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President Bush Says Saddam Hussesin Will be Stopped

Aired February 07, 2003 - 06:06   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.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: More now on the latest tough talk on Iraq in Washington. President Bush says Saddam Hussein will be stopped.
Our John King has more from the White House.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JOHN KING, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: The president is directly challenging the United Nations Security Council to hold Iraq accountable for failing to keep its latest promise to disarm. Mr. Bush says Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation to the Security Council leaves absolutely no doubt in his view that Saddam Hussein has no intention of giving up his weapons programs.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Now, the Security Council will show whether its words have any meaning. Having made its demands, the Security Council must not back down when those demands are defied and mocked by a dictator.

KING: The president also touched on another piece of U.S. intelligence that senior officials say came to their attention just in recent days.

BUSH: We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons, the very weapons the dictator tells the world he does not have.

KING: Mr. Bush says he would welcome a second resolution from the Security Council, but only if the council acts soon, and only if a second resolution was equally as tough as the first and making clear the possibility of military force to disarm Iraq.

Now, the president offered no deadline for U.N. action, but senior aides here say there are just a few weeks left in what they call the final window for diplomacy.

And the White House is also dismissing Iraq's decision to allow one of its scientists to be interviewed in private by U.N. weapons inspectors. Senior officials here say partial Iraqi cooperation is not enough, and the president warned against what he called -- quote -- "last-minute games of deception." Mr. Bush then quickly added, "The game is over."

John King, CNN, the White House.

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Aired February 7, 2003 - 06:06   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: More now on the latest tough talk on Iraq in Washington. President Bush says Saddam Hussein will be stopped.
Our John King has more from the White House.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JOHN KING, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: The president is directly challenging the United Nations Security Council to hold Iraq accountable for failing to keep its latest promise to disarm. Mr. Bush says Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation to the Security Council leaves absolutely no doubt in his view that Saddam Hussein has no intention of giving up his weapons programs.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Now, the Security Council will show whether its words have any meaning. Having made its demands, the Security Council must not back down when those demands are defied and mocked by a dictator.

KING: The president also touched on another piece of U.S. intelligence that senior officials say came to their attention just in recent days.

BUSH: We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons, the very weapons the dictator tells the world he does not have.

KING: Mr. Bush says he would welcome a second resolution from the Security Council, but only if the council acts soon, and only if a second resolution was equally as tough as the first and making clear the possibility of military force to disarm Iraq.

Now, the president offered no deadline for U.N. action, but senior aides here say there are just a few weeks left in what they call the final window for diplomacy.

And the White House is also dismissing Iraq's decision to allow one of its scientists to be interviewed in private by U.N. weapons inspectors. Senior officials here say partial Iraqi cooperation is not enough, and the president warned against what he called -- quote -- "last-minute games of deception." Mr. Bush then quickly added, "The game is over."

John King, CNN, the White House.

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