Clinton ordered a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf as the United States, its anti-Saddam allies, and the United Nations discussed a response to Iraq's stand against allowing American weapons inspectors onto its soil. The president, saying the real issue is halting the spread of nuclear and chemical weapons, all but promised a new wave of bombing if Iraq doesn't back down: "`We have to steel ourselves and be determined that the will of the international community ... will have to prevail."
Iraq Diary
Clinton ordered a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf as the United States, its anti-Saddam allies, and the United Nations discussed a response to Iraq's stand against allowing American weapons inspectors onto its soil. The president, saying the real issue is halting the spread of nuclear and chemical weapons, all but promised a new wave of bombing if Iraq doesn't back down: "`We have to steel ourselves and be determined that the will of the international community ... will have to prevail."
