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15 September Iraq Special Weapons News

  • IRAN / IRAQ VOA 15 Sept 2002-- Iran has joined its Arab neighbors in opposing a U-S military strike on Iraq, calling on Baghdad to let U-N weapons inspectors back in. Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharrazi addressed the U-N General Assembly Sunday
  • SAUDI/IRAQ VOA 15 Sept 2002-- Saudi Arabia is now suggesting it would be willing to support a U-S led attack against Iraq, if the U-N Security Council gives the green light
  • BUSH IRAQ VOA 15 Sept 2002-- Top Bush administration officials are again making the case for action against Iraq, seeking public support with a series of interviews on American television
  • SYRIA / IRAQ VOA 15 Sept 2002-- Syria today (Sunday) challenged the United States to enforce U-N resolutions on Israel, calling the actions of the Jewish state toward the Palestinians a major destabilizing factor in the region
  • Officials Say Security Council Must Act on Iraq to Have Credibility Washington File 15 Sept 2002-- Powell, Rice argue for effective UN response to Iraqi violations
  • Transcript: Colin Powell Says New U.N. Resolution on Iraq Must be Effective Washington File 15 Sept 2002-- Powell interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN "Late Edition" Sept. 15
  • Transcript: U.S. Seeks U.N. Resolution on Iraq Within a "Matter of Weeks" Washington File 15 Sept 2002-- POWELL: No. No. No. We're talking a short time, a matter of weeks. I don't want to be more precise than that. There's nothing for him to consider. It doesn't require any great deal of thought. There's no negotiation associated with this. He knows what he has to do. Those resolutions have been out there, so I think what the United Nations Security Council should do in this resolution is to say, here is what is required of you. Let us know within X period of days/weeks that you are prepared to comply.
  • Transcript: U.S. Will Take Case Against Iraq to U.N. Security Council Washington File 15 Sept 2002-- POWELL: Well, we'll have to see; but you've certainly laid out the elements that I think have to be in a resolution. One, a clear recognition that Saddam Hussein is in material breach of all the obligations that he entered into as a result of these many UN resolutions. The second element of any resolution has to be action that he must take in order to try to deal with this breach. And then I believe a third element of any resolution or combination of resolutions has to be what the UN will do, what the international community will do, if he does not act in the way that has been demanded by the United Nations.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE IRAQI AIR DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY 15 Sept 2002-- 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 air defense communications facility near Tallil, approximately 160 miles southeast of Baghdad, at 3:30 a.m. EDT.




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