|
SLUG: 2-299768 Bush Iraq (S)
DATE:> NOTE NUMBER: |
||
DATE=2/18/03 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=BUSH IRAQ (S) NUMBER=2-299768 BYLINE=PAULA WOLFSON DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: President Bush says he will not be deterred by anti-war demonstrations or opposition among some allies to the possible use of force to disarm Iraq. V-O-A's Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush says Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein must be held to account. TEXT: The president says some people do not view Saddam Hussein as a risk to peace. He says they are wrong. /// BUSH ACT /// Saddam Hussein is a threat to America and we will deal with him. /// END ACT /// Mr. Bush says he believes another U-N disarmament resolution may be helpful, indicating the future of the world body could be at state. /// BUSH ACT /// I want the United Nations to be an effective body. I think it is in our country's interest that it be effective. And we will see whether it has the capacity to be effective. /// END ACT /// /// OPT /// White House spokesman Ari Fleischer says discussions on a new Security Council resolution are underway, and it could be ready as soon as this week. /// END OPT /// Britain is the strongest U-S ally on the council, and some of the biggest anti-war protests have been on British soil. President Bush says he is not worried about the political impact on Prime Minister Tony Blair, saying he is showing courage in the cause of peace. (SIGNED) NEB/PW/RAE |
||
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
