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Wednesday, January 20,1993
Bush hands President-elect troubled times
Iraq asks Clinton to cease attacks
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Fresh air battles erupt
ed over northern Iraq on Tuesday and addi
tional U.S. warships sailed to the region as the
Bush administration prepared to hand its
troubled relationship with Iraq to President
elect Clinton.
President Bush's spokesman said the White
House wanted to see action backing up the
Iraqi offer to cease firing at allied planes in its
"no-fly zones." The incoming Clinton admin
istration, too, said it wanted more than words.
Iraq's ruling Revolutionary Command
Council — headed by Saddam Hussein —
said there would be no attacks on U.S., French
or British planes in a gesture of good will
starting at midnight on Clinton's Inaugura
tion Day.
The mcve came after Iraq asked Clinton to
abandon the allied air raid campaign, assert
ing that continued attacks would not force co
operation by Baghdad.
"There is a cease-fire regimen in place in
U.N. Resolution 687, and if Iraq complies with
that, then there should be no problem," said
presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater.
George Stephanopoulos, Clinton communi
cations director, said Iraq's offer did nothing
to change the fact that the new administration
expects "full compliance with all the require
ments of the U.N. resolutions."
"We need to see Iraq change its behavior,"
Stephanopoulos said.
At the Pentagon, spokesman Pete Williams
termed the offer "a helpful sign." But "more
important than any statement is action," he
said, citing the two issues that have drawn
Iraq and the allies into military confrontation
repeatedly in recent weeks.
He said Iraq must:
— Stop firing on U.S., British and French
aircraft patrolling the no-fly zones in the north
and south, take its anti-aircraft missiles out of
firing status and store them.
— Agree to the weapons inspections de
manded by the United Nations.
Both Williams and Fitzwater denied the
Bush administration would steer clear of force
against the Iraqi military if provoked in the fi
nal hours before Clinton is sworn in at noon
EST on Wednesday.
"We continue to watch Iraq's behavior. We
certainly would not hesitate to respond if nec
essary," said Fitzwater.
About 2:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, Iraqi missile
and radar installations "locked on" a U.S. F-
4G "Wild Weasel," which fired a anti-radar
HARM missile at the site, located some 14
miles east of the city of Mosul, Williams said.
"We're not certain of the results," he said.
About an hour later, a U.S. Air Force F-16
drew Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery fire, but did
not return the fire, Williams said.
In a third incident at 5:30 a.m. EST at a dif
ferent location, two F-16s were fired on by
Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery. They dropped four
cluster bombs at the Iraqi weaponry, but Pen
tagon officials "don't know the results,"
Williams said.
He also denied any cracks had developed
among the allies, saying "they remain united"
on the two critical points: Saddam must com
ply with U.N. resolutions and Iraq must not
interfere with allied flights in the no-fly zones.
Williams said that Iraqi jets are continuing
to fly just across the 36th parallel that forms
the southern border of the northern no-fly
zone in an attempt to lure allied aircraft into
air defense traps.
"This is sticking a toe over the line," he
said, indicating that the Iraqi flights are de
signed only to draw allied planes close
enough to surface-to-air missile batteries to
try to shoot them down.
At the White House, Fitzwater called Tues
day's skirmishes over northern Iraq "a defen-
Israeli lawmakers
abolish legislation
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JERUSALEM — Lawmakers on
Tuesday abolished a 7-year-old
law barring Israelis from meeting
with PLO members, raising hopes
that Arabs may agree to resume
Middle East peace talks.
The vote was 39-20 in the 120-
member parliament. The reason
for the low turnout was not imme-
"The move will pave the way to set
up an independent Palestinian
state living side by side will
Israel."
elude Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. :
A statement from PLO i
spokesman Bassam Abu-Sharif in
Tunisia said "the move will pave
the way to set up an independent
Palestinian state living side by
side will Israel."
He also appealed for a summit
between PLO chief Yasser Arafat
and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin,
who opposed lifting the ban.
A recent survey showed nearly
half of Israeli
legislators favor
direct negotia
tions with the
PLO, including
two-thirds of
the lawmakers
from Rabin's
-Bassam Abu-Sharif in Tunisia Labor Party.
PTO Spokesman staunchly op
posed the idea,
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to south Lebanon, Ashrawi said.
Israeli peace activist Abie Nathan,
said he would fly to Tunis on
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diately clear.
The decision could give a boost
to Israel's negotiations with Pales
tinians and Arab neighbors. The
Palestinians have vowed to boy
cott the talks until Israel allows
the repatriation of more than 400
alleged Muslim extremists ex
pelled last month.
Israel had considered the Pales
tine Liberation Organization a ter
rorist group and barred any con
tacts by Israelis.
Some officials have urged drop
ping the ban to counter the rising
influence of Muslim fundamental
ists.
Israeli liberals also have said
that open direct negotiations with
the PLO could strengthen Pales
tinian moderates who support
Middle East peace talks.
The PLO holds considerable in
fluence over the Palestinian dele
gation to the talks, which also in-
arguing that such contacts would
force Israel to deal immediately
with Palestinian demands for es
tablishing an independent state in
the occupied West Bank and Gaza
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Government officials have ac
knowledged Israel is already indi
rectly negotiating with the PLO.
Tuesday's vote annulled a 1986
amendment to Israel's anti-terror
law which barred Israelis from
meeting with members of terror
organizations.
Violators faced up to three
years in prison and several Israelis
have served time for the offense.
Among them was peace activist
Abie Nathan.
Several Israeli legislators also
have met with Arafat and other
PLO officials, but were protected
from prosecution by their parlia
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