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July 2000

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 3, Number 25 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 28 July 2000 -- PUTIN TELLS AZIZ NOT TO BOW TO WESTERN 'BLACKMAIL.' / IS BAGHDAD PLANNING TO ATTACK SULAYMANIYAH? / ABDALLAH II SAYS 'TENSION' OVER IN JORDANIAN-IRAQI RELATIONS / YUGOSLAV TRADE DELEGATION IN BAGHDAD / WALLOONS TO BENEFIT FROM BELGIAN-IRAQI TIES / PAKISTANI-IRAQ BILATERAL TRADE 'ENHANCED.' / KUWAITI-RUSSIAN MILITARY COOPERATION HIGHLIGHTED / IRAQ CRITICIZES SAUDI-KUWAITI MARITIME BOUNDARY ACCORD / SADDAM RECEIVES INDONESIAN ENVOY, SCORES IMF / UN SPEEDS UP OIL-FOR-FOOD CONTRACT APPROVAL PROCESS / PEACE MONITORING GROUP MEETS IN ANKARA / EXPROPRIATIONS SPARK CONFLICT IN SHAYKHAN, MOSUL / TALABANI MEETS TURKISH OFFICIALS / ANKARA WARNS KDP ON ATTACK ON TURKMENS / FORMER KURDISH PARLIAMENTARIAN ASSASSINATED IN IRBIL / HALABJA MEDICAL INSTITUTE INITIATES TREATMENT PROGRAMS / LONDON CRITICIZES IRAQ FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS / KURDISH RELIGIOUS GROUPS CALL FOR END TO JOINT KDP-PUK ATTACKS ON PKK
• New Information Paper Examines Iraq's Use of Scud Ballistic Missiles During Gulf War, U.S. Department of Defense, 27 July 2000 -- Iraq's Scud Ballistic Missiles, an information paper, was released today by the Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses. The new Department of Defense report examines Iraq's Scud ballistic missile program and the use of the Scuds against coalition forces in the Kuwait theater of operations and Israel.
• Dod Report Confirms Presence of Chemical Warfare Agent On Scud Piece 'Unlikely', U.S. Department of Defense, 27 July 2000 -- The Department of Defense issued today the final version of its case narrative, "Possible Chemical Agent On Scud Missile Sample." The report focuses on the possible presence of a chemical warfare agent on a piece of a Scud missile which a veteran provided to the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses in 1995. The veteran said exposure to the missile piece caused symptoms similar to exposure to certain chemical warfare agents.
• Possible Mustard Release At Ukhaydir No Threat To U.S. Soldiers, U.S. Department of Defense, 27 July 2000 -- The Department of Defense today issued its latest case narrative, "Possible Mustard Release at Ukhaydir Ammunition Storage Depot." The report examines the possibility that two coalition air strikes during the 1991 Gulf War air campaign caused a limited release of mustard chemical warfare agent. Coalition planes may have destroyed or damaged some 200 of the more than 6,000 chemical artillery rounds stored at Iraq's Ukhaydir ammunition depot. The investigation was prompted by information collected for an earlier information paper.
• Iraq earns another $296 million in UN "oil-for-food" programme, UN News, 26 July 2000 -- Iraq earned some $296 million last week from exporting over 13 million barrels of oil, according to the latest figures released today by the United Nations Office of the Iraq Programme, which administers the UN humanitarian "oil-for-food" programme.
• United Kingdom House of Commons Defence Committee Report on Iraqi No-Fly Zones 26 July 2000
• Iraq's Scud Ballistic Missiles [Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses - July 25, 2000] Information Papers are reports of what we know today about military equipment and/or procedures used in the 1990-1991 Gulf War. This particular information paper on Iraq's Scud ballistic missiles is not an investigative report, but is meant to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the characteristics, capabilities, and employment of Iraq's Scuds.
• Coalition Aircraft Respond To Iraqi Anti-Aircraft Fire, U.S. Department of Defense, 22 July 2000 -- At approximately 1:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time today, U.S. Air Force F-16 "Fighting Falcon" aircraft enforcing the Southern No-Fly Zone used precision guided munitions to strike two Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery sites near Tallil, approximately 170 miles south-southeast of Baghdad.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 3, Number 24 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 21 July 2000 -- IRAQI HIT SQUADS HEAD FOR ARAB, EUROPEAN COUNTRIES / IRAQ TO BUY ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES FROM RUSSIA / TARIQ 'AZIZ TO VISIT MOSCOW / BAGHDAD CRITICIZES GORE MEETING WITH OPPOSITION / U.S. ALLOCATES $8 MILLION TO INC / A FRANCO-AMERICAN RAPPROCHEMENT ON IRAQ / MOVEMENT ON SYRIAN-IRAQI TIES? / RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN IRAQ AND JORDAN? / IRAQI DELEGATION IN BELARUS / SADDAM SAYS LITTLE IN REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY SPEECH / IRAQ DENIES DISMISSAL OF BA'TH PARTY CADRES / IRAQI NATIONAL TURKMEN PARTY LEADER IN BERLIN / KDP FORCES ATTACK TURKMEN FRONT HEADQUARTERS / SIXTY PKK GUERRILLAS BREAK WITH OCALAN
• United Nations Office of Iraq Programme Weekly Update, UN Press Release, 20 July 2000 -- During the period 8-14 July Iraq exported 15.3 million barrels of oil for revenue estimated around $378 million. The revenue generated from the beginning of phase VIII on 9 June is now estimated at around $1.502 billion. Since the inception of the programme on 10 December 1996, Iraq has exported more than 1.891 billion barrels with a value of more than $30.5 billion.
• Reserve units pick up support of AEF 8, American Forces Press Service, 17 July 2000 -- Fighter pilots and air refuelers returned home and others took their places as Air Force Reserve Command continues to help enforce the no-fly zone over northern Iraq this summer.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 3, Number 23 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 14 July 2000 -- BAGHDAD SAYS CAMP DAVID SUMMIT WILL FAIL / BAGHDAD PLANS TO ASSASSINATE DISSIDENTS ABROAD / BA'TH PARTY GROUPS SAID TO CRITICIZE SADDAM / ABSENCES MARK LONDON INC MEETING / OPPOSITION GROUPS SAID TO BE DISCOURAGED / SUDAN SUPPORTS SADDAM / ALGERIA SEEKS TO EXPAND TIES WITH BAGHDAD / RUSSIAN DUMA CALLS FOR LIFTING IRAQ SANCTIONS / JORDAN CALLS FOR LIFTING OF SANCTIONS / BELGIUM, IRAQ DISCUSS AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION / IS THERE A SECRET IRAQI-YUGOSLAV MILITARY AGREEMENT? / UN RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS IRAQI OIL REVENUES / IRAQ BLAMES U.S., BRITAIN FOR BLOCKING OIL CONTRACTS / PKK, KDP CLASH IN NORTHERN IRAQ / ALABANI MEETS SYRIAN OFFICIALS / ASSYRIANS, MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIANS DISCUSS DISCRIMINATION
• Coalition Forces Strike Aaa Site, U.S. Department of Defense, 13 July 2000 -- At approximately 3:40 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time today, U.S. Navy F/A-18 "Hornet" aircraft enforcing the Southern No-Fly Zone used precision-guided munitions to strike an Iraqi anti-aircraft site in Southern Iraq.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 3, Number 22 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 7 July 2000 -- IRAQI MISSILE TESTING RAISES CONTROVERSY / OIC GIVES IRAQ THE COLD SHOULDER / AZIZ: KUWAIT 'CLOSED CHAPTER' FOR IRAQ / AZIZ MEETS WITH YUGOSLAV MINISTER / AZIZ BLAMES U.S. FOR POPE'S FAILURE TO VISIT / SYRIAN DEPUTY CALLS FOR RAPPROCHEMENT WITH IRAQ / AL-SAHHAF ASKS SYRIA TO DEMAND LIFTING OF SANCTIONS / IRAQ PRESSURES RUSSIA, CHINA TO IMPLEMENT OIL DEALS / KURDS PROTEST KIRKUK ARABIZATION / WASHINGTON MEETING FAILS TO RESOLVE KDP-PUK SPLIT / PUK URGES TURKISH BUSINESSMEN TO VISIT KRG / U.S. DELEGATION MEETS WITH TURKMEN FRONT / INC REJECTS TURKMEN DELEGATE AT WASHINGTON MEETING
• BUSH/GORE/IRAQ Voice of America 06 July 2000 -- The Clinton administration's inability to achieve its stated goal of bringing about a change of government in Iraq is shaping up as a key foreign policy issue in this year's presidential campaign.
• Text: State Department Question and Answer on Iraq's Missile Program 05 July 2000 -- We are concerned by activity at Iraqi sites known to be capable of proscribed activity, including producing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and long-range ballistic missiles.
• Flight Tests By Iraq Show Progress Of Missile Program By Steven Lee Myers New York Times July 1, 2000 -- Iraq has restarted its missile program and flight-tested a short-range ballistic missile. The tests -- eight in all, including one on Tuesday -- have involved Al Samoud.
• Flight Tests by Iraq Show Progress of Missile Program, New York Times, 01 July 2000 -- Eighteen months after American and British warplanes badly damaged its missile factories, Iraq has restarted its missile program and flight-tested a short-range ballistic missile, Clinton administration and American military officials said this week.