2006 Libya Special Weapons News |
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September
- Japanese Companies Linked to Illegal Exports of Goods Used to Make Nuclear Weapons VOA 02 Sep 2006 -- An investigation in Japan is revealing more details about domestic manufacturers that exported equipment that can be used to make nuclear weapons.
August
- MND DENIES REPORTED ARMS DEAL WITH LIBYA CNA 12 Aug 2006 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) denied Friday a media report that Libya sent delegates to review Taiwan's just-concluded Hankuang No.22 military exercise as the northern African country plans to purchase firearms from Taiwan.
July
- United States Assisted Libyan Transfer of Nuclear Fuel to Russia Washington File 27 Jul 2006 -- The U.S. Department of Energy supported an operation in late July to move 3 kilograms of highly enriched uranium (HEU) out of Libya and back to Russia – its country of origin.
June
- US Urges Libya to Complete PanAm Compensation Payments VOA 27 Jun 2006 -- The State Department says the United States is pressing Libya to complete compensation payments to the families of those killed in the 1988 bombing of a U.S. PanAm jetliner over Scotland
- UK to seek UN action against WMD strike on Libya IRNA 26 Jun 2006 -- The British government is committing itself to seek UN action against any nuclear, chemical or biological weapons attack on Libya following Tripoli's decision to abandon its weapons of mass destruction programs.
- Backgrounder: How Libya Got Off the List cfr.org 08 Jun 2006
May
- Middle East: Washington To Renew Ties With Libya RFE/RL 16 May 2006 -- The United States announced on May 15 that it will renew full diplomatic ties with Libya, after praising Tripoli for its "excellent cooperation" in the U.S.-led war on terror.
- U.S. Urges Iran, North Korea To Follow Libya RFE/RL 16 May 2006 -- The United States is calling on Iran and North Korea to follow Libya's example and abandon efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction.
- Libya Important Model for Regime Behavior Change, Rice Says Washington File 15 May 2006 -- Libya's decision to renounce support for terrorism and eliminate its programs for weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles is a model that Iran and North Korea should emulate, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says.
- Analysis: Libya in from the Cold cfr.org 15 May 2006 -- The preemption doctrine is working. At least, that's what the Bush administration officials say in regard to Libya.
- U.S Normalizes Relations With Libya RFE/RL 15 May 2006 -- The United States is restoring full diplomatic relations with Libya and will remove the North African nation from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
- US to Normalize Ties With Libya VOA 15 May 2006 -- The United States has decided to restore normal diplomatic relations with Libya for the first time in a quarter of a century, and will remove it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism.
- U.S. Diplomatic Relations with Libya US Department of State 15 May 2006 -- I am pleased to announce that the United States is restoring full diplomatic relations with Libya.
