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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


16 September Iraq Special Weapons News

  • BUSH/IRAQ/SANCTIONS VOA 16 Sept 2002-- The Bush administration has responded skeptically to Iraq's offer to allow the return of U-N weapons inspectors. Iraq says it has agreed to inspectors to remove any doubts that it still has weapons of mass destruction
  • IRAQ / INSPECTORS VOA 16 Sept 2002-- U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan announced Monday that Iraq has agreed to re-admit weapons inspectors, without conditions, after a nearly four-year absence. Baghdad's decision comes under pressure from the international community and President Bush's warning that Washington is prepared for military action against Iraq, if necessary
  • JAPAN / IRAQ VOA 16 Sept 2002-- Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi has called on Iraq to accept immediate and unconditional inspections by the United Nations, and dispose of all weapons of mass destruction
  • PENTAGON/IRAQ VOA 16 Sept 2002-- U-S pilots patrolling the so-called no fly zones in northern and southern Iraq are taking a new approach to target selection, to defend themselves against Iraqi gunners.
  • POWELL/U-N/IRAQ VOA 16 Sept 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell, continuing Iraq consultations at the United Nations, says he's encouraged about prospects for a new Security Council resolution demanding that Baghdad give up weapons of mass destruction. The secretary of state is having a full day of meetings in New York with visiting foreign ministers, including his counterparts from Egypt and Syria.
  • LANDMINES / U-N / IRAQ VOA 16 Sept 2002-- It has been five-years since a global treaty to ban land mines was established. This week in Geneva, officials from many countries, as well as from groups opposed to land mines, are meeting to assess what effect the treaty has had on the effort to rid the world of landmines
  • IRAQ - PRE-EMPTION VOA 16 Sept 2002-- The debate over possible U-S military action against Iraq raises the question of whether a nation has the right to attack another country in order to prevent future threats and attacks. The United States argues that it needs to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein because he poses a grave threat to international security if he has or acquires nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons
  • MILHOLLIN / IRAQ VOA 16 Sept 2002-- On Friday, the Bush administration once again called for a tough, new U-N resolution that would give Iraq a deadline of days or weeks to allow the readmission of weapons inspectors
  • IRAQ / RITTER VOA 16 Sept 2002-- A former U-N weapons inspector, Scott Ritter, has accused the United States of pressuring the world to go along with plans for a war on Iraq. Mr. Ritter has become an outspoken critic of U-S policy toward Iraq
  • Transcript: Defense Department Briefing, September 16, 2002 Washington File 16 Sept 2002-- Pace: I would certainly not use the term "routine." Any time we have folks getting airplanes flying over territory where they're being shot at every time they do is not a routine mission, and the response is not routine. And what has changed, I think, and what perhaps you may be referring to, is the number of events, as you look back over the last several years, is about on par with what has happened in the last couple of years. What has changed a little bit is the tactics that are being employed in response to that so that the air defense network in Iraq, which includes the radars and the buildings that have the command nodes in them and the airfields themselves, the response to that by the commanders on the ground has been to go after more of the targets like communications buildings, that are not easily moved, and striking those. So instead of going at the specific radar that was involved, which can easily be moved between the time the missile was fired and the time we're able to counter-strike, they're picking on targets that are still part of that continuum of air defense but that are not going to be (easily/able to be ?) moved and can be struck readily and provide appropriate level of response to that kind of provocation.
  • Text: White House Calls Iraq Statement "a Tactic That Will Fail" Washington File 16 Sept 2002-- This is not a matter of inspections. It is about disarmament of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and the Iraqi regime's compliance with all other Security Council resolutions.
  • Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on accepting the return of inspectors
  • Iraq Accepts Return of U.N. Weapons Inspectors, Annan Reports Washington File 16 Sept 2002-- Secretary General credits President Bush's speech
  • Text: Iraq Letter on Inspections Should Not Dissuade Security Council Washington File 16 Sept 2002-- A White House official the evening of September 16 called Iraq's letter to the U.N. Secretary General offering to allow the unconditional return of U.N. weapons inspectors "a tactical step by Iraq in hopes of avoiding strong U.N. Security Council action."
  • U.N. Talks on Iraq Resolution Moving Ahead, Powell Says Washington File 16 Sept 2002-- Secretary sees strong resolution in "not-too-distant future"
  • Rumsfeld Says Coalition Tactics Have Changed Over Iraqi No-Fly Zones Washington File 16 Sept 2002-- Defense Department Report, September 16
  • Senators Speak Out on U.S. Policy on Iraq Washington File 16 Sept 2002-- Lawmakers note threat posed by Saddam Hussein
  • Lieberman Says He Supports Bush on Iraq Washington File 16 Sept 2002-- Senator Joseph Lieberman (Democrat of Connecticut) says he backs President Bush's "call to action" at the United Nations against the threat represented by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
  • 'Connecting the Dots' Before the Next Tragedy AFPS 16 Sept 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that while people are concerned about "connecting the dots" on what happened Sept. 11, 2001, he is more interested in connecting the dots before the next attack.
  • Coalition No-Fly Zone Tactics Changed AFPS 16 Sept 2002-- The number of provocations over the northern and southern no-fly zones over Iraq have remained about the same, but coalition responses have become more deadly, said U.S. defense leaders.




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