IRAQ/UNITED STATES: U.S. AND UNITED NATIONS BOTH DENY NEWSPAPER REPORTS THAT IT THEY GAINED INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION FROM UNSCOM OFFICIALS WORKING IN IRAQ
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IRAQ/UNITED STATES: U.S. AND UNITED NATIONS BOTH DENY NEWSPAPER REPORTS THAT IT THEY GAINED INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION FROM UNSCOM OFFICIALS WORKING IN IRAQ
- Title: IRAQ/UNITED STATES: U.S. AND UNITED NATIONS BOTH DENY NEWSPAPER REPORTS THAT IT THEY GAINED INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION FROM UNSCOM OFFICIALS WORKING IN IRAQ
- Date: 5th January 1999
- Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JANUARY 6, 1999) (REUTERS) 1. WS IRAQI SOLDIERS ON PARADE BESIDE NATIONAL MEMORIAL 0.04 2. CU GUNS 0.08 3. CU SOLDIERS STANDING TO ATTENTION ON ARRIVAL OF IRAQI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TAREQ AZIZ 0.12 4. SCU'S TAREQ AZIZ AND SENIOR OFFICIALS (2 SHOTS) 0.22 5. VARIOUS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE REVOLUTION COMMAND COUNCIL, IZZAT IBRAHIM, SALUTE (4 SHOTS) 0.44 6. SV'S/CU IBRAHIM LAYING WREATH OF FLOWERS AT MONUMENT (3 SHOTS) 1.04 7. SV IBRAHIM LEAVING 1.17 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JANUARY 5, 1999) (AL-JAZEERA TV - MUST CREDIT AL-JAZEERA TV) 8. SV IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN ADDRESSING NATION 1.36 WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JANUARY 6, 1999) (REUTERS) 9. VARIOUS HEADLINES FROM THE WASHINGTON POST WITH ALLEGATIONS (3 SHOTS) 1.50 UNITED NATIONS (JANUARY 6, 1999) (REUTERS) 10. GV EXTERIOR UNITED NATIONS 1.53 11. MV UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION CHIEF RICHARD BUTLER WALKING INTO ROOM 1.57 12. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) BUTLER SAYING "In every case of assistance given to us, including technical assistance, provided by the United States of America, we have only ever accepted and used that assistance in the pursuit of our disarmament mandate. I want to say this with all the force that I can. We have never accepted or used any of that assistance for any other purpose. Not for any member states' national purposes, only for our purposes seeking to bring about the disarmament of Iraq. Now Iraq's position on receipt of such assistance has been to call us spies and I'm sure we'll probably hear more of that in the next few hours, I have rejected that in the past. And I reject it again. We have never conducted spying for anybody. We have used the resources at our disposal for the pursuit of our mandate to see that Iraq is properly disarmed in accordance with the decisions of the Security Council 3.06 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 6, 1999) (REUTERS) 13. TRACK IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS NIZAR HAMDOON ARRIVING TO HIS OFFICE 3.20 14. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) HAMDOON SAYING "this latest confirmation by the Washington Post on that issue I think it is the final blow to UNSCOM. So I think we have to consider this as the official declaration of the death of UNSCOM." 3.38 15. CU HAMDOON'S HANDS 3.41 16. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) HAMDOON SAYING "We're dealing with another illegal act by the United States and United Kingdom in the Iraqi airspace. We have always considered that as illegal, and we have always protested, it's not new. What's happening now is that we are practising our right to self-determination 4.01 WASHINGTON, D.C,, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 6, 1999) (U.S. POOL) 17. WS STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES RUBIN WALKING INTO ROOM 4.10 18. SCU SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) RUBIN SAYING "Secretary Albright spoke to Secretary-Generla Kofi Annan and obviously asked for an explanation and that he (Annan) made clear to her (Albright) that there is no issue with Butler as described in these newspapers" 4.49 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FILE - AUGUST 3, 1998) (REUTERS) 19. MV BUTLER AND OFFICIALS WALKING TO MEETING ROOM 4.53 20. VARIOUS OF AZIZ, BUTLER AND OFFICIALS SEATED FOR MEETING (3 SHOTS) 5.03 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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