Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


Iraq Special Weapons News - 2001



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    December

  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 41 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 14 December 2001 -- ARAB-KURDISH DELEGATION TO INITIATE DIALOGUE WITH IRAQI KURDISTAN / BLIX: IRAQ NEEDS WEAPONS INSPECTORS / ROMANIA EXPELS IRAQI SPY / RUSSIAN ENVOY ON TALKS WITH IRAQI OFFICIALS / TURKISH TROOPS REINFORCED IN NORTHERN IRAQ / IRAQI ESPIONAGE UNIT LOCATED IN DENMARK / IRAQI, QATARI, OMANI FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN DOHA / FIFTEEN PRISONERS GASSED TO DEATH IN IRAQI PRISON / THAILAND TO EXPAND TRADE WITH IRAQ / AL-HADITHI MEETS QATARI FOREIGN MINISTER, SYRIAN PREMIER / JORDAN-IRAQ PIPELINE TENDER FLOATED / JORDAN TO RESUME FLIGHTS TO BAGHDAD / TRADE MINISTER ASKS FOR MORE EGYPTIAN INVESTMENT IN IRAQ / IRAQI MINISTER: U.S. WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REMOVE SADDAM / CORRECTION
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 40 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 7 December 2001 -- IRAQ ACCEPTS 'OIL-FOR-FOOD' EXTENSION, BUT NOT TRADE CONSTRAINTS / IRAQI OIL SMUGGLING UNDER SCRUTINY / IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER RALLIES ARAB SUPPORT / SCIRI LEADER SAYS IRAQ DEPLOYING FORCES IN ANTICIPATION OF U.S. STRIKE / TRIBAL CHIEFS PLEDGE FEALTY TO SADDAM / IRAQ CLAIMS RECALL OF HIJAZI FROM TURKEY NOT CONNECTED WITH ATTA / IRAQI DIPLOMAT ASKS FOR ASYLUM / IRAQ, IRAN TRY TO RESOLVE OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS / IRAQI IRRIGATION MINISTER SAYS TURKEY NOT COMPLYING WITH WATER-SHARING AGREEMENT / INDONESIA SEEKS OIL-EXPLORATION DEAL WITH IRAQ / SADDAM OFFERS NEW DIALOGUE TO KURDS / BARZANI OPPOSES INDEPENDENT KURDISH STATE / TALABANI SUPPORTS TURKMEN, ASSYRIAN RIGHTS / IRAQIS WARNED ON SATELLITE DISHES AGAIN / SADDAM ALLEGEDLY PENS NEW NOVEL

    November

  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 39 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 30 November 2001 -- IRAQ REJECTS CONDITIONAL LIFTING OF SANCTIONS / RUSSIA TO 'DEVELOP AND DEEPEN' TIES WITH IRAQ / SADDAM DELEGATES MORE POWER TO QUSAY / CHINA, IRAQ TO IMPROVE INFORMATION COOPERATION / TWO IRANIAN DELEGATIONS HEAD FOR IRAQ / SADDAM'S BODYGUARDS ACCOMPANY OFFICIAL DELEGATIONS / RING OF SABOTEURS ROUNDED UP IN BAGHDAD / IRAQI OPPOSITION ATTACKS 'GOVERNMENT PALACE.' / SADDAM TO REPLACE POWER GENERATORS / SADDAM REPORTEDLY OFFERS ASYLUM TO BIN LADEN, MULLAH OMAR / SECURITY SERVICES MONITOR INTERNET / KURDISH OFFICIALS IN TEHRAN, ANKARA / KURDISTAN 'RED FLAME' LEADER: KDP, PUK NOT REPRESENTATIVE
  • U-N/IRAQ/HUMANITARIAN VOA 30 Nov 2001-- A United Nations official says that, after five years of operation in Iraq, the so-called "oil-for-food" program has helped average Iraqis but that much human suffering remains
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE IRAQI COMMAND & CONTROL SYSTEM Nov 27, 2001 -- In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a command and control system in southern Iraq at approximately 3:15 a.m. EST.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 38 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 23 November 2001 -- AZIZ OPENS BAGHDAD CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING / NORMAL TIES WITH IRAN IRAQ'S TOP PRIORITY / SYRIA FREEZES IRAQI ASSETS / FORMER IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRIA REFUSES TO RETURN TO BAGHDAD / IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKS OUT AT OIC MEETING / IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT DENOUNCES U.S. / LOW QUALITY GOODS FLOOD IRAQI MARKETS / UDAY REPORTEDLY KILLS NEPHEW OF IZZAT IBRAHIM / UDAY'S FALCON FLIES THE COOP / FIFTEEN KURDISH OPPOSITIONISTS EXECUTED IN KIRKUK / KDP SOURCE SEES NO THREAT IN IRAQI, TURKISH TROOP BUILDUP ON BORDER / IRAQ READY TO COOPERATE WITH ARMENIA IN ALL SPHERES / SCIRI WELCOMES U.S. STRIKES AT 'TERRORIST REGIME.' / JUND AL-ISLAM, PUK CLASHES CONTINUE / BARZANI AND TALABANI EXCHANGE RAMADAN GREETINGS
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 37 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 16 November 2001 -- SADDAM HUSSEYN HOLDS MEETING WITH SONS ON SUCCESSION / SADDAM'S ABILITY TO WEAPONIZE SMALLPOX DUBIOUS / IRAQI JOURNALISTS FLEEING COUNTRY / SECURITY TIGHTENED ON ROADS FROM CENTRAL, SOUTHERN IRAQ INTO IRAQI KURDISTAN / UAE-IRAQ FREE TRADE AGREEMENT DETAILED / ASSYRIAN INC MEMBER SAYS CHRISTIANS SUFFER IN IRAQ / IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER AT UN IN NEW YORK / KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQI THREATS IN WASHINGTON / IRAQI MILITARY OFFICIALS ATTEND SYMPOSIUM ON MILITARY DRILL / SADDAM PRAISES ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION / SADDAM CALLS FOR DIALOGUE WITH KURDS / PKK WILL NOT LEAVE IRAQI KURDISTAN / JUND AL-ISLAM REORGANIZES
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 36 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 9 November 2001 -- RUSSIA TO HOLD ROUNDTABLE ON COOPERATION WITH IRAQ / IRAQ WANTS 'NEW PAGE' IN RELATIONS WITH FRANCE / RESHUFFLING OF FOREIGN MINISTRY CONTINUES / U.S. PRESSURES UN OVER WEAPONS INSPECTORS FOR IRAQ / DEFECTOR CLAIMS IRAQ-BIN LADEN TIES / IRAQ, TUNISIA, MOROCCO TO BOOST TRADE RELATIONS / LEBANON, IRAQ TO SIGN FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT / ALGERIA, IRAQ SET UP FREE-TRADE ZONE / IRAN INCREASES PARTICIPATION IN BAGHDAD FAIR / CAR BOMB DEFUSED IN BAGHDAD / RAMADAN MEETS WITH SYRIAN PRESIDENT / GRAVE ROBBERS IN AL-NAJAF ARRESTED / KDP, PUK HOLD TALKS / ETHNIC CLEANSING IN KIRKUK CONTINUES
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 35 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 2 November 2001 -- AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CRITICIZES IRAQ / EXECUTION OF DISSIDENTS SAID TO SPARK ANGER WITHIN IRAQ / IRAQI OIL SMUGGLING EXAMINED / IRAQIS TO MARCH IN SUPPORT OF TALIBAN / A REALLY BIG SHOW IN BAGHDAD / SADDAM ORDERS GUARDS TO WEAR BULLETPROOF VESTS / FOREIGN DELEGATIONS ARRIVE FOR BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL FAIR / ALGERIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT / RUSSIAN TRUCKS TO BE SHIPPED TO IRAQ IN NOVEMBER / RUSSIA'S TATNEFT TO BEGIN DRILLING IN IRAQ / KIG LEADER: ISLAMIC LAW WILL PREVAIL IF WE HAVE AUTHORITY / IRAN PRESSURES TALABANI ON ISLAMIC GROUPS / KURDISH DELEGATION MEETS WITH SWEDISH OFFICIALS / KRG-KDP DELEGATION MEETS WITH UN AUTHORITIES

