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Troops must prepare for any kind of contingency in Gulf: Cohen

UN refuses to exclude Americans from arms inspection teams
UNITED NATIONS. Nov 12: Principle has taken priority over practicality in the Iraqi arms inspection showdown, reports AP.
The United Nations refuses to take Americans off inspection teams, even though doing so means its teams are barred from Iraqi military sites.
As a result, the United Nations has not performed any on-the-ground inspections for more than 10 days The chief inspector. Richard Butler, has warneri that Iraq may be using the period to resume producing banned weapons.
UN officials, however, insist there is a principle at stake.
At a time when the United States. Britain and others on the Security Council are demanding that Iraq rescind its order banning Americans. UN officials believe it would be a sign of weakness for the United Nations to bow to Iraq's de-
mand — even’ for short term gain.
"No. no. it's just out of the question, it's just out of the question." Butler, an Australian, said Tuesday when asked whether it would be better to limit the teams to non-Amer-icans until the issue is resolved.
"Our teams in a lot of cases include Americans," Butler added. Tm sorry, you're falling into exactly the trap you’re supposed to fall into."
Butler's team, the UN Special Commission or UNSCOM. doesn't even like to talk about nationalities. Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz said Monday that 32 per cent of UN-SCOM’s present staff were Americans.
Iraq claims the United States dominates the inspection programme and has used it to spy on Baghdad and stall on lifting economic sanctions imposed in 1990 after President
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.
Butler is Australian and his deputy. Charles Duelfer. is an American. Butler's predecessor. Rolf Ekeus. is now Sweden's ambassador to Washington.
Another AP report adds: US military forces have been moving in and out of the Gulf in large numbers ever since the end of the 1991 war there, and a contingent of nearly 20.000 still remains, should force become an option In the current struggle with Iraq
On Tuesday, the Veterans Day holiday in the United States, Defense Secretary William Cohen said the troops must prepare for "any kind of contingency," in the Gulf.
Meanwhile. Pentagon officials considered what troops might be needed in the event a ■show of force is required.