World News Tonight (ABC) - 1993-01-16
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[0:00] News on your side
[0:03] >> from ABC News World News Saturday.
[0:07] Here's Carol Simpson.
[0:09] >> Good evening. The stakes rose in the
[0:11] confrontation with Iraq tonight when the
[0:13] United Nations rejected as unacceptable
[0:16] Baghdad's new offer of a compromise on
[0:19] safe passage for UN flights into its
[0:21] territory. And Saddam Hussein's
[0:23] government threw more fuel into the fire
[0:26] by ignoring a deadline for dismantling
[0:28] Iraqi police installations on the
[0:30] Kuwaiti side of the border. We have
[0:32] several reports beginning with ABC's Jim
[0:35] Lori in Baghdad.
[0:37] As outlined by Deputy Prime Minister
[0:39] Tara Kaziz, the Iraqi compromise would
[0:41] allow the secure resumption of UN
[0:43] flights to Baghdad if the UN agrees to
[0:46] avoid the no-fly zone over southern
[0:49] Iraq.
[0:50] Iraq hereby agrees to the arrival of
[0:55] Anscom aircraft and to ensure the safety
[1:00] of these aircraft if they enter Iraqi
[1:06] airspace from the west.
[1:09] That would mean UN chemical weapons
[1:11] destruction teams now waiting in Bahrain
[1:14] to continue work begun two years ago
[1:16] would be forced to make at least an hour
[1:19] detour through Jordan to reach Iraq. In
[1:22] the past, UN teams have insisted on
[1:24] unconditional access under Gulf War
[1:27] resolutions. Terraiz denied Iraq sought
[1:30] to challenge UN resolutions. Rather,
[1:33] >> we are challenging the no-fly zone. The
[1:38] Iraqis insist the air exclusion zone
[1:40] imposed by the allies last August is not
[1:43] legal and does not reflect the will of
[1:46] the United Nations. Aziz again denounced
[1:49] President Bush for carrying out a
[1:51] personal vendetta against Iraq. He hoped
[1:53] for improved relations under Presi