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UNITED NATIONS, New York: The impasse '
between'the United States and France over military
action in Iraq bas deepened in recent days
after an effort to reach a compromise stalled, with
the French insisting that the American's must
come back to the UN Security Council before they
can use force, according to diplomats.
President Geo~e W. Bush spoke of the United
Nations in conciliatory terms Monday, insisting
that the negotiations were still moving forward.
"We are working with all the parties to get a
resolution done," he said. "Anything we do must
make it very clear that Saddam must disarm. or
there will be co~equences." . ,,' ,_ ,
However, Bush' said; "Thème of the military is
my last choice, is my last desite. " "
As part oftheir effottto explore all options
, short of war, senior administration officials said
that they were trying to foment an uprising in
Iraq, a strategy they bad dismissed as recently as ,
last spring. '. ,
Congressional officials said that the CIA had
already begun covert oPerations in the Kurdish
area of northern Iraq. And military officials S;lid
the Pentagon planned to,start a psychological-operations
campaign. which would probably include
broadcasts and leaflet-drops in coming weeks
'q.rging Iraqi military leaders to defect or rise up
against President SaddaJt1Hussein.
The steps were being taken as diplomats at the
United Nations reported that more, than ~ month
of top-level diplomacy had so far failed to bring
, the major powers on the Security Council closer
together on the~ough resolution favored by the
United States and Britain.
The United States and Britain want one resolution
that includes tough new conditions for
u.s. split with France deepens over
.useof-force~inIraq
By Julia ~e8toliand Eric SêhJ:D.itt was not convinced that the new terms ,meant
The ~ York TImes Washington was ready to come back to the Security
Council for another vote before launching a
military assault, the diplomats said.
Several permanent council members do not
agree with Washington's proposals for security
guards from other countries for the inspectors
and for the council members to attach their own
'experts to the UN weapons teains. '
Pressure is mounting for the United States to
come forward officially with the resolution it
drafted with Britain.
The nations that do not hold seats on the 15-
member Security Council have pushed the counciito
hold an open debate on Iraq; this is scheduled
to begin on Wednesday. Hans Blix, the head
~fthe lIN weapons inspections team, has said he
ho~es to get to work in Iraq as close as possible
to ah Oct.19 date that Baghdad offered for the advance
team to arrive.
Meanwhile, American officials say they are
exploring options short ofwar. One official who
was inv6lved in drafting Bush's speech a week
, ago in Cincinnati said that an appeal to Iraq's
generals not to use chemical or biological
weapons had been inserted "quite deliberately."
The president's remarks' followed a suggestion
from Bush's press secretary, Ari Fleischer,
that "a single bullet" could be a quick way for the
Iraqi people to avoid a major conflict with the
United States and its allies.
The shift toward encouraging a coup contrasts
with statements last spring, when officials
were openly dismissive of any hope of prompting
a rebellion within Iraq, noting that it had'
been tried unsuccessfully at least six times in
thel990s~
Now, their tone has changed as the administration
pursues what it says is an effort to exhaust
all options short of war.
weapons inspectors in Iraq and an authorization
to use force should the Iraqis refuse to disarm.
France wants any authorization to use force in a
second resolution. Russia and China have leaned
to the French view. ,
As the veto-bearing permanent members of the
Security Council, these five nations are crucial to
the effort to forge an internationally accepted
policy on Iraq; While both France and the United
S~ates continued to press their positions, diplomats
Reuters
from several council nations said that they' "
Sililhöped toa~i(r a déiiïaging, permanent rift BAGHDAD: President Saddam Hus-
Saddam talks of u.s. threat
in rare interview, Iraqis say
over Iraq. ", ',' ,,' " , , sein on Wednesday gave a rare inter-
The diploIll8ts said they wanted to see a resolu. view to Qatar's Al Jazeera satellite teletion
come to ilvote before the end of next week.' vision, discussing the Palestinian
France bas prepared an alternative proposal to situation and the threatened U.S. milithat
of the United States but bas been using i( tary action against Baghdad, the official
primarily to try to coax Washin~on closer its po- Iraqi press agency said.
sition. diplomats said. Both Sides believe they, The agency, INA, did not say when the
could win a majority of the 15council votes. 'interview, the firSt with Saddam since
, Diplomats said that repeated telephone calls the 1991GulfWar, would be broadcast.
from' Bush to other presidents of veto-bearin8 "The Qatari Al Jazeera channel concouncil
nations, including Jacques Chirac ofFran~ ducted an intervièw with President
and Vladimir Putin of Russ1ll, and almost daily ,Saddam Hussein that tackled the polit-
'conversations between top diplomats from those ical situation in the Arab nation and the
countries ~.produœd no sigq,üican~ movelIlent. world and Iraq's stand toward Arab's vi-
. French and American diplomats searched for' tal issues, in the forefront of which the
compromise in talks last week, council diplo- Palestinian cause and the uprising of
mats said, discussing word changes in the U.S.' our brave people against the Zionist ocdraft
resolution that would soften the threat of cupation." the agency said.
force to a warning of "serious consequences." INA said Saddam presented his vi-
But ~hey did not reach agreement, ;is.France sion for the future of!l1e Arab re~ion
under the U.S. threats of military attack
on Iraq and the effects of the U.S. military
presence in the Arab region on stability
and security.
"The president tackled during the interview
with Mohammed Jassim All,
head of the channel and Faisal Qassim
presenter of the 'Opposite Direction,'
relations between Iraq and the United
Nations and the importance that the Security
Council honors its pledges and
commitments towards Iraq," the agency
said.
INA said that Saddam explained the
"real" objectives behind escalation of
the U.S.administration of threats to use
force against Iraq.
He shed light on Iraq's acceptance for
allowing UN inspectors back into Iraq,
it said.
'bn' Monday, President George W.
Bush told Americans that the Iraqi
threats to the United States were grOW-