    October

  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 34 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 19 October 2001 -- IRAQ'S ANTHRAX STOCKPILE HIGHLIGHTED / IRAQ'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM HAMPERED BY SIZE / IRAQ EXPECTS U.S. ATTACK WITH KURDISH, TURKMEN COOPERATION / INC SAYS IRAQI AMBASSADOR LINKED TO WTC ATTACK TACTIC / IRAQI FM ON OIC MEETING / SADDAM CONDEMNS THOSE WHO SUPPORT U.S. ATTACKS ON AFGHANISTAN / CHINESE COMPANY TO INSTALL IRAQI MOBILE PHONE NETWORK / IRAQ REJECTS SHIPMENT OF PAKISTANI WHEAT / ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON GOVERNOR OF DIYALA / KIG LEADERSHIP TO DECIDE ON JUND AL-ISLAM REUNIFICATION / KDP FEARS IRAQI MISSILE ATTACK / KURDISH DELEGATION MEETS WITH U.S. OFFICIALS / IRAQ OCCUPIES 30 VILLAGES IN KURDISH BORDER REGION / IRAQI ARCHEOLOGISTS FIND ANCIENT ASSYRIAN CITY
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE COMMAND AND CONTROL SITE October 13, 2001 -- In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition pilots and aircrews conducting routine monitoring of the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a command and control system in southern Iraq at approximately 8: 30 a.m. EDT.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 33 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 12 October 2001 -- SADDAM CONDEMNS STRIKES AGAINST AFGHANISTAN... / ...AS BAGHDAD ASKS OIC TO CONDEMN U.S. ACTION / TURKEY SAYS KURDS EXAGGERATE BIN LADEN'S ROLE / IRAQI FM CLEANING HOUSE / KDP SHUTS DOWN TURKMEN STUDENT ORGANIZATION / KUWAIT ASKS UN TO TELL IRAQ TO HALT 'PROVOCATIONS.' / IRAN ACCUSES IRAQ OF SOWING DISCORD IN IRANIAN-ARAB TIES / EGYPTIAN MINISTER TO VISIT BAGHDAD IN NOVEMBER / IRANIAN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR DIALOGUE BETWEEN IRAN, IRAQ / TURKEY CLOSES HABUR GATE TO IRAQ / IRAQ EVACUATES HOSPITALS, RATIONS MEDICINES / AL-AZHAR FIGURE VISITS IRAQI KURDISTAN / KCP JOINS PUK IN FIGHT AGAINST JUND AL-ISLAM / PUK, IUMK LEADERS MEET TO DISCUSS JUND THREAT / BAGHDAD PAPER SAYS TURKMEN GROUP IS TURKISH SPY FRONT
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 32 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 5 October 2001 -- INC CLAIMS SADDAM LINKED TO BIN LADEN NETWORK / KDP, PUK DISCUSS JUND AL-ISLAM THREAT / KURDISH PM TO INFORM TURKS, AMERICANS ON BIN LADEN LINKS IN NORTHERN IRAQ / PRO-MOSCOW CHECHEN ADMINISTRATION HEAD IN IRAQ / SAUDI ARABIA UPGRADING BORDER INSTALLATIONS WITH IRAQ / ANNAN: CONTINUED UN IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVATION NEEDED / RUSSIAN WORKERS AT TWO NEW GENERATING PLANTS / BA'TH OFFICIAL: 'IRAQ HAS NEVER BEEN A BASE FOR TERRORISM.' / SADDAM'S 'JERUSALEM ARMY': 'SWORD OF THE ARABS' OR 'PROP IN A FANTASY DRAMA?' / DEFECTOR SAYS SADDAM HAS GERM WARFARE ARSENAL / BIN LADEN DELEGATION'S GOAL IN KURDISTAN UNCLEAR / CORRUPTION EXPOSED IN IRAQI MINISTRY OF HEALTH / IRAQI TURKMEN TRIBULATIONS HIGHLIGHTED
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE IRAQI AAA SITES October 3, 2001 -- In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition pilots and aircrews conducting routine monitoring of the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike two anti-aircraft artillery sites in southern Iraq at approximately 7 a.m. EDT.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE IRAQI AAA SITES October 2, 2001 -- In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition pilots and aircrews conducting routine monitoring of the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 8 a.m. EDT.

    September

  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 31 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 28 September 2001 -- A BIN LADEN THREAT IN IRAQ? / IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT BLAMES AMERICANS FOR ATTACK ON U.S., SAYS ATTACKS PRESAGE END OF AMERICA / TALABANI CONDEMNS JUND AL-ISLAM / PUK OFFICIAL RULES OUT BIN LADEN REFUGE IN KURDISH REGION / IRAQI OFFICIAL FLEES TO WEST / KURDISH PARLIAMENT TO START SECOND SEASON / KURDISH ISLAMIC GROUPS FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES / IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER ON GULF RECONCILIATION / BAGHDAD BLAMES INFANT, MATERNAL MORTALITY ON EMBARGO / CHINA OPENS CULTURAL EXHIBIT IN BAGHDAD / RUSSIAN JOURNALISTS, PARLIAMENTARIANS MAKE FACT-FINDING TRIP TO IRAQ / ROYAL JORDANIAN CANCELS BAGHDAD FLIGHT
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE COMMAND AND CONTROL SITES September 27, 2001 -- In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition pilots and aircrews conducting routine monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike anti-aircraft artillery and command and control vehicles and equipment in open fields in southern Iraq at 6:00 a.m. EDT.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 30 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 21 September 2001 -- SADDAM SENDS ANOTHER MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE / KDP, PUK JOINTLY CONDEMN TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST U.S. / MEN IN BLACK / IRANIAN FORCES USE MISSILES TO ATTACK MUJAHEDIN NEAR BAGHDAD / IRAQ, IRAN SIGN NEW MIA AGREEMENT / SADDAM RECEIVES TUNISIAN FOREIGN MINISTER / IRAQI TRADE MINISTER IN SYRIA / EGYPTIANS, IRAQIS OPEN EXHIBITIONS / AZERI COURT SENTENCES IRAQI SPY TO 10 YEARS / IRAQI FM ON ARAB LEAGUE SESSION / PRO-MOSCOW CHECHEN LEADER TO VISIT IRAQ / BAGHDAD TO OPEN NEW HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS / INTERNET WIDELY AVAILABLE IN KURDISH REGION / PUK LEADERSHIP OUTLINES ITS POSITION ON ISLAMIC MOVEMENT
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE COMMAND AND CONTROL SITES September 21, 2001 -- In response to hostile Iraqi threats against Coalition pilots and aircrews conducting routine monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike command and control vehicles and equipment in open fields in southern Iraq between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. EDT.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SITES September 20, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft conducting routine monitoring of the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike anti-aircraft artillery sites in southern Iraq at approximately 7:30 a.m. EDT.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SITES September 18, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft conducting routine monitoring of the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an antiaircraft artillery site in southern Iraq approximately 9:30 a.m. EDT.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 29 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 14 September 2001 -- SADDAM SAYS U.S. HAS ONLY ITSELF TO BLAME / GCC URGES IRAQ TO IMPLEMENT UN RESOLUTIONS / ARAB LEAGUE REBUFFS IRAQ / IRAQI DEFECTOR TALKS WITH INTELLIGENCE CHIEF VIA TELEPHONE / AL-ASAD TO VISIT IRAQ SOON / INDIA TO PROVIDE IRAQ WITH SKYBUS RAILS / CHINESE COMPANY PULLS OUT OF $28 MILLION MOBILE PHONE DEAL WITH IRAQ / GERMANY PUTS CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN BAGHDAD / EIGHT MILITARY FACTORIES RESTORED TO FULL PRODUCTION / IRAQI FM CALLS ON JAPAN TO DISTANCE ITSELF FROM U.S. / BAGHDAD COMMENTS ON LINKING IRANIAN, IRAQI, AND SYRIAN RAILROADS / IRAQ BACKS MINDANAO PEACE PROCESS / TURKEY HOLDS MEDICAL SUPPLIES FAIR IN BAGHDAD / BAGHDAD STEPS UP ARABIZATION POLICY / IRAQI ARMY ATTACKS VILLAGE IN KRG / TALABANI MEETS BARZANI ENVOY ON SECURITY /
  • W-H-O / IRAQ VOA 09/14/01 -- The World Health Organization says it is looking into Iraqi claims that cancers, birth defects and other health problems have increased as a result of the use of depleted uranium ammunition by NATO in the 1991 Gulf War. The W-H-O says it will present proposals to the Iraqi government in a few days.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SITES September 9, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike surface-to-air missile sites in southern Iraq between approximately 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. EDT.
  • Security Council Questions Iraqi Expulsion of U.N. Staff Washington File 07 September 2001 -- The Security Council September 6 criticized Iraq for declaring five U.N. humanitarian program workers persona non grata and asked Baghdad to explain its actions.
  • U-N-IRAQ VOA 09/06/01 -- Controversy continues at the United Nations over Iraq's recent decision to expel five U-N workers.
  • IRAQ-U-N VOA 09/05/01 -- United Nations officials are upset about Iraq's decision to expel five U-N workers.
  • U-S IRAQ VOA 9/4/01 -- American warplanes have struck again at Iraqi air defenses in response to what the Pentagon calls hostile fire and threats. Iraq reports four civilians were wounded in one raid, in the south.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 28 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 7 September 2001 -- TARIQ AZIZ TO BECOME 'HARD-LINER.' / IRAQI INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL DEFECTS TO YEMEN VIA JORDAN / IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER ON U.S., ARAB ISSUES / UDAY AS ELVIS / IRAQ BLAMES IRAN FOR BAGHDAD BOMBING / IRAQI CHEMICAL WEAPONS BUILDUP REPORTED / GCC FOREIGN MINISTERS TO DISCUSS IRAQ / IRAQI-JORDANIAN PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION TO START IN 2002 / TURKISH BUSINESS DELEGATION IN BAGHDAD / REGULAR DAILY FLIGHTS TO START BETWEEN DAMASCUS AND BAGHDAD / INDIAN DELEGATION FETED IN BAGHDAD / BAGHDAD CLAIMS FOREIGN AGENCY BURIES SNAKE, CROCODILE EGGS IN NORTH / DAM PROJECT NEAR KHANAQIN AIDS ARABIZATION / TALABANI TO GIVE PRIORITY TO UNDERPRIVILEGED / ASSYRIAN PATRIOTIC PARTY SENDS LETTER TO WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA & SAM SITES September 4, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missile sites in southern Iraq at approximately 9 a.m. EDT.
  • Iraqi AAA fired at, radar targets ONW aircraft Sept 4, 2001 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft today while firing anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites north of Mosul while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone. Coalition aircraft were also targeted by Iraqi radar.

