The change in US/UK government goals has been accompanied by a change in the
US/UK media version of what happened in December 1998. Thus, four years
after the comment quoted above, NBC Today reports:
"As Washington debates when and how to attack Iraq, a surprise offer from
Baghdad. It is ready to talk about re-admitting UN weapons inspectors after
kicking them out four years ago." (Maurice DuBois, NBC's Saturday Today,
August 3, 2002)
The same transformation is found in the UK media. Brian Whitaker of The
Guardian wrote in February of this year:
"[Saddam] could still save his skin by allowing the weapons inspectors - who
were thrown out of Iraq in 1998 - to return." (Whitaker, 'Life after Saddam:
the winners and losers,' The Guardian, February 25, 2002)
The Observer noted last month that, "the Iraqi dictator is more dangerous
than he was in 1998, when the last UN inspectors were forced to leave Iraq."
(Peter Beaumont and Kamal Ahmed, 'Dossier to show Iraqi nuclear arms race,'
The Observer, September 22, 2002)
US/UK media version of what happened in December 1998. Thus, four years
after the comment quoted above, NBC Today reports:
"As Washington debates when and how to attack Iraq, a surprise offer from
Baghdad. It is ready to talk about re-admitting UN weapons inspectors after
kicking them out four years ago." (Maurice DuBois, NBC's Saturday Today,
August 3, 2002)
The same transformation is found in the UK media. Brian Whitaker of The
Guardian wrote in February of this year:
"[Saddam] could still save his skin by allowing the weapons inspectors - who
were thrown out of Iraq in 1998 - to return." (Whitaker, 'Life after Saddam:
the winners and losers,' The Guardian, February 25, 2002)
The Observer noted last month that, "the Iraqi dictator is more dangerous
than he was in 1998, when the last UN inspectors were forced to leave Iraq."
(Peter Beaumont and Kamal Ahmed, 'Dossier to show Iraqi nuclear arms race,'
The Observer, September 22, 2002)