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18 September Iraq Special Weapons News

  • RAHALL-IRAQ VOA 18 Sept 2002-- Representative Nick Rahall was part of a four-person delegation that recently visited Baghdad. Mr. Rahall traveled to Iraq on a humanitarian mission, wanting to find out how he can assist the medical and nutritional needs of Iraqi citizens. He also met with Iraq Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz. He was the first U.S. Congressman to visit Baghdad in several years. Mister Rahall was first elected into office in 1976. He is serving his 13th term representing the third district of West Virginia.
  • BUSH, THE U.N. AND IRAQ VOA 18 Sept 2002-- Will the United Nations stop Saddam Hussein? Next, On the Line.
  • BUSH IRAQ VOA 18 Sept 2002-- President Bush says he will continue to press the U-N for action on Iraq, while working with the U-S congress to draft a resolution of support for the possible use of force against Saddam Hussein
  • CONGRESS/IRAQ VOA 18 Sept 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States and the world cannot afford to allow the threat posed by Iraq's weapons efforts to continue
  • IRAQ / SMUGGLING VOA 18 Sept 2002-- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his family will earn more than two-billion dollars this year from smuggling operations and manipulating the United Nations' oil-for-food program. A new report says the amount of illegal money flowing into Iraq has risen considerably since the U-N program began in 1996
  • IRAQ U-S POL VOA 18 Sept 2002-- The debate over what to do about Iraq is increasingly spreading into the campaign for control of the U-S Congress
  • U.S. Consulting with Security Council on Iraq Resolution Washington File 18 Sept 2002-- The United States has begun consultations at the United Nations on a resolution addressing Iraq's past violations of its UN obligations, what Iraq would have to do to correct its violations, and consequences if Iraq does not correct them, State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said.
  • Rumsfeld Says Issue in Iraq is Disarmament, Not Weapons Inspections Washington File 18 Sept 2002-- Secretary urges swift action in House Armed Services appearance
  • Bush Pledges Iraq Resolution Language for Congress Soon Washington File 18 Sept 2002-- President Bush said he told congressional leaders at a White House breakfast September 18 that his administration would have language for a Capitol Hill resolution on Iraq in the next couple of days.
  • U.N., Iraq Discuss Weapons Inspectors' Return Washington File 18 Sept 2002-- Two sides will meet again in Vienna in 10 days
  • Rumsfeld Seeks Congressional Support for Iraq Resolution Washington File 18 Sept 2002-- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged Congress September 18 to approve, before the scheduled congressional elections in November, a resolution supporting the use of military force against Iraq if it fails to abide by U.N. Security Council resolutions.
  • Seeing a Smoking Gun Means It's Too Late, Rumsfeld Says AFPS 18 Sept 2002-- "The last thing we want to see is a smoking gun," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Congress today. "A gun smokes after it has been fired. The goal must be to stop such an action before it happens."
  • Bush Calls Iraqi Offer a 'Ploy' AFPS 18 Sept 2002-- President Bush said Saddam Hussein's offer to let U.N. inspectors back into Iraq is "his latest ploy," and said a strong U.N. resolution was still necessary.
  • IRAQ/ARABS/BUSH VOA 18 Sept 2002-- The Bush administration has been heavily criticized throughout the Arab world for its threats to use force against Iraq. But now that Iraq has agreed to renewed weapons inspections, some Arab political analysts are saying the U-S policy seems to be working, up to a point




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