----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 8:01 AM Subject: [STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Albright: U.S. Will Threaten Force In Middle East, Persian Gulf STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK http://www.newsday.com/ap/text/topnews/ap128.htm [A couple of weeks ago it was it was Colombia. A couple of days ago it was Yugoslavia, again. Yesterday Haiti and the entire Near East, and tomorrow the whole world. Und Morgen die ganze Welt.] September 13, 2000 Albright: US Will Threaten Force by BARRY SCHWEID AP Diplomatic Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The United States will back vigorous diplomacy with a threat of force to preserve stability through the Middle East and Persian Gulf, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Wednesday. While Albright did not identify the potential targets in a speech to a Jewish group, a senior U.S. official said the United States would take military action if Iraq rebuilt its arsenals of dangerous weapons. Albright harshly criticized Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Tuesday in her last official speech Tuesday to the United Nations. She urged the countries of the world to ''stand up to the campaign launched by Baghdad against the U.N.'s authority and international law.'' In a news conference afterward, Albright denounced Saddam as a villain. She said she was not threatening force if Iraq did not permit a new U.N. inspection commission under Hans Blix, a Swedish arms control expert, to look for hidden weapons of mass destruction. But she also said ''we have our red lines'' and that the United States did not want to see Iraq rebuild its weapons arsenals, take action against the Kurds or ''threaten the neighborhood.'' Her statement Wednesday to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations indicated force was a U.S. option in such circumstances. On the other hand, the senior U.S. official who briefed State Department reporters here said the penalty Iraq would pay if it defied U.N. inspectors was continued economic sanctions. Two years ago, the United States and Britain conducted air strikes to punish Iraq for refusing to cooperate with weapons inspectors. The administration evidently is not looking for another confrontation with Saddam over inspections. But Albright's reference to ''red lines'' appears to indicate the United States could use force if Iraq crosses those unspecified red lines. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb
