Rumsfeld says spectre of Saddam may be causing problems

(10 Jun 2003) SHOTLIST 1. Long shot of Rumsfeld and Portas walking outside the Forte Sao Juliao da Barra 2. Cutaway of guards 3. Wide pan across the entrance 4. Mid shot of Rumsfeld and Portas shaking hands 5. Wide shot of Rumsfeld and Portas arriving at presser 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald H. Rumsfeld, US Defence Secretary: "The NATO ministers and the senior level review group have spent many, many months working on refashioning the headquarters and command structure of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The United States has been going through that process as well and it's clearly necessary to make those kinds of adjustments as we move in to the 21st century and face a series of threats that are notably different from those of the 20th century. We are hopefull that at this NATO meeting we'll be able to come to closure on a whole set of adjustments and changes that have been proposed and will be considered by the ministers." 7. Cutaway of photographers 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald H. Rumsfeld, US Defence Secretary: "The United States has not taking a position in support of anybody with respect to the successor to Lord Robertson. It is a question that is being discussed inside the United States government and by the United States government with the other countries of NATO." 9. Cutaway of photographers 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald H. Rumsfeld, US Defence Secretary: "The remnants of the Iraqi regime, the fedayeen (martyr) Saddam and the Ba'athist and some very likely special Republican Guard folks, are still there and they are the ones that are periodically attacking coalition forces. Sometimes successfully. Do I think that's gonna disappear in the next month or two or three, no. Will it disappear when some two or three divisions of coalition forces arrive in the country, no. It will take time to root out the remnants of the Saddam Hussein regime and we intend to do it." 11. SOUNDBITE (Portugese) Paulo Portas, Portuguese Minister of Defence: "I'd like to point out that the weapons of mass destruction are not an argument. They are a real problem. During 10 years, Iraq has deceived the United Nations by first hiding them, then showing incomplete listings, then moving them, then saying they had destroyed them, to systematically avoid the rules of regulation of this type of weapons." 12. Wide shot of presser STORYLINE It will take time to oust die-hard remnants of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime in Iraq, US Defence Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld warned on Tuesday. He said the United States was talking to more than three dozen countries about assembling an international peacekeeping force for postwar Iraq. But he added that even after the force begins arriving in September, there will be resistance from elements of Saddam's Ba'athist Party and other loyalists. Rumsfeld spoke at a joint news conference with Portuguese Minister of Defence Paulo Portas at the Forte Sao Juliao da Barra (Fort of Juliao da Barra) in Lisbon. The US defence chief was on a four-day visit to Europe to thank nations that supported the US-led war in Iraq - and to ask for more postwar help to keep the peace there. He said the failure of the US-led coalition to prove deposed Saddam Hussein was dead might be fueling continued violence and resistance in the country. Rumsfeld said 41 countries were considering assistance to Iraq and some half dozen had committed forces. He didn't name them, but he said the first forces should be ready in September. After his meeting with Portas, Rumsfeld headed off to Albania to meet government officials there who also Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...