERVIEW ON IRAQ
• [EXCERPTS] TRANSCRIPT: WHITE HOUSE DAILY BRIEFING USIA 18 February 1998
• THE CASE FOR ATTACKING IRAQ IF DIPLOMACY FAILS Voice of America 18 February 1998 -- AFTER SOME CRITICISM HE HAD NOT MADE THE U-S CASE AS CLEAR AND COMPELLING AS IT NEEDED TO BE, PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS SPELLED OUT THE AMERICAN POSITION IN A SPEECH AT THE PENTAGON. U-S DAILIES ARE FULL OF REACTION TO THE COMMENTS.
• IRAQ/U-N Voice of America 18 February 1998 -- IN WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, U-N OFFICIALS IN BAGHDAD ANNOUNCED 31 PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN IRAQ WILL LEAVE THE COUNTRY THURSDAY. MORE 300 OTHER U-N STAFFERS -- INCLUDING THE WEAPONS INSPECTORS -- WILL REMAIN IN IRAQ, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING.
• IRAQ TOWN HALL Voice of America 18 February 1998 --THE APPEAL TO AMERICA'S HEARTLAND GAVE THE OFFICIALS A TASTE OF THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THEIR POLICY.
• IRAQ / FRANCE Voice of America 18 February 1998 --FRANCE SAYS IT IS STILL NOT TOO LATE TO FIND A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE IRAQI CRISIS.
• HUNGARY / PRIMAKOV / IRAQ Voice of America 18 February 1998 -- RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER YEVGENY PRIMAKOV SAYS HE BELIEVES THE IRAQ CRISIS WILL BE SETTLED DIPLOMATICALLY -- WITHOUT THE USE OF FORCE.
• CLINTON / IRAQ Voice of America 18 February 1998 -- CLINTON ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR THE MISSION TO BAGHDAD BY U-N SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN.
• ARAB RESPONSE TO A U-S ATTACK (1) Voice of America 18 February 1998 -- AS A U-S ATTACK ON IRAQ APPEARS TO DRAW CLOSER, ANALYSTS ARE CONSIDERING ITS IMPACT ON THE MIDDLE EAST, PERHAPS STRENGTHENING OPPOSITION TO SADDAM HUSSEIN OR POSSIBLY LEADING TO A SURGE OF ANTI-AMERICANISM.
• ARAB RESPONSE TO A U-S ATTACK (2) Voice of America 18 February 1998 -- OPINION WAS SHARPLY DIVIDED ON WHETHER THE UNITED STATES SHOULD SUPPORT AN IRAQI OPPOSITION MOVEMENT TO SADDAM HUSSEIN.
• EUROPE ON IRAQ: THERE GOES THE COMMON EUROPEAN POLICY USIA Foreign Media Reacton Report 18 February 1998 -- The divisions among European Union and NATO member and aspirant nations prevent them from speaking as one.
• Clinton Makes Case for Strike -- Wednesday, February 18, 1998; Page A01 -- President Clinton offered his most detailed case yet to explain why curtailing Iraq's weapons programs is worth going to war.
• $2 Billion Bomber Sits in Wings -- Wednesday, February 18, 1998; Page A01 -- The B-2 bomber is ready to fly in a raid against Iraq – but will it? The question reveals much about Pentagon politics.
• FBI Probed Allegations of CIA Plot -- Wednesday, February 18, 1998; Page A15 -- Iran's description an alleged CIA-financed plot to kill Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in 1995 triggered an unusual FBI probe into whether the CIA violated a U.S. ban on involvement in political assassinations, officials said.
• As Usual, Turkish Base Keeping Eye on Iraq -- Wednesday, February 18, 1998; Page A15 -- It's business as usual at Incirlik Air Base, NATO's southernmost air power staging point. That's because personnel monitor Iraq every day, watching over its "no-fly" zone.
• Militant Group Threatens Israel -- Wednesday, February 18, 1998; Page A15 -- The Islamic group Hamas said it would strike Israel if the United States attacks Iraq, nudging the Jewish state closer to panic.
•   Clinton Warns of Air Strikes to 'Seriously Diminish' Threats by Iraq The New York Times 18 February 1998
•   Annan to Go to Iraq to Seek a Solution to Arms Impasse The New York Times 18 February 1998
•   Analysis: Modest Goals Point to a Modest Victory The New York Times 18 February 1998
•   Iraq Crisis Hurts U.S. Image in Mideast, Egyptian Officials Say The New York Times 18 February 1998
•  Iraq Struck Deal With Russians for Germ Weapon Plant, Sources Say The New York Times 18 February 1998