USA/UN/IRAQ: FORMER HEAD OF UNSCOM RICHARD BUTLER BLAMES KOFI ANNAN FOR MANY OF HIS INSPECTORS' FAILURES IN IRAQ.

Record ID: 983556

  • Title: USA/UN/IRAQ: FORMER HEAD OF UNSCOM RICHARD BUTLER BLAMES KOFI ANNAN FOR MANY OF HIS INSPECTORS' FAILURES IN IRAQ.
  • Date: 3rd August 1999
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 02, 1999) (RTN) 1. GV/PAN/CU: EXTERIOR OF THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS (2 SHOTS) 0.09 2. GV: RICHARD BUTLER WALKING DOWN CORRIDOR 0.13 NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 2, 1999) (RTN - NO ACCESS USA BEFORE 0400 GMT AUGUST 3, 1999) 3. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) BUTLER SAYING "The Secretary General refused advice that I gave him, that said when you go to Baghdad and you make some special arrangements for our inspection of President sites get something in return. Take away, take back a previous concession that I think had been quite improperly given to Iraq, which had been demonstrated to have really slowed down and harmed our disarmament work" 0.42 NEW YORK,, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 2, 1999) (RTN) 4. CU/PAN: VARIOUS FRONT COVER OF 'TALK' MAGAZINE 0.49 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FILE) (UNTV) 5. GV/SV: KOFI ANNAN IN IRAQ/ SHAKING HANDS WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN (2 SHOTS) 0.56 UNITED NATIONS (AUGUST 02, 1999) (RTN) 6. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANNAN SAYING "I don't think I have to comment. Everybody knows what happened, Richard Butler has left us, and I understand he is embarking on a new career and I wish him better luck and success on whatever he does" 1.15 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 02, 1999) (RTN - NO ACCESS USA BEFORE 0400 GMT AUGUST 3, 1999) 7. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) BUTLER SAYING "If one rogue leader faces that great council down and gets away with it, I ask you, what signal would that send to others about why obey the law. Especially the law in relation to weapons. Why would it restrain others from seeking horrible biological weapons for example, if he's gotten away with it. The stakes at issue here are very high and potentially global" 1.44 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FILE) (UNTV) 8. SV/CU: UNSCOM HEADQUARTERS/ SIGN (2 SHOTS) 1.56 9. GV/MV: WEAPONS INSPECTORS WORKING (5 SHOTS) 2.29 10. CU: FORMER UNSCOM INSPECTOR SCOTT RITTER IN UNSCOM CAR 2.35 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 02, 1999) (RTN) 11. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) SCOTT RITTER, FORMER UNSCOM INSPECTOR SAYING "This is a...definitely a misleading article designed to revise history in a manner that is favourable to Richard Butler, and the Clinton administration, and that's why I label it unfortunate" 2.48 UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION IN IRAQ (FILE) (UNTV) 12. GV/PAN/CU: WEAPONS INSPECTORS LOOKING AT WEAPONS (5 SHOTS) 3.19 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 02, 1999) (RTN - NO ACCESS USA BEFORE 0400 GMT AUGUST 3, 1999) 13. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) BUTLER SAYING "We were a highly skilled, independent organisation that everybody recognises had a fantastic track record of getting rid of Iraq's weapons. The problem is we weren't allowed to finish the job. And one of the ways that we were stopped from finishing the job was that we were tied up in bureaucracy" 3.40 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 2, 1999) (RTN) 14. GV: EXTERIOR COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS 3.48 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / UNITED NATIONS / BAGHDAD, IRAQ
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