    August

  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 27 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 31 August 2001 -- IRAQ SAID TRAINING AGENTS FOR 'TERRORIST' OPERATIONS IN KUWAIT / 'BABIL' SAYS KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA IN LEAGUE WITH U.S., BRITAIN / IRAQI SECURITY FORCES RAID TOWN IN SOUTHERN IRAQ / IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR ARAB SUMMIT / SYRIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT IRAQ? / JORDANIAN DELEGATION VISITS BAGHDAD / IRAQ, YEMEN TO ESTABLISH REGULAR AIR LINK / PAKISTAN TO MEET ALL OF IRAQ'S WHEAT NEEDS / UAE WELCOMES IRAQI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICIAL / PUTIN, JORDANIAN KING DISCUSS IRAQ / PHILIPPINE SOLIDARITY DELEGATION ARRIVES IN BAGHDAD / NEW BAGHDAD RULES HINDER TRAVEL TO KURDISTAN / PUK LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEETS ON CURRENT POLICIES / MESOPOTAMIAN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER WIPING OUT ASSYRIAN SETTLEMENTS / KDP ISSUES STATEMENT ON ARREST OF ASSYRIAN / CORRECTION
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE MILITARY RADAR August 30, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a military radar in southern Iraq at approximately 1:30 p.m. EDT.
  • IRAQI OPPOSITION VOA 8/30/01 -- Exiled Iraqi opposition leaders are set to begin (EDS: start date is expected to be Saturday, please say "have begun" when broadcasts start) transmitting television programs into Iraq from London. Funded by the U-S Congress, the broadcasts are part of an effort to undermine Saddam Hussein, who continues to maintain a firm grip on the impoverished country.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE COMMAND AND CONTROL SITES August 28, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike Command and Control sites in southern Iraq at approximately 2 p.m. EDT.
  • U-S/IRAQ VOA 08/28/01 -- U-S and British fighter jets have again attacked targets in Iraq, a day after Baghdad claimed to have shot down an unmanned U-S reconnaissance plane.
  • ONW aircraft fired upon, coalition responds Aug 27, 2001 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft today. Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites north of Mosul while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone.
  • W-H-O / IRAQ VOA 08/27/01 -- Eight World Health Organization experts are going to Baghdad to investigate Iraqi claims that cancers and congenital deformities have increased since the Gulf War 10-years ago. W-H-O experts and Iraqi Health officials hope to finalize the details of a proposed study during the next five-days.
  • IRAQ/AIR CHALLENGES VOA 08/27/01 -- The Pentagon says Iraq may have shot down an unmanned U-S reconnaissance plane Monday, flying over a southern part of the country. Several times this month, U-S and British jets have attacked Iraqi defense sites in response to what Pentagon officials say have been increasing attempts by Baghdad to bring down an allied fighter jet. These counterstrikes have not deterred Baghdad from continuing to challenge allied pilots.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE RADAR SYSTEM August 25, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a mobile early warning radar system in southern Iraq at approximately 4:30 a.m. EDT.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 26 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 24 August 2001 -- SADDAM CONTINUES TO SEEK ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY / BAGHDAD SEEKS 10 MISSING BIOENGINEERS / SADDAM'S SON UDAY OFFENDS BOTH SYRIA AND RUSSIA / BAGHDAD WANTS ARAB LEAGUE TO SET UP MISSING PERSONS COMMITTEE / AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DENOUNCES IRAQI USE OF TORTURE / ARAB LEAGUE DENIES SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT IRAQ / BAGHDAD TO HOLD TRADE FAIR IN CAIRO / IRAQ DEMANDS JORDAN RETURN PLANES / JORDANIAN-IRAQI TRADE NOT MEETING EXPECTATIONS / SYRIA, KUWAIT DISCUSS IRAQ / CHINA DENIES ILLEGAL TRADE WITH IRAQ / JAPANESE PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION IN BAGHDAD / KURDS ACCUSE BAGHDAD OF TERRORIST ATTACKS / KURDISH IDP EXCHANGE CONTINUES / FIGHTING ERUPTS AMONG ISLAMIC GROUPS IN KURDISTAN / CABINET CHANGES IN KDP-CONTROLLED KRG
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 25 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 17 August 2001 -- EXPLOSIONS ROCK IRAQI MILITARY INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS / EXPLOSIVES SEIZED IN IRBIL / SADDAM ADVISOR SEEKS ASYLUM IN SWEDEN / SADDAM NOVEL TO BE STAGED / SYRIA, IRAQ SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENTS / PAKISTAN, IRAQ DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS / PHILIPPINES WANTS LARGER PART IN OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM / FOCUS ON IRAQ'S DEBT TO BULGARIA / IRAQI OIL INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTED / RUSSIAN ENVOY ON KUWAITI POWS IN IRAQ / JORDAN INCREASES BAGHDAD FLIGHTS / TALABANI, BARZANI MEET WITH UN DELEGATION / PUK, KDP REACH PARLIAMENTARY AGREEMENT / KIRKUK ETHNIC CLEANSING INTENSIFIES / KURDISTAN ANNOUNCES GENOCIDE SURVEY / MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHLANDS, MARSH ARAB SOCIETY DISAPPEARING
  • ONW Aircraft fired upon and targeted by radar Aug 17, 2001 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft today by firing anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites north of Mosul. Coalition aircraft were also targeted by Iraqi radar while conducting routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone.
  • PENTAGON / IRAQ VOA 8/14/01 -- U-S planes have struck another target in southern Iraq, an antiaircraft missile base near (the city of) an-Nasiriyah. This is the second attack in the southern no-fly zone in less than a week.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE RADAR SYSTEM 14 August 2002 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a surface-to-air missile site in southern Iraq at approximately 8:15 a.m. EDT.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE IRAQI MILITARY SITES August 10, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the No-Fly Zones in Iraq, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today in a routine strike against military communication, radar and missile sites in southern Iraq at approximately 5:30 a.m. EDT.
  • U-S / Iraq Raid VOA 8/10/01 -- For the second time this week, allied warplanes have attacked targets in Iraq, this time in the southern part of the country.
  • U-S / IRAQ VOA 8/7/01 -- U-S planes have bombed Iraqi air defenses after the jets came under fire.
  • Iraqi missiles and AAA fired at ONW aircraft Aug 07, 2001 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft today. Iraqi forces launched surface-to-air missiles (SAM) and fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites north of Mosul while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 24 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 6 August 2001 -- SCIRI SAYS RUSSIA, CHINA HELPING IRAQ REARM / NINEVEH GOVERNOR WOUNDED / BAGHDAD EXECUTES MILITARY OFFICERS FOR ALLEGED PLOT / FOUR BA'TH PARTY MEMBERS KILLED IN BAGHDAD / TWO LAWYERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ORGANIZING ANTI-REGIME NETWORK / IRAQI DOCTOR SAYS PRISON AUTHORITIES SLAUGHTER THOUSANDS / NUMBER OF IRAQI ASYLUM SEEKERS IN JORDAN JUMPS / SAUDIS SAYS IRAQIS REPEATEDLY VIOLATE BORDER / IRAQ SAYS PROVEN OIL RESERVES TOTAL 112 BILLION BARRELS... / ...TO SELL NATURAL GAS TO TURKEY / KURDISH AUTHORITIES RELEASE UN DRIVER / MINSK DENIES ILLEGAL ARMS SALES TO IRAQ, OTHERS / SCIRI HEAD SAYS BAGHDAD PLANS TO ERADICATE SHI'ISM / KURDISH MINISTER SAYS OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM WORKING / KURDISTAN REJECTS BAGHDAD'S CALL FOR DIALOGUE / PUK RESHUFFLES GOVERNMENT
  • RUMSFELD/IRAQ VOA 8/3/01 -- U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says Iraq has improved its air defenses, increasing the threat to coalition aircraft patrolling the no-fly zones in the north and south of the country. Mr. Rumsfeld gave no hint at a news conference Friday what the Bush administration intends to do about it.

