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02 November 1998

• Operation Northern Watch scores 100 percent mission rate : 2 Nov 1998 (AFPN) -- Operation Northern Watch scored the best operational month yet in its nearly two year history with 100 percent mission effectiveness for October. ONW replaced Operation Provide Comfort in January 1997.
• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL 2 November 1998 -- The Office of the Executive Director of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM), Richard Butler, had informed the Council in writing that on Saturday evening, Baghdad time, UNSCOM had been informed by the Iraqi authorities that the Revolutionary Command Council had decided to suspend all activities of the Special Commission, including monitoring.
• White House Briefing November 2, 1998 Q Are military strikes among the options? MR. LOCKHART: I think we have said repeatedly that all options are on the table, and that means all options are on the table. Q We've heard the President say that all options are on the table many times before. Isn't there a danger that Saddam Hussein could just view this as more empty threats from the United States? ... with President Clinton facing impeachment proceedings in perhaps two weeks, is there any concern that Saddam Hussein might be emboldened to engage in adventurism because of his perceived weakness?
• IRAQI WEAPONS INSPECTIONS: 'SADDAM'S NEW BLUFF' USIS Foreign Media Reaction Report November 2, 1998 -- Foreign media attention this weekend focused on Iraq's decision on Saturday to ban UN weapons inspectors from working in the country. Writers likened Baghdad's recidivism over arms inspections to a poker game, with Iraq's Saddam Hussein "calling the UN's bluff" and testing the UNSC's resolve yet again.
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing , NOVEMBER 2, 1998 -- I think it is clear that Saddam Hussein has tried and failed to divide the international community. Even Saddam Hussein's erstwhile friends are left speechless in trying to defend the indefensible. In Secretary Albright's conversations with her colleagues her impression was that this was one of the more uniform responses from colleagues that she consulted with in saying that Iraq's action was inexplicable and unacceptable. So, I think they may have imagined that there would be more support than there is.
• U-N / IRAQ Voice of America 02 November 1998 -- THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET TUESDAY FOR FURTHER CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ, FOLLOWING THAT COUNTRY'S HALTING OF COOPERATION WITH U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS.
• IRAQ/U-N MONDAY Voice of America 02 November 1998 -- POSITIONS CONTINUE TO HARDEN IN THE STANDOFF BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ AND THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL.
• CLINTON / IRAQ Voice of America 02 November 1998 -- CLINTON TOLD REPORTERS AFTER THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING -- THE SECOND IN AS MANY DAYS ON IRAQ -- THAT NO OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO SADDAM HUSSEIN'S LATEST MOVE WERE BEING RULED OUT. BUT THERE WERE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ANY CHANGE IN U-S OR ALLIED DEPLOYMENTS IN THE GULF REGION.
• The Halt in UNSCOM Monitoring Iraq News 02 November 1998 -- John Gannon, chairman of the CIA's National Intelligence Council, told a St. Louis audience earlier this month, 'We expect Iraq's Saddam to be gone by 2010.' Mindful that earlier predictions on this score have failed to materialize, Mr. Gannon conceded that his assessment is 'based as much on pure speculation on our past as informed analysis.'"
• UN FACING MOST SERIOUS CRISIS WITH IRAQ, OFFICIALS SAY By Judy Aita USIA 02 November 1998 -- The United Nations once again is facing a showdown with Iraq over the elimination of its weapons of mass destruction as Baghdad announced it was ending all cooperation with the UN weapons inspectors, including long-term monitoring.
• CLINTON REMARKS ON IRAQ AT BEGINNING OF HEALTH EVENT USIA 02 November 1998 -- President Clinton says that Saddam Hussein's latest refusal to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors in Iraq "is completely unacceptable" and "will backfire."