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NATO Back U.N. Resolution on Iraq
Aired November 21, 2002 - 09:32 ET
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PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: NATO says it's stands united in its commitment to take action to support the United Nations with the Iraq resolution.
Nic Robertson joins us from Baghdad now with some reaction from Iraq to the news that NATO will be adding its weight to the U.N. resolution.
What's the spin there, Nic?
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's kind of the same as usual, Paula. What happens here, it takes a little while for Iraqi officials to digest this sort of news, and that's what we're seeing at the moment, no official reaction. What we're hearing a lot of today at the moment and at least late last night, as well, the Iraqi officials highlighting the number of a what they call infringement of flight air space. Iraqi News Agency saying as many as 83 such infringements just yesterday. That is a hot issue here. Of course, the Iraqis Saying that these very flights in the no-fly zone, the accusation of the United States by Iraq firing on those aircraft, they're in breech of 1441.
The Iraqis saying that the United States here just trying to overshadow all the goodwill that Iraqi is trying to show towards the U.N. inspectors at this stage.
A piece of significant news from the vice president, Chahin Yassin Ramadan (ph), an indication that perhaps Iraqi scientists can talk to U.N. inspectors. Now he said that Iraqi scientists and people should feel free in their dealings with the U.N. inspectors.
Of course, this is significant because the U.N. resolution calls for U.N. inspectors to talk privately, even outside the country, with Iraqi scientists. Of course, as U.N. inspectors suspect, Iraqi scientists have or could say a good deal of information about possible dual use, about possible uses for biological and chemical components in weapon systems -- Paula.
ZAHN: Nic Robertson, we're going to leave it there at this hour. Thanks for the update. Appreciate it.
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Aired November 21, 2002 - 09:32 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: NATO says it's stands united in its commitment to take action to support the United Nations with the Iraq resolution.
Nic Robertson joins us from Baghdad now with some reaction from Iraq to the news that NATO will be adding its weight to the U.N. resolution.
What's the spin there, Nic?
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's kind of the same as usual, Paula. What happens here, it takes a little while for Iraqi officials to digest this sort of news, and that's what we're seeing at the moment, no official reaction. What we're hearing a lot of today at the moment and at least late last night, as well, the Iraqi officials highlighting the number of a what they call infringement of flight air space. Iraqi News Agency saying as many as 83 such infringements just yesterday. That is a hot issue here. Of course, the Iraqis Saying that these very flights in the no-fly zone, the accusation of the United States by Iraq firing on those aircraft, they're in breech of 1441.
The Iraqis saying that the United States here just trying to overshadow all the goodwill that Iraqi is trying to show towards the U.N. inspectors at this stage.
A piece of significant news from the vice president, Chahin Yassin Ramadan (ph), an indication that perhaps Iraqi scientists can talk to U.N. inspectors. Now he said that Iraqi scientists and people should feel free in their dealings with the U.N. inspectors.
Of course, this is significant because the U.N. resolution calls for U.N. inspectors to talk privately, even outside the country, with Iraqi scientists. Of course, as U.N. inspectors suspect, Iraqi scientists have or could say a good deal of information about possible dual use, about possible uses for biological and chemical components in weapon systems -- Paula.
ZAHN: Nic Robertson, we're going to leave it there at this hour. Thanks for the update. Appreciate it.
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