Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:10:28 -0000
From: janetolson@sprintmail.com ("HillbillyShoes_98")
Subject: [azpeace] Panel Passes Iraq Resolution
To: azpeace@yahoogroups.com
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Panel Passes Iraq Resolution, AP, 12 Dec 01:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20011212/pl/congress_iraq_2.html
WASHINGTON (AP) - Iraq's refusal to allow U.N. weapons inspectors
into the country presents a mounting threat to the United States and
its allies, according to a House International Relations Committee
resolution.
The committee vote Wednesday came days after President Bush warned
Iraq it would be held accountable if it developed weapons of mass
destruction, and amid public debate over whether Saddam should be the
next target in the war against terrorism.
The resolution, now headed for the full House, said Iraq should allow
U.N. weapons inspectors ``immediate, unconditional and unrestricted
access'' and refusal to do so ``presents a mounting threat to the
United States, its allies and international peace and security.''
Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, R-Ill., said there is every reason to
believe that Saddam has rebuilt his nuclear, biological and chemical
weapons programs since he stopped allowing inspections in 1998.
The events of Sept. 11 ``demonstrate the severity of this threat to
the United States,'' Hyde said.
Time was running out for the Iraqi leader, said Rep. Tom Lantos of
California, the top Democrat on the committee. ``Saddam Hussein has
one last chance to comply,'' he said.
The resolution writers toned down original language that said keeping
out weapons inspectors ``should be considered an act of aggression
against the United States,'' and stressed that they were not
authorizing the president to use military force against Saddam.
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, the single holdout in the 32-1 vote, said it
still went too far. ``It's jingoistic, it talks about
confrontation,'' he said, asking why the United States singles out
Iraq for attack when it tries to promote dialogue in other world
disputes.
The Iraqi government agreed to weapons inspections as part of its
acceptance of terms ending the Gulf War in 1991. The United States
accused Iraq of withholding documents and otherwise impeding the
inspections until they were finally halted in 1998.
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The bill is H.J. Res. 75
On the NET:
International Relations Committee: http://www.house.gov/international-
relations/
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