Reuters. 16 March 2002. Reuters. 16 March 2002. Iraq Able to Resist U.S. Military Action -Saddam
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said on Saturday his country would be able to resist U.S. military action but could not prevent it. During a meeting with visiting Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh, Saddam said Washington was more interested in imposing its will on Iraq than in seeing Baghdad implement U.N. resolutions. He also blasted what he called U.S. double standards in its Middle East policy. "Probably we cannot prevent the aggression, but we will be able to resist it," the Iraqi News Agency INA quoted Saddam as saying. "America can harm the Iraqi people by launching guided missiles... but it cannot thwart their will," he said. "They (Americans) are lying when they say they want (us) to respect international law -- rather they want to impose their will under the cover of world law," Saddam said. Saddam also accused Washington of double standards in its Middle East policy. He said Iraq would respect Washington and the U.N. Security Council if they pressed the Israelis "to withdraw from Syria's Golan Heights, parts of Lebanon and Palestine," in the same manner they pressed Iraq to implement U.N. resolutions. On Saturday, Saddam sent his Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz to four northern African countries to rally opposition against possible U.S. strikes on Iraq. His move is seen here as a counter to the current tour by Vice President Dick Cheney to the Middle East which includes talks on gaining support for military action against Baghdad. ------------------------------------------- Macdonald Stainsby http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international "They are all Enron, we are all Argentina" --WEF protesters. ---- In the contradiction lies the hope. --Bertholt Brecht _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