    July

  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 23 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 27 July 2001 -- SADDAM FORMS NEW DOMESTIC TERROR GROUP / UN DRIVER FOUND WITH EXPLOSIVES IN HIS CAR / FIVE REPUBLICAN GUARD OFFICERS EXECUTED / MOSCOW RESTATES OPPOSITION TO SANCTIONS... / ...AND SADDAM WELCOMES RUSSIAN STAND / ONE MILLION INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN IRAQ / KUWAIT, ARAB LEAGUE AT ODDS OVER IRAQ / TURKEY PLANS TO INCREASE TRADE WITH IRAQ / IRAQI PASSENGER TRAIN LEAVES FOR TURKEY / CHINA TO BUILD MOBILE PHONE NETWORK IN IRAQ / STILL LITTLE INTERNET ACCESS IN IRAQ / IRAQI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETS IN PUK-CONTROLLED KURDISTAN / PUK BRIEFS ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ON ARABIZATION / PUK OFFICIAL ABDUCTED BY ISLAMIC GROUP / JOURNALIST DETAINED IN KDP-CONTROLLED IRAQI KURDISTAN / KDP MEETS WITH PUK ON SADDAM'S CALL TO DIALOGUE / FIRST PKK DEFENSE CONFERENCE HELD IN IRAQI KURDISTAN / NEW DAM THREATENS TO FLOOD ANCIENT ASSYRIAN CITY
  • U-S / IRAQ VOA 7/27/01 -- Pentagon sources say the United States is seriously considering a military response to Iraq's latest efforts to shoot down coalition aircraft monitoring the southern no-fly zone.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 22 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 21 July 2001 -- SADDAM SAYS OIL IS NOT IRAQ'S ONLY WEAPON... / ...AND DENOUNCES FOREIGNERS INCITING KURDS / UDAY'S CONVERSION TO SHI'ITE SECT QUESTIONED / WHO POSTPONES DEPLETED URANIUM STUDY IN IRAQ / CORRUPTION CAUSES MEDIA RESHUFFLE IN BAGHDAD / MASS ARRESTS IN BAGHDAD SLUM / SCIRI SAYS MISSILE ATTACKS WILL CONTINUE / TURKISH FREIGHT TRAIN ARRIVES IN BAGHDAD / FRANCE-IRAQ MARITIME TRADE ROUTE OPENS / FRENCH COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES WITH IRAQ HIGHLIGHTED / YUGOSLAVIA WANTS TO REPAIR IRAQ'S POWER GRID / RUSSIA FAVORS ARMS MONITORING IN IRAQ... / ...AS RUSSIAN DUMA HEARS PLEA ON ARABIZATION / INC MEETS WITH U.S. OFFICIALS / RIFT VALLEY FEVER OUTBREAK FEARED IN IRAQ / SADDAM ASKS KURDS TO MAKE PEACE / BAGHDAD TO SEND 3 MILLION TEXTBOOKS TO IRAQI KURDISTAN
  • IRAQ SANCTIONS / MOVIE VOA 07/18/01 -- A high-ranking member of the United Nations team which investigated Iraq's weapons program after the Gulf War argues it is time to end sanctions against the Iraqi government. The former arms inspector has made a film of his experiences which he says backs up his contentions.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA SITE July 17, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 2:45 a.m. EDT.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 21 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 13 July 2001 -- WEST LOOKING AT IRAQ'S USE OF MISSILES / TWO IRAQI DIPLOMATS ASK FOR U.S. ASYLUM / IRAQ SIGNS NEW OIL-FOR-FOOD AGREEMENT / UDAY THREATENS TO MURDER A KURDISH JOURNALIST / NEW WAVE OF EXECUTIONS IN SOUTH / SADDAM SAYS IRAQ 'CANNOT BE ISOLATED.' / IRAQI MPS IN MOROCCO / PUK, KDP MEET TO DISCUSS KURDISH PARLIAMENT / IRAQ CONDEMNS TURKISH AGGRESSION IN NORTH / MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ MARKED BY VIOLENCE /
  • IRAQ: REBUFF OF REVISED SANCTIONS REGIME SEEN AS U.S. POLICY SETBACK Office of Research, State Department July 13, 2001 -- Editorialists in the Middle East, Europe, Vietnam and Mexico saw the UN Security Council's failure to approve revised import controls on Iraq as a "severe setback" and a "painful blow" to the U.S. administration. Russia, in refusing to do more than extend the current oil-for-food program, was portrayed as reasserting itself internationally, sending a message to the West that it was "starting to think of its own interests." In the Middle East, sanction foes sarcastically railed against both "smart" and "dumb" sanctions and celebrated an Iraqi "victory". Only in Kuwait was there notable editorial support for the U.S./UK initiative. Writers in Europe and the Middle East predicted that the Bush administration would fail to garner Arab support for any Iraq initiatives as long as America pursued policies that a Jordanian paper characterized as "lenient and supportive of Israel."
  • IRAQ / OIL VOA 07/10/01 -- Iraq has once again begun pumping oil for export after a five-week dispute with the United Nations over international sanctions.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA SITE July 7, 2001 -- In response to Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:15 a.m. EDT.
  • IRAQ DEFECTOR ANALYSIS VOA 07/05/01 -- The decision by Iraq's number two diplomat at the United Nations to request political asylum in the United States could prove to be an intelligence windfall. Much will depend on what he knows about the intentions of President Saddam Hussein, especially his weapons program.
  • IRAQ/U-N VOA 07/04/01 -- Iraq has praised Russia for blocking a British-American plan to impose modified, so-called "smart sanctions" against Baghdad. The U-N Security Council Tuesday (7/3) simply extended the current program -- under which Iraq is allowed to export its oil in return for food and other humanitarian goods.
  • U-N-Iraq Defection VOA 07/03/01 -- Sources at the United Nations say that at least two Iraqi diplomats are seeking political asylum in the United States.
  • U-N-Iraq Oil VOA 07/03/01 -- The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved an extension of the Iraq "oil-for-food" program just six hours before it was due to expire.

    June

  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA SITE June 26, 2001 -- In response to Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:00 p.m. EDT.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA SITE June 25, 2001 -- In response to Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:15 p.m. EDT.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE RADAR SITE 14 June, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a radar site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:00 a.m. EDT.
  • ONW aircraft respond to targeting radar, AAA Jun 14, 2001 -- Operation Northern Watch aircraft were targeted by Iraqi missile guidance radar systems from sites north of Mosul while conducting routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone. Iraqi gunners later attacked ONW aircraft with anti-aircraft artillery fire.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 20 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 8 June 2001 -- IRAQI OIL EXPORT SUSPENSION CONFIRMED / MOSCOW SEES PROGRESS TOWARD LIFTING SANCTIONS / QUSAY SADDAM LOOKS LIKE SADDAM'S SUCCESSOR... / ...AS 'UDAY'S PRESS EMPIRE DESCRIBED / SYRIA-IRAQ RAPPROCHEMENT CAUSES CONCERN IN AMMAN / ALGERIANS SIGN $25 MILLION IN CONTRACTS IN IRAQ... / ...AS ALGIERS SIGNS OIL COOPERATION DEAL WITH BAGHDAD / KURDISH FUNDAMENTALISTS CLASH IN NORTHERN IRAQ / CONFERENCE APPEALS TO UN TO STOP ARABIZATION / KURDS PREPARE FOR CHANGED POLITICAL SCENE IN IRAQ / NEW KURDISH 'VOICE OF MESOPOTAMIA' BEGINS BROADCASTS / ASSYRIANS DECRY BAGHDAD'S POLICIES
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE RADAR SITE June 6, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a radar site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:00 a.m. EDT.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA SITE June 5, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:30 a.m. EDT.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 19 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1 June 2001 -- UN SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES 'SMART SANCTIONS.' / NATO MINISTERS CONSIDER MODIFYING SANCTIONS / CABINET RESHUFFLE IN BAGHDAD / GLOBALIZATION MAGNIFIES IRAQ'S REGIONAL DIFFERENCES / ALGERIAN ENERGY MINISTER IN BAGHDAD / JORDAN TO RETURN IRAQI PLANES / SENIOR TURKISH DIPLOMAT TO VISIT BAGHDAD / TATARSTAN TO SELL HEAVY VEHICLES TO IRAQ / UKRAINIAN TRADE WITH IRAQ INCREASES / KURDS DEMAND POLITICAL GUARANTEES / TALABANI PRAISES IRAN FOR ITS SUPPORT OF KURDS

