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18 November 1998

• State Department Briefing -- 18 November 1998 -- IRAQ Britain's Plan to Have a Meeting with Opposition Groups/US Supports Meeting/US Involvement/Arab Support-Characterization UNSCOM Inspections and Time Tables/Priorities of UNSCOM/Access to Documents and Relevancy/SecState Contacts with Other Countries US Concerns of Iraqi "tip-off"' of the Use of Force Using Civilians as Targets/Did US Give a Deadline Unanimous Support to US position for Use Force/Isolation of Iraq/US View on Hussein Standing Trial for Crimes Against Humanity/Tragedy against Kurds in Halabja US Support for Seminar Being Held by Washington Kurdish Institute UN Group Concern for Chemical Warfare's Agreement Not signed by Iraq and Israel Issue of War Crimes and Hussein/US Doubts that Hussein Will Ever Comply/Easing of Sanctions in the Event Hussein Will Stand Trial
• U.S. Policy Towards Iraq: Conceding Defeat? [PDF] National Security Report 18 November 1998 -- It would appear that Saddam, with a lot of patience and persistence, may be gaining the upper hand in this seven year standoff, and in so doing, demonstrating the shortcomings of the Administration's Iraq policy.
• U.S.-IRAQ: TIME FOR A POLICY REASSESSMENT? USIS Foreign Media Reaction Report -- November 18, 1998 - Now that the threat of air strikes on Iraq has been averted and UNSCOM inspectors are back on the ground, commentators weighed in on two lingering questions: Can and should Saddam Hussein be "toppled," and should economic sanctions be lifted?
• U-N / IRAQ Voice of America 18 November 1998 -- U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS ARE BACK TO WORK IN IRAQ AFTER ANOTHER CRISIS WAS AVERTED -- BUT ONLY AFTER A LAST MINUTE BACKDOWN FROM BAGDHAD IN THE FACE OF U-S MILITARY ACTION.
• MORE ON THE U-S IRAQ CONFRONTATION Voice of America 18 November 1998 -- PRESIDENT CLINTON IS DRAWING BOTH CRITICISM AND PRAISE FROM A VARIETY OF COLUMNISTS AND EDITORIALS WHO TAKE DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE NEAR MILITARY ATTACK ON IRAQ, AND THE SUBSEQUENT LAST MINUTE DECISION BY BAGHDAD TO RESUME U-N INSPECTIONS.
• IRAQ INSPECTIONS RESUME Voice of America 18 November 1998 -- MORE U-N STAFFERS ARE REPORTEDLY BEING SENT IN TO HELP TEST THE GOVERNMENT OF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S COMMITMENT TO DISMANTLING THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
• Kuwaitis Are Puzzled by Lack of U.S. Action By IAN FISHER The New York Times (18 November 1998) Yet another peaceful end over the weekend to a showdown between Iraq and the United States and Britain did little to dispel a conspiracy theory held by many people here and in other Arab countries, that President Saddam Hussein of Iraq gives the West, and especially the United States, an excuse to keep a military presence in the Persian Gulf to protect oil supplies.