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Wednesday, February 4, 1998 Published at 12:09 GMT



World

Iraqi TV reports Yeltsin's warning of "world war"

Text of unscheduled report by Iraqi TV on 4th February

Dear viewers, best regards:

[The Russian] Interfax news agency has cited Russian President Boris Yeltsin as saying that US President Bill Clinton may cause a world war as a result of his moves against Iraq.

The agency cited Yeltsin as saying, during a meeting with a cabinet member today, Wednesday, that Bill Clinton's moves may cause a world war.

Source: Iraqi TV, Baghdad, in Arabic 1012 gmt 4 Feb 98

BBC Monitoring (http://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk), based in Caversham in southern England, selects and translates information from radio, television, press, news agencies and the Internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages.
 





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