    May

  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 18 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 25 May 2001 -- QUSAY SADDAM'S DEPUTY IN BA'TH MILITARY BUREAU / UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO TAKE UP U.K. SANCTIONS PROPOSAL / SADDAM REJECTS 'SMART SANCTIONS.' / BA'TH PARTY SEES PARIS BEHIND 'SMART SANCTIONS.' / INC SAYS 'SMART SANCTIONS' COULD HELP SADDAM MORE THAN PEOPLE / SYRIA EXERCISING 'EXTREME CAUTION' ON 'SMART SANCTIONS.' / TATARSTAN SEEKS EXPANDED TRADE WITH BAGHDAD / UKRAINE OPENS EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD / SUDAN EXPRESSES 'FULL SUPPORT' FOR IRAQ / RUSSIAN TRUCKMAKER SELLS TRUCKS TO IRAQ / MOSCOW SAYS IRAQI CRISIS MUST BE SETTLED BY POLITICAL MEASURES / SYRIAN PRIME MINISTER NOT VISITING BAGHDAD / U.S., BARZANI BLOCK IRAQ-TURKEY 'ECONOMIC, MILITARY' BRIDGE / PRAGUE EXPELS SADDAM'S 'SUPERSPY.' / TURKISH TRADE DELEGATION IN KURDISTAN / IRAQI MARSHLANDS ALMOST EXTINCT / KURDS MEET FAO OFFICIALS IN ROME / BARZANI REJECTS EU PLAN TO REPATRIATE KURDS
  • ONW aircraft fired upon and targeted by radar May 23, 2001 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft today. Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites north and west of Mosul while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone. Coalition aircraft were also targeted by Iraqi radar.
  • COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SITE May 18, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile threats against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a surface to air missile site in southern Iraq at approximately 3:45 a.m. EST.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 17 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 18 May 2001 -- BAGHDAD SAYS U.S. TOP SPONSOR OF TERRORISM / TARIQ AZIZ SEES SMART SANCTIONS AS INEVITABLE... / ...BUT RAMADAN SAYS NO UN INSPECTORS WILL BE ALLOWED / APP ACCUSES BAGHDAD OF TRAFFICKING IN BODY PARTS / 'UDAY HAS ANOTHER FOOTBALL PLAYER PUNISHED / SYRIAN INTERESTS OFFICE TO OPEN IN BAGHDAD / JORDAN SEES IRAQI TIES AS 'STRATEGIC.' / IRAQ, IRAN MAY RESUME AIR LINKS / SCIRI HEAD PRAISES KUWAIT / IRAQ ACQUIRES VIETNAMESE BUSES / KDP HAS NO PROBLEMS WITH TURKMENS / ANKARA REJECTS IDEA OF KURDISH STATE IN NORTHERN IRAQ / IRAQI KURDS ASSURED OF U.S. PROTECTION / KURDISTAN ELECTRIC POWER NETWORK EXPANDS / CHALDEAN CHURCH HOLDS CONGRESS IN BAGHDAD
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 16 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 11 May 2001 -- IRAQ WARNS TURKEY AGAINST 'SMART SANCTIONS.' / IRAQ EXPANDS COOPERATION WITH JORDAN AND SYRIA / BAGHDAD RAILWAY ROLLS AGAIN / SADDAM PROMISES 'INFINITE' SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIANS / SADDAM SEEKS TO BOOST OIL PRODUCTION... / ...AND PHARMACEUTICAL OUTPUT / SADDAM NAMES EX-INTELLIGENCE HEAD BAGHDAD GOVERNOR / ZHIRINOVSKY REASSERTS MOSCOW'S SUPPORT FOR IRAQ / SERBIAN SOCIALIST LEADER HAILS SADDAM AND IRAQ / CUBAN LEADER SAYS U.S. VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS / BELARUS TO OPEN TRACTOR FACTORY IN IRAQ / BELGIAN PEACE FORUM SEEKS TO END IRAQI SUFFERING / IRAQI ATTACK AGAINST KURDISTAN REPULSED / BARZANI TELLS TURKS PKK PRESENCE IS UNACCEPTABLE / PUK STREAMLINES TOP OFFICES / KDP, ISLAMIC DA'WA DISCUSS RELATIONS / KDP, PUK MEET WITH OTHER PARTIES / U.S. OFFICIAL MEETS TURKMEN FRONT REPRESENTATIVES
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 15 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 4 May 2001 -- BAGHDAD WARNS AGAINST USE OF SATELLITE DISHES / IRAN DESTROYS MUJAHEDIN-E KHALQ BASES IN IRAQ / IRAQ SAID TO HAVE TESTED 'DIRTY NUKE' IN 1987 / RAMADAN SAYS U.S., IRAN BOTH ANTI-ARAB / ZHIRINOVSKY ASKS RUSSIA TO END BLOCKADE OF IRAQ / RUSSIA, IRAQ SEEK TO EXPAND BILATERAL TRADE / TURKISH TRADE FAIR OPENS IN BAGHDAD / BELARUS TO SIGN DIRECT AIR AGREEMENT WITH IRAQ / SADDAM, SYRIAN PRESIDENT CALL FOR CLOSER TIES / PUK, TURKMEN, AND ASSYRIAN MOVEMENTS COOPERATING / BARZANI VISIT TO TURKEY AGAIN DELAYED / KRG URGES HOLLAND, SWEDEN TO REVERSE DEPORTATION ORDERS / BAGHDAD BLAMED FOR AL-SULAYMANIYAH EXPLOSION / PUK'S TALABANI PROMISES CONCESSIONS FOR PEACE / WASHINGTON AGREEMENT AFTER SEVEN YEARS

    April

  • AAA fired at ONW aircraft April 30, 2001 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch(ONW) coalition aircraft today. Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites northwest of Mosul while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 14 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 27 April 2001 -- BND SAYS IRAQ DEVELOPING NEW CHEMICAL WEAPONS / 'DISENCHANTMENT' RUMORED AMONG IRAQ SECURITY SERVICES / QUSAY EXECUTES 1,000 PRISONERS / ELECTIONS SAID INTENDED TO GROOM QUSAI FOR SENIOR PARTY POST / AL-SAHHAF SEEN HAVING FAILED AS FOREIGN MINISTER / SADDAM'S BIRTHDAY TO COST $25 MILLION / RAMADAN SAYS IRAQ-RUSSIA TIES AT 'NEW LEVEL'... / ...AND RUSSIA TO LAUNCH IRAQI SATELLITES / IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT VISITS TATARSTAN / SERBIAN SOCIALIST PARTY DELEGATION VISITS BAGHDAD / IRAQ TO BOYCOTT ISLAMIC PARLIAMENTARY MEETING / SAUDIS SEND 35 TONS OF MEDICINE TO IRAQ / YEMEN, RUSSIA DISCUSS IRAQ / BARZANI PUTS 'FINAL TOUCHES' ON PEACE WITH PUK / TALABANI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT KURDISH FUTURE / KDP, PUK FORCES WITHDRAW FROM CONTACT LINES / TURKISH DEFENSE MINISTER ATTENDS IRAQI TURKMEN RECEPTION
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 13 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 20 April 2001 -- SADDAM RESHUFFLES HIS CABINET / SCIRI'S MILITARY WING OPPOSES DIALOGUE WITH U.S. / IRAN LAUNCHES SCUDS AT MUJAHEDIN-E KHALQ BASES IN IRAQ / BAGHDAD SAID WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF HAVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN 1991 / BAGHDAD SAID REBUILDING BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PLANT / CZECHS TO SUPPLY ENGINES FOR IRAQI RAILROADS / JORDAN ASKS UN TO ALLOW BAGHDAD COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS / AEUC TO HOLD NEXT MEETING IN BAGHDAD / SADDAM RECEIVES ALGERIAN DELEGATION / KURDS, UN DISCUSS ELECTRICITY ISSUE / KDP'S BARZANI TO VISIT ANKARA AT THE END OF APRIL / ASSYRIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT HOLDS THIRD CONGRESS
  • COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE RADAR SYSTEM April 20, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike a mobile early warning radar in southern Iraq yesterday.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 12 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 13 April 2001 -- SCIRI ADDS CONDITIONS TO ANY U.S. TALKS / FIC SEES EXPANDED U.S. SUPPORT FOR OPPOSITION / 25 PRISONERS EXECUTED NEAR BAGHDAD / SADDAM CHANGES INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS / GCC MEETING PROVOKES BAGHDAD / PUTIN SEEN EXPANDING MOSCOW-BAGHDAD TIES / YUGOSLAVIA, IRAQ DISCUSS ECONOMIC COOPERATION / WASHINGTRON SAID MULLING MORE AID TO KURDISTAN / KDP, PUK AGREE ON CRIMINAL PROCEDURES / WILL THERE BE A WATER WAR?
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE AAA SITES April 12, 2001 -- In response to anti-aircraft artillery fire yesterday against coalition aircraft in Iraq's southern no-fly zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH coalition aircraft today used precision-guided weapons to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq at approximately 10:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
  • Iraq fires AAA at ONW aircraft April 06, 2001 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch(ONW) coalition aircraft today. Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites north of Mosul while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 11 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 6 April 2001 -- SCIRI READY FOR DIALOGUE WITH WASHINGTON / IRAQ REJECTS ARAB SUMMIT DRAFT... / ...BUT EXTENDS CONSULTATIONS / KUWAIT 'NOT COMMITTED' TO ANY FORMULA ON IRAQ TIES / TURKEY'S CEM IN U.S. TO DISCUSS MODIFYING EMBARGO... / ...AS TURKEY TO OPEN SECOND BORDER CROSSING WITH IRAQ... / ...AND IRAQ HOPES TO LINK UP WITH EUROPEAN GAS NET VIA TURKEY / IRAQI-SYRIAN FREE-TRADE ZONE LAUNCHED / EGYPT SEEKS MORE TRADE WITH IRAQ / MOROCCAN TRADE FAIR IN BAGHDAD / RAMADAN RECEIVES RUSSIAN ENVOY / ARMENIA PURSUING OWN INTERESTS WITH IRAQ TIES / IRAQI MINISTER IN MINSK / KURDISH SCHOLAR MURDERED IN BAGHDAD / KDP, PUK TAKE STEPS TO NORMALIZE TIES

