Crisis in Iraq December 1998

Travel Caution Issued

Statements by U.S. Officials Press Briefings and Excerpts From Briefings Memorandum of Understanding Between the UN and Iraq on Inspections Selected Maps

"On Wednesday, I ordered our Armed Forces to strike military and strategic targets in Iraq. They were joined by British forces. That operation is now complete, in accordance with our 70-hour plan . . . . "Our objectives in this military action were clear: to degrade Saddam's weapons of mass destruction program and related delivery systems, as well as his capacity to attack his neighbors. It will take some time to make a detailed assessment of our operation, but based on the briefing I've just received, I am confident we have achieved our mission . . . . "So long as Saddam remains in power he will remain a threat to his people, his region and the world. With our allies, we must pursue a strategy to contain him and to constrain his weapons of mass destruction program, while working toward the day Iraq has a government willing to live at peace with its people and with its neighbors." (Full Text)                       President Clinton                      Remarks on Iraq                      December 19, 1998 Bureau of Political Military Affairs Iraqi Task Force e-mail

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