17 September 2002
Text: White House Calls Iraq Statement "a Tactic That Will Fail"
(Says it is time for the U.N. Security Council to act) (260) A statement by the White House Deputy Press Secretary late September 16 said that the announcement by Iraq that they would allow UN weapons inspectors back into Iraq without conditions "is a tactical step by Iraq in hopes of avoiding strong UN Security Council action. As such, it is a tactic that will fail. "It is time for the Security Council to act." "As the President said, the UN Security Council needs to decide how to enforce its own resolutions, which the Iraqi regime has defied for more than a decade." Following is the White House statement: (begin text) THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary September 16, 2002 STATEMENT BY THE DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY As the President said, the UN Security Council needs to decide how to enforce its own resolutions, which the Iraqi regime has defied for more than a decade. This will require a new, effective UN Security Council resolution that will actually deal with the threat Saddam Hussein poses to the Iraqi people, to the region, and to the world. That is the course the Security Council is on, and the United States is engaged in consultations with Council members and other partners in New York at this time. This is not a matter of inspections. It is about disarmament of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and the Iraqi regime's compliance with all other Security Council resolutions. This is a tactical step by Iraq in hopes of avoiding strong UN Security Council action. As such, it is a tactic that will fail. It is time for the Security Council to act. (end text) (Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
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