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turkish daily news / September 13, 1993
Iraq-UN talks adjourn, arms pact still in limbo
• Baghdad wants a UN oil embargo
lifted as soon as arms inspectors
are satisfied that it has scrapped
all its dangerous weapons
Reuters
UNITED NATIONS- U.N. and Iraqi officials
ended a week of intensive disarmament talks without
an agreement but cautiously optimistic of
progress towards a deal that 'eventually would allow
Iraq to sell oil freely.
Key differences remain, however. Iraq wants a
United Nations oil embargo lifted as soon as arms
inspectors arè satisfied that it has scrapped all its
dangerous weapons.
The U.N. Special Commission in charge of dismantling
Iraq's war machine insists that a long-term
monitonng program designed to ensure Baghdad
does not reacquIre banned arms must be implemented
before it can recommend sanctions be lifted. U.N.
Secretary-General Boutras Boutros-Ghali conferred
with the chief Iraqi negotiator, General Amir Rasheed,
director of Baghdad's military-industrial authority.
U.N. sources said he sent a personal message
to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein but they
would not reveal its contents.
Rolf Ekeus, the Swedish head of the U.N. commission,
has threatened not tocontinue the crucial
weapons talks, expected to resume in Baghdad in
October, unlessIraq activates U.N. surveillance
cameras installed at two missile sites near Baghdad.
The cameras were put in place but not turned on
after a standoff between Iraq and the United Nations
in June which brought a threat of force from the Security
Council. Rasheed said Iraq had considered the
cameras part of the long-term monitoring program
but now decided they were just a technical issue. He
said he foresaw no problem in activating them but
needed 'approval first from his &overnment. ~e
sanctions, which have caused conSIderable hardship
to the Iraqi people as well as the country's economy,
were imposed in Aug: 1990 shortly after B~ghdad's
troops invaded KuwaIt. The troops were dnven out
during the 1991 GulfWar.
Under a cease-fire resolution in April 1991, Iraq
must destroy an~ disclose th~ s~urces of its nuclear,
chemical, bIOlogIcaland ballIstic weapons. The special
commission would then recommend that the Security
Cou~cillift ~heembargo on eXlX!rts,including
oil. SanctIOns on Imports to Iraq are lInked to compliance
with a hast of ~t~er demands, rangi~g from
human rights to recogmtIOn of ~he border WI~ Kuwait.
After three years of suffenng under a stnngent
trade embargo, diplomats believe Iraq has shown increasing
willingness to compromise and reveal data.
Ekeus said fraq provided new information about
its chemical and mIssile production plants and suppliers
but said he expected more data.
Rasheed told a news conference he thought all
outstanding problems -- the data Ekeus was seeking
on weapons and suppliers as well as plans for the
ongoing monitoring -- could be settled by the end of
November.
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But he said the Security Council should I!ft the
embargo on oil sales or at l~ast. assure Iraq It was
willing to do so before ~o~ltonng plans co~ld be
implemented. But there IS lIttle chance he will get
any such assur~ce.s from the Council: Ekeus estimates
his commISSIOnneeds at least SIXmonths to
check all information and implement the monitoring
plans once an agreement is r~ched. .
The Iraqi general made It clear hIs government
was apprehensive about ongoing U.N. demands
without any indicat!on that ~e e~bargo w~uld be
lifted. "We cannot Just contInue ImplementIng ac-
-tions," he said: Ekeus.in the p~st months has had
private talks WIthAmencan, Bntlsh and Frenc~ offi.
cials in an effort to get assurances they woul~ hft t.he
embargo once he is satisfied Iraq has complIed WIth
all weapons demands.
Some U.S. officials fear that they would hav~ no
controlover Iraq in implementing other resolutIOns
once the oil embargo is 1ifted.
CHPSoutheast report warns
wsnch to 'mass action'
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA- A CHP (Republican People's Party)
probe on recent developments in the Southeast
warns of a switch in the PKK's (outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party) hit-and-run tactics to "mass action,"
Anatolia news agency reported Friday.
"Therefore, security forces must be trained to adequately
counter such mass actions while doing
their utmost not to harm people's right to life and
security," reads the report prepared by CHP parliamentary
group deputy chairman, Ali Dinçerler, and
Kard deputy Atilla Hun.
"The PKK has managed to garner popular support
through terrorist activity.
That fact cannot be used to justify further violence
committed by state security forces in the region.
Such practices as the forced evacuation of villages
for security reasons must immediately be
abolished," it says. '
The report says the CHP believes there are efforts
to justify militaryoperations against those who
have been forced to.side with the PKK.
"Such an adventurist policy per se is highly dangerous
to the future of the country. Even the fact
that such speculation has arisen among the masses
is dangerous enough," itadds. The report points out
that trade centers such as Dogubeyazlt, Yüksekova
and Cizre are the settlements hardest hit by rampant
violence in the region ..
"If violence there is a tesult of an attempt to prevent
the PKK from extorting protection money
from small businesses, then that means the people
of the region are being targeted as well as the PKK.
To erase the popular belief to that effect, the state
must follow consistent, trustworthy policies," the
report maintains.