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To: HighTech who wrote (28)	3/6/2003 2:32:52 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49

Actually, he asked many tough questions of Saddam. For example, he grilled him repeatedly about the missiles which Bush wants to use a pretext to invade Iraq: ============================================ Rather: Mr. President -- do you intend to destroy the Al Samoud missiles that the United Nations prohibits? Will you destroy those missiles? Translator for Saddam Hussein: (pause) (nat) We have committed ourselves to Resolution. It is on this basis that we have conducted ourselves, and it is on this basis that we will continue to behave. As you know, we are allowed to produce land to land rockets with a range of up to kilometers, and we are committed to that. Rather: I want to make sure that I understand, Mr. President. So, you do not intend to destroy these missiles? Translator for Saddam Hussein: Which missiles are you talking about? We do not have missiles that go beyond the prescribed ranges, by the U.N. Rather: I mean, the missiles that Hans Blix says that he wants a commitment from you that they will be destroyed. Translator for Saddam Hussein: No violation has been made by Iraq to anything decided by the United Nations. If the intention is to rewrite those resolutions, then we will be entering a new framework. A framework in which the United States will be made to forsake its own position and take a new road towards harming Iraq. In the interview, Saddam Hussein gave no indication he will capitulate to an ultimatum from Chief Weapons inspector Blix -- to begin destroying the missiles by this weekend. Indeed he hinted he will not. Saddam also rejected Bush Administration allegations that besides the missiles delivery system he still has weapons of mass destruction. Translator for Saddam Hussein: I think America and the United States and the world also knows that Iraq no longer has the weapons. And I believe the mobilization that's been done was in fact done partly to cover the huge lie that was being waged against Iraq, about chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. That is why, when you talk about such missiles, these missiles have been destroyed. There are no missiles that are contrary to the prescription of the United Nations in Iraq. They are no longer there. Narration: The Bush Administration says Saddam Hussein is just trying to fool the world one more time about his missiles and his weapons of mass destruction. And he faces a new U.N. resolution accusing him of failing to prove he has disarmed. A resolution which, if passed, would in effect authorize war. cbsnews.com ========================================= Note also that CBS frequently spliced its own commentary into the interview, all of it designed to make Saddam appear to be dishonest. Tom