- MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Boris Yeltsin said on Wednesday U.S. President
Bill Clinton's actions in the Iraq crisis could lead to world war.
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- ``With his actions in Iraq he can lead
to a world war,'' the Kremlin quoted Yeltsin as saying of Clinton. The
Kremlin press service said Yeltsin made the remarks to Russian reporters
during a meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly saying. ``One
must be more careful and not threaten with such weapons and fight with
planes and bombs.''
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- Yeltsin's startling remarks were the
strongest yet against U.S. threats to use military action to force Iraq
to comply with United Nations resolutions and allow U.N. inspectors unhindered
access to check for weapons of mass destruction across the country.
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- Yeltsin said Clinton was acting uncharacteristically
in threatening military action. Interfax news agency first reported Yeltsin's
comments and the Kremlin later confirmed them.
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- ``We want to make it clear to Clinton
that we do not agree with such a policy. And the members of the United
Nations Security Council will be against it,'' he said. Russia has undertaken
a high-profile mission to mediate in the Iraq crisis, and has urged the
world community to find a diplomatic solution. REUTERS
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