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CNN Live At Daybreak
International News Desk
Aired April 30, 2003 - 06:51 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time to talk more international news now. We want to talk more about that road map to peace plan that's going to be presented at 10 Eastern time this morning.
DAVID CLINCH, CNN INTERNATIONAL EDITOR: Right, actually, two deliveries today, one version or the same thing. One will be delivered to the Palestinian Authority. In a separate place, the United States will deliver it to the Israeli government today. This is the road map for peace that we've all been waiting for for a long time. But I think one of the things I wanted to talk about that we need to remember is that it is just a road map, a guide, a framework.
A lot of talk going on about what the Palestinians will do with this road map, what the Israelis will do with this road map. I think one of the key things that we need to keep our eye on is what the United States government will do with this road map. They've delivered it, but that's the first opening shot.
COSTELLO: Well, and how much they're willing to change it, possibly, too.
CLINCH: Right. How much flexibility will they show? I mean I think the key thing following Iraq, where they basically imposed a solution, there is a lot of interest now in whether they can combine their power and their strength with diplomacy in this regard.
COSTELLO: Because Israel wants it changed now.
CLINCH: Absolutely.
COSTELLO: It's already talking about not one change, but many changes.
CLINCH: Oh, you're just, you're at the start of years of negotiations and changes. And it will require that delicate balance of power and diplomacy. So we'll be watching very closely.
COSTELLO: And before DAYBREAK is over, I wanted to talk about this letter in the Arab newspaper that was supposedly written and signed by Saddam Hussein.
CLINCH: Right. I mean we don't know exactly how seriously to take this. But, of course, the point is it's got echoes of Osama bin Laden written all over it. I mean this is the beginning of what will probably be many looters and messages and suggestions that Saddam is alive, which, of course, he may still be. The possibility that he's still alive, just as the possibility that Osama bin Laden was alive, is a haunting nightmare scenario that goes on for years and years for the United States.
COSTELLO: When will we know if that letter is legitimate?
CLINCH: Probably not really ever. It may well be his signature and we may be able to say that. But that, of course, doesn't prove that he's still alive so.
COSTELLO: Well, supposedly it was dated Monday.
CLINCH: Yes.
COSTELLO: But I don't know if the date of Monday...
CLINCH: If you believe everything you read.
COSTELLO: No, I don't, but if it was dated Monday and it's in his handwriting, is there a way to...
CLINCH: There may very well be. There may very well be. But, you know, again, proof that it was written on a certain day and that that is his signature does not prove that he's alive, just like Osama bin Laden, the suggestion that he's still alive is really what counts here.
COSTELLO: It's intriguing, though, isn't it?
CLINCH: Absolutely.
COSTELLO: Yes.
David Clinch, many thanks.
CLINCH: OK.
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Aired April 30, 2003 - 06:51 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time to talk more international news now. We want to talk more about that road map to peace plan that's going to be presented at 10 Eastern time this morning.
DAVID CLINCH, CNN INTERNATIONAL EDITOR: Right, actually, two deliveries today, one version or the same thing. One will be delivered to the Palestinian Authority. In a separate place, the United States will deliver it to the Israeli government today. This is the road map for peace that we've all been waiting for for a long time. But I think one of the things I wanted to talk about that we need to remember is that it is just a road map, a guide, a framework.
A lot of talk going on about what the Palestinians will do with this road map, what the Israelis will do with this road map. I think one of the key things that we need to keep our eye on is what the United States government will do with this road map. They've delivered it, but that's the first opening shot.
COSTELLO: Well, and how much they're willing to change it, possibly, too.
CLINCH: Right. How much flexibility will they show? I mean I think the key thing following Iraq, where they basically imposed a solution, there is a lot of interest now in whether they can combine their power and their strength with diplomacy in this regard.
COSTELLO: Because Israel wants it changed now.
CLINCH: Absolutely.
COSTELLO: It's already talking about not one change, but many changes.
CLINCH: Oh, you're just, you're at the start of years of negotiations and changes. And it will require that delicate balance of power and diplomacy. So we'll be watching very closely.
COSTELLO: And before DAYBREAK is over, I wanted to talk about this letter in the Arab newspaper that was supposedly written and signed by Saddam Hussein.
CLINCH: Right. I mean we don't know exactly how seriously to take this. But, of course, the point is it's got echoes of Osama bin Laden written all over it. I mean this is the beginning of what will probably be many looters and messages and suggestions that Saddam is alive, which, of course, he may still be. The possibility that he's still alive, just as the possibility that Osama bin Laden was alive, is a haunting nightmare scenario that goes on for years and years for the United States.
COSTELLO: When will we know if that letter is legitimate?
CLINCH: Probably not really ever. It may well be his signature and we may be able to say that. But that, of course, doesn't prove that he's still alive so.
COSTELLO: Well, supposedly it was dated Monday.
CLINCH: Yes.
COSTELLO: But I don't know if the date of Monday...
CLINCH: If you believe everything you read.
COSTELLO: No, I don't, but if it was dated Monday and it's in his handwriting, is there a way to...
CLINCH: There may very well be. There may very well be. But, you know, again, proof that it was written on a certain day and that that is his signature does not prove that he's alive, just like Osama bin Laden, the suggestion that he's still alive is really what counts here.
COSTELLO: It's intriguing, though, isn't it?
CLINCH: Absolutely.
COSTELLO: Yes.
David Clinch, many thanks.
CLINCH: OK.
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