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To: Scrapps who wrote (11763)	1/18/1998 1:19:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 22053

Iraq fears U.S. military strike United Press International - January 18, 1998 12:38 %INTERNATIONAL %IRAQ %US V%UPI P%UPI UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 18 (UPI) - The Iraqi government, continuing to defy United Nations inspectors by blocking access to suspected weapons sites, now fears a military strike by the United States and Britain. Iraq's U.N. Ambassador Nizar Hamdoon told NBC's ''Meet The Press'' and Fox ''News Sunday'' that a strike is ''plausible'' because the United States and Britain have stepped up their armed presence in the middle east. On the seventh anniversary of the Gulf War, Hamdoon also confirmed that Iraq had set April or May as the deadline for the withdrawal of the U.N. Special Commission (UNSCOM), which continues its efforts to locate weapons of mass destruction - such as nuclear, chemical and biological arms - in Iraq. Unless Iraq satisfies UNSCOM demands for full access to all sites, including presidential palaces, the United Nations will not recommend lifting the economic sanctions against it. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, appearing on ''Meet The Press'' would not rule out a military strike but said she was persisting with diplomatic efforts, mustering U.N. Security Council members against Iraq. ''UNSCOM is the eyes and ears of the world,'' said Albright. ''It is the vehicle for ending the sanctions . ''We should continue on the course we're on but the use of military force is an option and we have made that very clear.'' Hamdoon emphasized that presidential palaces remained off limits to inspectors. ''The palaces are a symbol of the dignity of the country and we cannot allow them to be inspected.'' He continued to argue that American inspector Scott Ritter, whose leadership of an UNSCOM team prompted this week's denial of access by the Iraqis, was a spy ''more interested in satisfying American interests than doing his job as a U.N. official.'' But Hamdoon did not consider a military strike ''inevitable'' because many Security Council member states wanted to persist with diplomacy. -- Copyright 1998 by United Press International. All rights reserved. --