DATE=12/20/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-243325
TITLE=ALBRIGHT / SADDAM (S)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT SAYS U-S LED AIR 
STRIKES HAVE REDUCES IRAQ'S ABILITY TO THREATEN ITS NEIGHBORS.  
CORRESPONDENT KYLE KING REPORTS THE SECRETARY DISMISSES IRAQI 
CLAIMS OF VICTORY OVER THE UNITED STATES.

TEXT:  SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT SAYS 70-HOURS OF BOMBING LEFT 
SADDAM HUSSEIN IN A WEAKER POSITION BECAUSE MANY OF HIS MOST 
IMPORTANT MILITARY FACILITIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

                       // ALBRIGHT ACT //

         THE REGION IS SAFER BECAUSE WE HAVE MANAGED, I THINK, TO
         DEGRADE HIS ABILITY TO THREATEN HIS NEIGHBORS.  THE BOX 
         THAT HE IS IN IS STRONGER, BECAUSE OF THE CREDIBILITY OF
         OUR USE OF FORCE.

                          // END ACT //

SPEAKING (SUNDAY) ON N-B-C TELEVISION'S "MEET THE PRESS PROGRAM",
MS. ALBRIGHT ADMITTED IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY IF ALL OF IRAQ'S 
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

BUT, RECITING A LIST OF FACILITIES THAT HAD BEEN BOMBED, SHE SAID
SADDAM HUSSEIN'S STATEMENTS OF VICTORY WERE NOTHING MORE THAN 
PROPAGANDA.   (SIGNED)

NEB/KBK/RAE

20-Dec-98 11:28 AM EST (1628 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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