    March

  • COALITION AIRCRAFT RESPOND TO IRAQI AAA FIRE March 30, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi AAA fire directed against coalition forces, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike an anti-aircraft artillery site in Southern Iraq at approximately 2:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 10 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 30 March 2001 -- OPPOSITION ACCUSES IRAQ OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY / SCIRI FIRES ROCKETS AT SADDAM'S PALACE. SCIRI / IRAQ ISLAMIC PARTY CALLS FOR 'NATIONAL FRONT.' / IRAQI STEPS UP SPYING IN UAE / WAS QUSAY IN TEHRAN LAST WEEK? / SADDAM APPEALS TO ARAB SUMMIT / PUTIN PROPOSES 'PACKAGE SOLUTION' ON IRAQ... / ...BUT SUMMIT MAKES LITTLE PROGRESS ON IRAQ... / ...EVEN AS SAUDIS UPSET BY ANY DISCUSSION OF IRAQ / A YEMENI ROLE IN IRAQ-KUWAIT PRISONERS DISPUTE / IRAQ TO BUY MALAYSIAN CARS, MOROCCAN TRUCKS / DEPORTATIONS OF KURDS CONTINUE... / ...AS OTHER KURDS CALLED UP FOR COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING / PKK LEADER ATTACKS PUK PEOPLE AND POLICIES / LIFTING EMBARGO SEEN HURTING KURDS / KURDISH RIVALS EXCHANGE NAWRUZ GREETINGS, MEET IN U.S. / IRAQI ARMY IN KURDISH REGION? / HARIRI ASSASSINS IDENTIFIED
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 9 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 23 March 2001 -- SENIOR BAGHDAD OFFICIALS ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION / WASHINGTON MAY GIVE AID TO VARIOUS OPPOSITION GROUPS / IRAQ, RUSSIA CALL FOR LIFTING OF NO-FLY ZONES / IS KUWAIT SHIFTING ITS POSITION ON IRAQ? / KUWAIT-IRAQ RECONCILIATION AND ARAB SUMMIT / TURKISH TRADE WITH IRAQ EXPANDS / SYRIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER / AZIZ MEETS WITH YEMENI FOREIGN MINISTER / OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ / IRAQI VP RECEIVES TUNISIAN TRADE MINISTER / ZARUBEZHNEFT RECEIVES PERMISSION TO DRILL IN IRAQ / IRAQ, MALAYSIA TO COOPERATE IN MEDICAL FIELD / 'REPUBLIC OF SIRNAK' SCRUTINIZED BY PRESS / TWO VIEWS ON THE KURDISH FUTURE IN IRAQ
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 8 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 16 March 2001 -- UN TO INVESTIGATE TORTURE IN IRAQ / IRAQ BEGINS TRAINING 'JERUSALEM LIBERATION ARMY.' / RUSSIA DENIES BAGHDAD PRODUCING WMD / NEW U.S. ADMINISTRATION SEEN SHIFTING FOCUS / TURKEY'S CEM: 'NO PRESSURE BEING APPLIED ON IRAQ ISSUE.' / SADDAM SAYS IMF IS 'SATAN OF IMPERIALISM.' / IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER AT ARAB LEAGUE MEETINGS / IRAQ JOINS ARAB DRUG-FIGHTING EFFORTS / EGYPTIAN-IRAQ TIES EXPAND / JORDAN SEEKS TO EXPAND ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAQ / LEBANON SECRETLY NORMALIZES RELATIONS WITH IRAQ / IRAQI TIES WITH ALGERIA ALSO EXPAND / BAGHDAD TO OPEN EMBASSY IN ARMENIA / SLAVNEFT TO DEVELOP IRAQI OIL DEPOSIT… / …AND IRAQI VP TO VISIT MOSCOW / UKRAINE BIDS TO SELL TRUCKS TO IRAQ / ANOTHER BOMBING IN IRBIL / KDP, UN DISCUSS COOPERATION / KURDISH SDS BACKS PUK-KDP PEACE PROCESS
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 7 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 9 March 2001 -- KURDISH ASSASSINATION CONDEMNED / WILL U.S. FUNDS GO TO SCIRI? / IRAQI SPIES APPREHENDED / IRAQ, PAKISTAN DO FOOD AND DRUG DEALS / IRAQI MEDICINE AND DOCTORS SENT ABROAD / IRAQ COMPLAINS ABOUT SHORTAGES OF MEDICAL GOODS / FLIGHTS TO IRAQ DELAYED
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 6 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 2 March 2001 -- ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS SADDAM HUSSEIN / U.S. CONDEMNS IRAQ'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD / IRAQI WMD AND ACM DEVELOPMENTS CONTINUE... / …BUT INSPECTIONS UNLIKELY TO RESUME / U.S.-BRITISH STRIKES SAFEGUARD OWN PLANES

