MORE TOUGH TALK FROM WASHINGTON TUG OF WAR CONTINUES WITH IRAQ BLAND WARNING ISSUED BY U.N All Editions.=.4 Star. 3 Star Late. 3 Star. 2 Star. 1

Evidence that Iraq might have moved sensitive equipment and tampered with U.N. surveillance cameras drew more tough talk from the [Clinton] administration Thursday about the need to make President Saddam Hussein's government cooperate fully with U.N. inspectors searching for hidden weapons prog...

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Published inThe Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
Main Author By JOHN M. GOSHKO, Washington Post News Service
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bergen County, N.J North Jersey Media Group Inc 07.11.1997
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Bacon, Ken
Butler, Richard
Clinton, Bill
Cohen, William S
Hussein, Saddam
UNITED NATIONS
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Summary:Evidence that Iraq might have moved sensitive equipment and tampered with U.N. surveillance cameras drew more tough talk from the [Clinton] administration Thursday about the need to make President Saddam Hussein's government cooperate fully with U.N. inspectors searching for hidden weapons programs. "This is not a negotiable item," [William B. Cohen] said of Iraq's refusal to admit U.S. members of the U.N. weapons inspection teams. "It is imperative that Iraq comply with U.N. mandates." "They've turned the lights off, and it's pretty hard to take pictures when you've got no lights," he told CNN. "In other places, they've simply obstructed the cameras, put bags over the lenses." [Richard Butler] suspended U.N. weapons inspections last week after Baghdad ordered American members of the inspection teams out of the country. "There is no substitute for actually getting into buildings. We need eyeball-to-eyeball studies, and that's why it's absolutely crucial" the U.N. inspections continue, [Ken Bacon] said.