Return to Transcripts main page
CNN Live At Daybreak
Deadline Looms for Iraq
Aired November 13, 2002 - 06:08 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: It is Showdown Iraq. The U.N. is awaiting word from Saddam Hussein: Will he let U.N. weapons inspectors back into the country? The Iraqi parliament voted to reject the return of U.N. inspectors, but Iraq still has until Friday to accept the U.N. resolution.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If Saddam Hussein does not comply to the detail of the resolution, we will lead a coalition to disarm him. It's over. We're through negotiations -- there's no more time.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CALLAWAY: And for the latest, we head to Baghdad and CNN's Rym Brahimi.
Rym -- what's the latest from there?
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Catherine, a sign maybe that the leadership is leaning towards accepting the resolution, or maybe I should say another sign, because there have been a few indications of that in the past few days.
In this morning's press, the state-run media, they are not reporting the rejection by the National Assembly of that resolution. What they are reporting is the second part of the vote that happened in the past couple of days that happened yesterday, where in which the National Assembly actually voted to authorize, was the wording, the president to decide what he believes is appropriate for the country and the Iraqi people.
So, that's quite significant, and the only media that actually reported the rejection of the resolution was the English-language media here in Baghdad. All of the rest of the Arabic dailies, the state-run media, never mentioned the rejection. They only mentioned that part in which the National Assembly asked the president to decide.
Now, that's relevant. It's also relevant, because as the president of the parliament was saying, the vote was maybe more a message to the outside world than anything else.
Now, we'll be waiting until Friday to see what the Revolutionary Command Council decides, and we'll be keeping you updated with all of the latest -- Catherine. CALLAWAY: All right, thank you, Rym -- Rym Brahimi in Baghdad.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
Aired November 13, 2002 - 06:08 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: It is Showdown Iraq. The U.N. is awaiting word from Saddam Hussein: Will he let U.N. weapons inspectors back into the country? The Iraqi parliament voted to reject the return of U.N. inspectors, but Iraq still has until Friday to accept the U.N. resolution.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If Saddam Hussein does not comply to the detail of the resolution, we will lead a coalition to disarm him. It's over. We're through negotiations -- there's no more time.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CALLAWAY: And for the latest, we head to Baghdad and CNN's Rym Brahimi.
Rym -- what's the latest from there?
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Catherine, a sign maybe that the leadership is leaning towards accepting the resolution, or maybe I should say another sign, because there have been a few indications of that in the past few days.
In this morning's press, the state-run media, they are not reporting the rejection by the National Assembly of that resolution. What they are reporting is the second part of the vote that happened in the past couple of days that happened yesterday, where in which the National Assembly actually voted to authorize, was the wording, the president to decide what he believes is appropriate for the country and the Iraqi people.
So, that's quite significant, and the only media that actually reported the rejection of the resolution was the English-language media here in Baghdad. All of the rest of the Arabic dailies, the state-run media, never mentioned the rejection. They only mentioned that part in which the National Assembly asked the president to decide.
Now, that's relevant. It's also relevant, because as the president of the parliament was saying, the vote was maybe more a message to the outside world than anything else.
Now, we'll be waiting until Friday to see what the Revolutionary Command Council decides, and we'll be keeping you updated with all of the latest -- Catherine. CALLAWAY: All right, thank you, Rym -- Rym Brahimi in Baghdad.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