    February

  • Was this Saddam's bomb? The Sunday Times - NEWS REVIEW February 25 2001 -- On a visit to northern Iraq, Gwynne Roberts stumbled on a trail of compelling evidence that the 'Butcher of Baghdad' has successfully tested a nuclear bomb.
  • ONW Aircraft fired upon and targeted by radar Feb 22, 2001 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft today. Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites north of Mosul while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone. Coalition aircraft were also targeted by Iraqi radar from sites southeast of Mosul.
  • Iraq Air Strikes: 'Sole Superpower' Sends A Message Office of Research, State Department 20 February 2001 -- Last Friday's U.S.-British air strikes on Iraqi radar sites triggered a flood of editorials in overseas papers. Arab commentary was uniformly critical of the strikes and their rationale, with the exception of Kuwaiti commentators who, along with Israeli writers, supported a tough stance and the eventual ouster of Saddam Hussein. A few Arab observers lamented Saddam's refusal to pursue reconciliation with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, seeing this as a precondition for relieving Gulf tensions. Elsewhere, West European papers for the most part avoided overt criticism of the air strikes, but were nevertheless highly skeptical of the efficacy of a "hardline" U.S. policy toward Iraq. Some Russian dailies echoed Kremlin criticism of the U.S.-British enforcement action, and China's official media, matching Arab invective, lashed out at the U.S.' "brutal attacks." A few writers in the Middle East, South Asia and Europe noted that the attacks further alienated Arab and Muslim publics from American policy, with a Tunisian weekly stating ominously: "Bin Ladin's shadow is everywhere."
  • Coalition Aircraft Respond To Iraqi Provocations February 16, 2001 -- In response to recent surface-to-air missile (SAM) and anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) fire against coalition forces that enforce United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft struck Iraqi integrated air defense system sites at approximately 1215 Eastern Standard Time.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE SAM SITE February 13, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi violations of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike a surface-to-air missile site in southern Iraq at approximately 1:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
  • ONW Aircraft fired upon and targeted by radar Feb 12, 2001 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft today. Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites north of Mosul while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone. Coalition aircraft were also targeted by Iraqi radar.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE SAM SITE February 11, 2001 -- In response to anti-aircraft artillery fire today against coalition aircraft in Iraq's southern no-fly zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft struck anti-aircraft artillery sites in southern Iraq at approximately 8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time
  • Iraq: A New President Bush Confronts Same Old Saddam Office of Research, State Department February 6, 2001 -- The conjunction of George W. Bush's presidency and the 10th anniversary of Desert Storm evoked editorials on what many saw as a festering and potentially destabilizing clash of wills between Washington and Baghdad.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 5 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 2 February 2001 -- BAGHDAD HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS, DEFECTOR SAYS / BAGHDAD'S TIES WITH EGYPT GROW… / …AS CAIRO HELPS RECONCILE SAUDIS WITH IRAQ / SYRIANS DISCUSS COOPERATION WITH BAGHDAD… / …BUT DAMASCUS SAYS IT WILL DEFEND KUWAIT / IRAQ OFFICIALS ON FREE TRADE ACCORDS / RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER IN BAGHDAD / IRAQ-TURKEY BUSINESS COUNCIL FOUNDED / ARE IRAQ'S WATER PROBLEMS EBBING? / EGYPTIAN COPTIC POPE TO VISIT IRAQ / TARIQ 'AZIZ SAYS USSR'S COLLAPSE HURT ARABS / KIRKUK ETHNIC CLEANSING DETAILED / BAGHDAD SAYS KURDISTAN 'TEEMING WITH SPIES.' / PUK'S TALABANI INVITED TO LONDON

    January

  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE SAM SITE January 28, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi violations of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike surface-to-air missile systems today in southern Iraq at approximately 11:45 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 4 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 26 January 2001 -- 'UDAY'S KUWAIT REMARKS PROVOKE ARAB RESPONSE / IRAQ NEGOTIATES HAJJ INCREASE / TURKEY-IRAQ RAIL LINK TO REOPEN THIS MONTH / SECOND UAE SHIP TO TRAVEL BETWEEN UAE AND IRAQ / SADDAM PRAISES HANOI FOR ITS LONGSTANDING FRIENDSHIP / IRAQ TO SIGN FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT WITH SYRIA / IRAQ-BASED GROUP CLAIMS CREDIT FOR TEHRAN ATTACK / IAEA REPORTS NO IRREGULARITIES IN IRAQ / IRAQ-SYRIA PIPELINE TO BE UNDER OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM / IRAQI OPPOSITION GROUP PROPOSES NEW NATIONAL FRONT / IRAQI WRITER SAYS SAUDI ARABIA IN CRISIS / IRAQI MINISTER DISCUSSES RADIATION SECURITY IN MOSCOW / BAGHDAD TO REPLACE CURRENCY IN KURDISTAN / PUK, KDP MEET TO DISCUSS PKK / TALABANI APPOINTS NEW PM
  • Iraqi missiles and AAA fired at ONW aircraft Jan 24, 2001 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft again today. Iraqi forces launched surface-to-air missiles (SAM) and fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites north of Mosul while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE RADAR SYSTEM AND AAA SITE January 20, 2001 -- In response to Iraqi violations of anti-aircraft artillery and surface to air missile fire today, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike radar systems and anti-aircraft artillery sites today in southern Iraq at approximately 8:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 3 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 19 January 2001 -- 'UDAY WANTS KUWAIT OFF THE MAP / ARE CAIRO AND BAGHDAD ABOUT TO EXCHANGE ENVOYS? / TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER ON TIES WITH IRAQ / IRAN SAYS IRAQ VIOLATING 1988 CEASEFIRE / INDIA READY TO HELP IN RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ / ALGERIA PLEDGES SOLIDARITY WITH IRAQ / IRAQI VP RECEIVES TATARSTAN PRIME MINISTER / MOSCOW INVITES RAMADAN TO RUSSIA / IRAQ OPENS FIFTH INTERNET CENTER / ROYAL DUTCH/SHELL IN TALKS WITH IRAQ / KURDS FORM PRO-BA'TH POLITICAL PARTY / KDP CENTRAL COMMITTEE CONDEMNS ARABIZATION / BARZANI NOT GOING TO ANKARA / TALABANI MEETS WITH IRANIAN DELEGATION / TURKISH-U.S. DEAL TO CREATE 'TURKMEN REPUBLIC.'
  • COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE AAA SITES January 15, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery fire, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike anti-aircraft artillery sites today in southern Iraq at approximately 6:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 2 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 12 January 2001 -- SADDAM BOOSTS PALESTINIAN CAUSE ON ARMY DAY / MOSCOW CONDEMNS ‘ILLEGAL BOMBING’ OF IRAQ / 'UDAY SAYS RUSSIANS 'FRONT' FOR U.S., BRITISH FIRMS / UAE MINISTER SAYS SADDAM WILL FALL AFTER SANCTIONS END / IS IRAQI-IRANIAN DETENTE COLLAPSING? / TURKEY DISPATCHES AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ / IRAQI BOEING 747 GOES INTO DOMESTIC SERVICE / IRANIAN PILGRIMS VISIT SHIITE SHRINES IN IRAQ / SADDAM'S INNER CIRCLE DESCRIBED / PALESTINIAN DELEGATION IN BAGHDAD / TALABANI, BARZANI MEET ON KDP TERRITORY / TALABANI INVITED TO TURKEY FOR TALKS
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 4, Number 1 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 5 January 2001 -- REPORT OF SADDAM HUSSEYN'S DEMISE / UDAY CALLS FOR MOVES TOWARD MULTIPARTY DEMOCRACY / IS IRAQ SOWING ETHNIC UNREST IN IRANIAN PROVINCE? / IRAQI MINISTER SAYS BAGHDAD CAN 'DESTROY' ISRAEL / MOSCOW CONTINUES TO URGE LIFTING SANCTIONS / GCC TO EXPLAIN POSITION ON IRAQ TO ARAB STATES / IRAQ SEEKS TO EXPAND TRADE WITH IRAN / IRAQ-TURKEY RAIL LINK TO OPEN / SYRIA SEEKS BROAD MILITARY, POLITICAL LINKS WITH IRAQ / IRAQ-INDIA WHEAT DEAL UNDERWAY -- BUT BIG FIRMS STAY AWAY / EGYPT AIR TO RESUME REGULAR FLIGHTS TO BAGHDAD / PUK CONFIRMS TURKISH FORCES IN IRAQI KURDISTAN
  • COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE AAA SITES January 1, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi violations of United Nations Security Council Resolutions and international demarches, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike a radar system today in southern Iraq at approximately 5:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
  • COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE AAA SITES January 1, 2001 -- In response to recent Iraqi violations of United Nations Security Council Resolutions and international demarches, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike a radar system today in southern Iraq at approximately 12:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.