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May 2000

• Iraqis AAA fired at ONW aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (31 May 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites near Bashiqah.
• Iraqis fire AAA at ONW coalition aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (30 May 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites near Bashiqah.
• Iraqi AAA fired at ONW aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (29 May 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites near Bashiqah.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 3, Number 16 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 26 May 2000 -- SECRET IRAQ-ISRAEL TALKS HIGHLIGHTED / IRAQI VP, FOREIGN MINISTER IN YEMEN / HAMMADI CONTINUES LOBBY EFFORTS IN FRANCE / BUTLER SPEAKS ABOUT IRAQ'S ARSENAL / FRANCE ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR QATARI INITIATIVE / OPPOSITION LEADER ON 'TRUST CRISIS' IN REGION / BULGARIA TO EXPORT SPARE PARTS TO IRAQ / KATYUSHA-ATTACK SUSPECTS BEING ROUNDED UP IN BAGHDAD / ARABIZATION, DEPORTATIONS FROM KIRKUK CONTINUE / PUK ON PKK, KDP / PUK OFFICIAL ON RELATIONS WITH KDP / ARMENIAN-KURDISH RELATIONS HIGHLIGHTED
• PRESENCE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AT TALLIL AIR BASE DURING GULF WAR DEEMED UNLIKELY May 25, 2000 - Based upon its history, coalition air campaign planners believed Tallil was a probable storage point for chemical weapons and chemical warfare agents.
• REVISED CASE NARRATIVE FINDS NO CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT EXPOSURE DURING MARINES MINEFIELD BREACHINGS May 25, 2000 -- Based upon evidence provided by Fox vehicle experts, medical experts, and witness accounts, the revised report finds the presence of chemical warfare agents in the specific minefield breaching lanes traversed by the Fox vehicles as "unlikely."
• Iraqis fire AAA at ONW coalition aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (23 May 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites near Bashiqah and northwest of Mosul.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 3, Number 15 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 22 May 2000 -- SCIRI TARGETS BAGHDAD PRESIDENTIAL PALACE / KUWAIT-IRAQI TIES DISCUSSED AT SYMPOSIUM / IRAQ, YUGOSLAVIA SIGN CULTURAL ACCORD / BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL FAIR 2000 TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER / SADDAM ORDERS FUNDS FOR SHRINE RENOVATION / FRENCH-IRAQI COLLABORATION HIGHLIGHTED AT PARIS CONFERENCE / MANDAEANS DETAINED IN INDONESIA / U.S. REPRESENTATIVE OF KRG INTERVIEWED / PUK, IRAQI TURKMEN ISLAMIC UNION MEET / TURKOMAN FRONT, KDP MOVE TOWARD RECONCILIATION / ASSYRIANS ON KIRKUK, ETHNIC CLEANSING
• AAA fired at ONW coalition aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (22 May 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites near Bashiqah.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE IRAQI RADAR, AAA SITES May 22, 2000 - U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 "Hornet," U.S. Air Force F-16 "Fighting Falcon" and British Royal Air Force GR-1 "Tornado" aircraft used precision guided munitions to strike an Iraqi military radar site and anti-aircraft artillery sites in Southern Iraq.
• The New Yorker's Revisionist History (By Barry R. McCaffrey The Wall Street Journal 22 May 2000 -- The Army CID report specifically "substantiated that the (post-cease-fire Rumaylah) engagement was clearly provoked by the Iraqis and the response of the 24th ID was (in accordance with) cease-fire guidance provided by ARCENT and the XVIII Airborne Corps."
• RECENTLY THE US AND BRITAIN HAVE BEEN INTENSIFYING THEIR BOMB RAIDS AGAINST IRAQI TERRITORY May 16, 2000 -- We would like to reiterate anew the need for an end to actions by the US and Britain in the so-called no-fly zones over the territory of Iraq, actions which are absolutely unlawful from the point of view of the international law.
• Iraqis fire AAA at ONW aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (16 May 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites near Bashiqah, Tall'Afar, and Mosul.
• MCCAFFERY - GULF Voice of America 16 May 2000 -- One of America's most highly-decorated generals is disputing allegations that his soldiers slaughtered retreating Iraqis who were no threat to U-S forces during and after the Persian Gulf War.
• Text: Gen. McCaffrey Responds to New Yorker Article about Desert Storm 15 May 2000 -- General Barry R. McCaffrey (ret.), Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, released this statement concerning an article, "Overwhelming Force," by Mr. Seymour Hersh, which appears in the May 22, 2000, edition of The New Yorker.
• ONW aircraft fired upon UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (15 May 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from a site near Bashiqah, Tall'Afar, and Mosul.
• COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE IRAQI MILITARY SITES IN THE SOUTH May 15, 2000 - U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D "Hornets," Air Force F-16 "Fighting Falcons," U.S Navy F-14 "Tomcats" and U.S. Navy F/A-18 "Hornets" used precision-guided weapons to strike Iraqi military radar sites, anti-aircraft artillery sites and a surface-to-air missile site in southern Iraq.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 3, Number 14 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 14 May 2000 -- RUSSIAN DEPUTIES ATTEND BAGHDAD 'SOLIDARITY' CONFERENCE / IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER IN BELGRADE / NEW IRAQI AMBASSADOR FOR RUSSIA / ARMENIA, IRAQ TO EXPAND COOPERATION / THAI-IRAQ RICE DEAL UNDER QUESTION / IRAQI OIL EXPORTS RISING / SADDAM OUTLINES EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY / FIFA REINVESTIGATES IRAQI TEAM TORTURE / UN AID COORDINATOR IN IRAQI KURDISTAN / ACTIVIST URGES OPPOSITION SUMMIT BE HELD / KUWAIT PARLIAMENT TO HOLD CONFERENCE ON IRAQ / CHILDREN'S HEALTH IMPROVING IN KURDISTAN BUT NOT IN BAGHDAD-CONTROLLED AREAS / KDP DENIES ENVOY RECALLED
• Text: McCaffrey Remarks on New Yorker May 22 Article, "Overwhelming Force" 14 May 2000 -- In the article, Hersh "recycles" allegations against the 24th Infantry Division during Operation Desert Storm that were "long ago investigated and fully cleared," according to McCaffrey.
• IRAQ ATTACK Voice of America 13 May 2000 -- Iraq says eight rockets exploded in Baghdad Saturday, killing a three-year-old girl and wounding four other civilians. An Iraqi opposition group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
• COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE IRAQI AAA SITES IN THE SOUTH May 13, 2000 - U.S. Air Force F-16 "Fighting Falcons," U.S Navy F-14 "Tomcats" and U.S. Navy F/A-18 "Hornets" enforcing the Southern No-Fly Zone used precision-guided weapons to strike anti-aircraft artillery sites in southern Iraq.
• Iraqi AAA fired at ONW aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (12 May 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from a site near Bashiqah.
• DoD News Briefing Thursday, May 11, 2000 -- The main reason we haven't been using HARM missiles is they don't turn on their radars. So they have been firing at us either with anti-aircraft munitions and very occasionally with missiles. I think the last missile they fired was in March
• Iraqi AAA fired at ONW aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (11 May 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from a site near Bashiqah.
• AAA fired at ONW aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (10 May 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from a site near Bashiqah.
• Iraqi forces fire AAA at ONW aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (9 May 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from a site near Bashiqah.
• Northern Watch Keeps Tight Reins On Iraq By Terry Boyd, European Stars and Stripes May 8, 2000 Pg. 3 -- Before DuLaney took command, the operation's Web site listed the time of Iraqi attacks and its responses, as well as the munitions its jets dropped. At his direction, Air Force public affairs no longer includes that information. The press, he said, is only interested in bad news, and there just isn't any from his operation.
• Transcript: Asst. Secretary Welch's Remarks to POW Committee in Kuwait 06 May 2000 -- C. David Welch, assistant secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, answered questions from the POW Committee in Kuwait May 6 concerning Kuwaiti Prisoners of War (POWs) taken by Iraq during its 1990-91 occupation of Kuwait.
• Transcript: State's Welch Press Roundtable in Kuwait City 06 May 2000 -- C. David Welch, assistant secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, discussed the range of issues and challenges facing the U.S. in the Middle East during a roundtable discussion May 6 in Kuwait City.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 3, Number 13 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 5 May 2000 -- KUWAIT DENIES AIR FORCE ROLE IN SORTIES ON IRAQ / SECOND GCC CONSULTATIVE MEETING ENDS / IRAQ SUPPORTS MANILA ON MINDANAO / MOROCCO CALLS FOR LIFTING SANCTIONS ON IRAQ / IRAQ, PAKISTAN DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF TIES / HANS VON SPONECK ON SANCTIONS, NO-FLY ZONES / IRAQ PROTESTS GULF BIRTHDAY COVERAGE / NEW OPPOSITION GROUP TARGETS QUSAYY / G REPRESENTATIVE MEETS WITH FRENCH OFFICIAL / KURDISH ISLAMIC LEAGUE MEETS WITH IRANIAN DELEGATION / TURKOMAN FRONT ACTIVITY INCREASES / TURKISH PARTY DELEGATION VISITS KDP POLITICAL BUREAU / KURDS TO RECEIVE CULTURAL AUTONOMY IN RUSSIA /
• JUDGING SADDAM HUSSEIN Voice of America 05 May 2000 -- Ted Carpenter, director of defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, says U-S policy toward Iraq is adrift.
• Saddam Is The Root Of All Iraq's Problems By Samuel Berger Financial Times 04 May 2000 -- Saddam has aggravated his people's suffering and used the spectacle to seek the removal of sanctions. Yet ending sanctions on Iraq would not end the suffering of its people.
• Iraqi forces target ONW aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (3 May 00) -- Iraqi forces targeted coalition aircraft with radar and fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from a site near Bashiqah. Coalition aircraft responded to the Iraqi attacks by dropping ordnance on elements of the Iraqi integrated air defense system.
• Iraqi AAA fired at ONW aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (2 May 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from a site near Bashiqah. Coalition aircraft responded to the Iraqi attacks by dropping ordnance on elements of the Iraqi integrated air defense system.
• COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE IRAQI MILITARY TARGETS IN THE SOUTH UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND May 2, 2000 - Air Force F-16 "Fighting Falcon," a U.S Marine Corps F/A-18 "Hornet" and British Royal Air Force GR-1 "Tornados" enforcing the Southern No-Fly Zone used precision-guided weapons to strike military radar sites in southern Iraq.