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05 November 1998

• TEXT: US AMBASSADOR BURLEIGH ON UNSC CONDEMNATION OF IRAQ USIA 05 November 1998 -- The latest UN Security Council resolution on Iraq has sent Baghdad "a clear and unmistakable message" that its continued refusal to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors "will not be rewarded or tolerated," according to the acting US Representative to the United Nations.
• SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS IRAQ RESUME COOPERATION WITH UNSCOM By Judy Aita USIA 05 November 1998 -- The Security Council November 5 unanimously condemned Iraq's decision to end cooperation with the UN Special Commission overseeing the destruction of Iraqi weapons (UNSCOM) as a "flagrant violation" of the Gulf War cease-fire terms and demanded that Iraq "immediately and unconditionally" rescind that decision.
• BERGER TO CONSULT US ALLIES IN EUROPE ON IRAQ By Wendy S. Ross USIA 05 November 1998 -- President Clinton has asked his National Security Advisor Samuel R. (Sandy) Berger to consult US allies in Europe this weekend on appropriate next steps to take regarding Iraq.
• THE LIMITS ON UNSCOM ACTIVITY Iraq News 05 November 1998 -- Ken Timmerman, publisher of "Iran Brief," in the WSJ, Nov 3, writing of the danger posed by Iraq's suspension of UNSCOM monitoring, advised that the US should mount serious offensive strikes against Iraq and then "the administration should order the Pentagon to spend $97 million authorized by Congress to train and equip an Iraqi Liberation Army under the leadership of the broad-based Iraqi National Congress."
• COHEN / IRAQ Voice of America 05 November 1998 -- THE U-S DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT IS CONFIDENT MR. COHEN OBTAINED THE GULF NATIONS' SUPPORT. BUT OFFICIALS IN THE REGION SAY THE GULF STATES PREFER A PEACEFUL SOLUTION. SAUDI ARABIA'S KING FAHD REPORTEDLY TOLD MR. COHEN HE DOES NOT WANT HIS COUNTRY TO BE A SPRINGBOARD FOR AN ATTACK AGAINST IRAQ.
• STATEMENT BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS KEN BACON November 5, 1998 -- "Defense Secretary William S. Cohen has completed successful consultations with leaders of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. He found the Gulf countries united in their condemnation of Iraq's refusal to allow weapons inspections by the United Nations Special Commission."
• U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing , NOVEMBER 5, 1998 - IRAQ UN Security Council Vote on Resolution Today Travel by Secretary of Defense Cohen Travel by National Security Advisor Berger to Europe Iraq and Non-Cooperation with UNSCOM and IAEA/Monitoring and Inspection Regime Middle East Peace Process and Building Consensus on Iraq Threat of the Use of Force
• SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS IRAQ'S DECISION TO CEASE COOPERATION WITH UNSCOM 5 November 1998 Press Release SC/6591 -- Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council this afternoon condemned Iraq's decision of 31 October to cease cooperation with the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) as a flagrant violation of Council resolution 687 (1991) and other relevant resolutions, unanimously adopting resolution 1205 (1998).
• DoD News Briefing , November 5, 1998 -- How do you square the statement of successful talks with some of the rather vociferous statements that have emerged from the Middle East, that the United States is acting like a "craven rat" for Israel, but not showing support for Arab causes in the Middle East? Some of the rhetoric has been pretty hot describing the Secretary's visits there.