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To: Platter who wrote (32911)	12/16/1998 12:40:00 PM
From: Captain James T. Kirk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

Oh Boy, Russian guy is stepping in with his bleeding heart. I wonder why Russia is pro Iraq ? they must be up to something. Russian Fornmin Says Unscom Head Does Not Have Power To Act On His Own In Iraq Crisis Russia urges U.N. meeting on Iraq crisis (Expands with more quotes, background) MOSCOW, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov called on Wednesday for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to consider a report by the chief U.N. arms inspector in Iraq, Richard Butler, Russian news agencies said. They quoted Ivanov, who was in Spain, as saying U.N. arms inspectors should continue their work in Iraq and charging that Butler had grossly exceeded his authority by ordering them to leave the country. The inspectors, charged with dismantling Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, left Iraq on Wednesday after Butler reported to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that Iraq had not restored full cooperation with his Special Commission (UNSCOM). ''It is now necessary to maintain restraint, evaluate the real situation and define what further steps must be taken to continue the work of the Special Commission,'' Itar-Tass news agency quoted Ivanov as saying during a conference in Madrid. The United States and Britain have both warned Iraq that they could launch air strikes without warning if they judge it has reneged on a pledge -- which narrowly averted military action last month -- to comply fully with UNSCOM's demands. Tass quoted Ivanov as saying that Butler, ''grossly exceeding his authority, unilaterally ordered the evacuation of the Special Commission from Iraq.'' ''Unfortunately, these actions lead still further to the complication and inflammation of tension around Iraq,'' he was quoted as saying. ''This contradicts his authority and we will raise this issue at the U.N. Security Council session.'' Tass and another agency, RIA, said Ivanov wanted a special Security Council session on Iraq. ''If Butler does not cope with his work, then the issue should be raised of whether he is suitable for the position he currently occupies,'' RIA quoted Ivanov as saying. ''The continuation of the U.N. Special Commission's work is the only way for Baghdad to comply with U.N. Security Council resolutions. There is no other way to carry them out,'' he added, according to RIA. Russia, which is broadly sympathetic to Iraq but has insisted that Baghdad must cooperate with UNSCOM, also objected after Butler evacuated his inspectors from Iraq during last month's crisis. The UNSCOM chief visited Moscow earlier this month, but little was released of his talks. Immediately afterwards, Russia hosted Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz for several days. Russia, a veto-holding permanent member of the Security Council, has repeated during every Iraq crisis that no military action can be taken without U.N. authorisation. The United States and Britain reject that view.