(22 Mar 1998) T/I 11:01:08
The legal committee of Iraq's National Assembly is recommending
that President Clinton and former US president George Bush be
put on trial for war crimes.
The move is in response to a vote in the US Senate earlier this
month recommending that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein be tried as
a war criminal.
Bush is resented for his actions during the Gulf War while both
he and Clinton are resented for the subsequent UN policy of
sanctions against Iraq that were instigated by the US.
The recommendation came on the day that UN weapons chief Richard
Butler arrived in Iraq on his first visit since the Iraqi-UN
accord on inspections of presidential sites.
Separately UNICEF and Iraqi officials jointly opened a new water
purification system in Baghdad. The maintenance of the city's
water system has been badly hit by sanctions, leading to
disease, particularly among children.
SHOWS:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ 21-22/03
22/03
WS exterior of UNSCOM headquarters;
VS UN personnel;
VS UN vehicles leave compound;
WS exterior Al Rasheed hotel;
MS Jayantha Dhanapala arrives at hotel;
SOT Dhanapala (in English) "We have a brief to watch all
developments between Iraq and the United Nations, it will help
avert any escalation of crisis that may arise or develop.. in
other words we are trying to achieve the objectives of the
United Nations and its actvities here - trying to bring about
peace";
WS interior Iraqi parliament where national assembly
emergency meeting taking place;
VS parliamentarians;
SOT Dr Mouzaffar Aldahami, member of national assembly (in
English) "This is an extraordinary meeting held by our
parliament to discuss the American senate decision about
accusing the Iraqis of committing crimes. Really from my point
of view this is a funny and disgusting decision because the
members of the senate who voted for this decision know very well
who are the criminals who used destructive weapons during the
wars whether in Vietnam, Korea or the Second World War";
21/03
SOT Iraqi engineer (in English): "This project has been
planned to be phased out since the eighties... since applying
for a big project for developments in two sites... but due to
sanctions this phasing out has been delayed and the efforts have
been concentrated to rehabilitate this project";
PAN across water purifcation plant;
VS UNICEF reps and Iraq
officials open water purification system;
Runs 3.26
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