Nightline (ABC) - 1993-01-19
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[0:00] of celebration.
[0:09] >> Just hours before the inauguration, word
[0:11] from Baghdad of a ceasefire.
[0:15] It's a great way for George Bush to end
[0:17] his presidency and the first class gift
[0:20] for Bill Clinton. The question remains,
[0:23] how long will it last?
[0:32] This is ABC News Night Line reporting
[0:36] from Washington. Ted CP.
[0:39] >> The Iraqis have declared a unilateral
[0:42] ceasefire as of 8:00 tomorrow morning
[0:44] Baghdad time, which is actually midnight
[0:46] Eastern time here. They have also
[0:49] indicated to the UN special commission
[0:51] on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction
[0:53] that it's all right now for those UN
[0:55] inspectors to come in and inspect.
[0:58] Baghdad will even guarantee their
[1:00] safety. This is being done, we're told,
[1:02] as a gesture of goodwill to the new
[1:04] American president and through him to
[1:06] the American people. The crisis then is
[1:09] over.
[1:11] Well, not so fast. Night Line has had
[1:14] access to the text of the message
[1:15] drafted and sent by Saddam Hussein's
[1:18] revolutionary council. It is a
[1:20] convoluted message, but in plain
[1:22] language, it says that President Clinton
[1:24] is being given time to reconsider the
[1:27] mistakes of his predecessor. The Iraqis
[1:30] want those nofly zones imposed by the
[1:32] Bush administration in northern and
[1:34] southern Iraq lifted. Baghdad also wants
[1:37] the UN embargo against Iraq lifted. We
[1:41] believe, says the statement, that the
[1:42] coming months are sufficient for the
[1:45] consideration of these questions. Take
[1:48] your time, in other words, but there is
[1:50] the implied suggestion, if not the
[1:52] threat, that if those changes do not
[1:54] come about in the coming months. Well