Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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December

• Aspin: Gulf Diplomacy Needs Arms Threat to Succeed USIA Remarks of House Armed Services Chairman Les Aspin to the Center for Strategic and International Studies and following question-and-answer session. (90-12-21)
• Iraq Cited for Numerous Rights Violations in Kuwait USIA 20 December 1990
• Bush Insists Iraq Must Meet UN Deadline for Pullout USIA 17 December 1990
• Cheney: Sanctions Against Iraq May Fail in Long Term USIA 14 December 1990
• Time for Congress to Vote on the Issue of War in the Gulf by Christopher Layne and Ted Galen Carpenter (December 14, 1990)

  November

• Iraq's Human Rights Toll USIA 27 November 1990
• VOA Editorial: Needless Sacrifice in Iraq USIA 14 November 1990

  October

• US Sees Real Shortages Developing in Iraq USIA 31 October 1990
• Do We Need to Go to War for Oil? by David R. Henderson (October 24, 1990)
• VOA Editorial: Iraq Feels Effects of UN Sanctions USIA 24 October 1990
• VOA Editorial: Iraqi Human Rights USIA 01 October 1990

  September

• Bush Cites 'Solid' World Consensus on Iraq USIA 24 September 1990
• UN Embargo Puts Iraqi Nuclear Program on Hold USIA A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace study entitled "Nuclear Ambitions" identifies Iraq, Iran, and Libya as countries pursuing a nuclear capability. "Iraq may be five to ten years away from acquiring nuclear weapons of its own," the study says(90-09-24)
• The Rise of the Middle Eastern Bogeyman: Sliding Toward Post-Cold-War Interventionism by Leon T. Hadar (September 5, 1990)

  August

• UN Should Remain Focus on Ending Gulf Crisis USIA 29 August 1990
• Gulf Crisis Underscores Importance of SDI Strategy USIA 29 August 1990
• Basic Gulf Strategy Now in Place, Bush Says USIA 28 August 1990
• Lugar Sees No Peace with Saddam Hussein in Power USIA 28 August 1990
• Freeze of Iraq, Kuwait Assets Has Many Precedents USIA 28 August 1990
• The Gulf Crisis: A Chronology USIA 28 August 1990
• VOA Editorial: Another UN Rebuke to Iraq USIA 28 August 1990
• Update: Gulf Crisis Chronology USIA 28 August 1990
• World Acts Against Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait USIA 28 August 1990
• No Compromise on Ending Iraqi Aggression, Bush Says USIA 27 August 1990
• Withdrawal Expected to Be Focus of UN-Iraqi Talks USIA 27 August 1990
• Iraq Using Civilian Hostages as Shield USIA 20 August 1990
• US Continues to Press Iraq to Free All Foreigners USIA 20 August 1990
• VOA Editorial: Bipartisan Support on Iraq USIA 20 August 1990
• US Agents Arrest Buyers of Mideast-Bound Weapons USIA 16 August 1990
• World Acts Against Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait USIA 16 August 1990
• VOA Editorial: Bush on Iraq USIA 16 August 1990
•  West Europeans Join U.S. in Condemning Invasion The New York Times (Aug. 3, 1990)
•  Invading Iraqis Seize Kuwait and Its Oil; U.S. Condemns Attack, Urges United Action The New York Times(Aug. 3, 1990)
•  Iraq Army Invades Capital of Kuwait in Fierce Fighting The New York Times (Aug. 2, 1990)

  July

• Iraqi Document on Meeting with U.S. Envoy 23 July 1990
• The World's Most Dangerous Man U.S. News and World Report July 1990 --- With Billions to Spend and Help From the United States, the Soviet Union and Europe, Saddam Hussein Is Amassing a Truly Terrifying Arsenal

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