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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


25 September Iraq Special Weapons News

  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE IRAQI AIR DEFENSE FACILITIES 25 Sept 2002-- In response to Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike Iraqi air defense facilities near Al Kufa, approximately 80 miles south of Baghdad , and Al Basrah, approximately 245 miles southeast of Baghdad, at approximately 4:45 p.m. EDT.
  • SCHAEFER-ELAND/IRAQ VOA 25 Sept 2002-- Bret Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation and Ivan Eland, Director of Policy for the Cato Institute, debate whether military action should be taken against Iraq. Schaefer is a foreign policy analyst and is a Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs. Eland is the author of the book, Putting "Defense" Back into U.S. Defense Policy: Rethinking U.S. Security in the Post-Cold War World", and was principal defense analyst at the Congressional Budget Office.
  • CONGRESS IRAQ - POLITICS VOA 25 Sept 2002-- U-S Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle Wednesday unleashed a political firestorm when he accused President Bush of politicizing a possible war against Iraq. He is demanding MR. Bush apologize for implying that Democrats are not concerned about the nation's security
  • PENTAGON / IRAQ VOA 25 Sept 2002-- The Bush administration is weighing a possible dramatic expansion of its military assistance program for Iraqi opposition groups.
  • BUSH IRAQ VOA 25 Sept 2002-- President Bush says the world must take action against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to prevent him from joining-up with al-Qaida terrorists
  • I-C-R-C-/ BIOTECHNOLOGY AND WEAPONS VOA 25 Sept 2002-- The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for better controls on potentially dangerous biotechnology. The appeal is being made as concern mounts over Iraq's possible possession of weapons of mass destruction
  • UKRAINE / IRAQ / ARMS VOA 25 Sept 2002-- A leader of Ukraine's parliament has proposed creating a special commission to investigate charges that President Leonid Kuchma, in defiance of U-N sanctions, approved the sale of a sophisticated radar system to Iraq
  • IRAQ / U-N / INSPECTORS VOA 25 Sept 2002-- As the United Nations debates the best way to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction, a key question is how to achieve full Iraqi compliance with U-N demands without resorting to invasion
  • ITALY / IRAQ VOA 25 Sept 2002-- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today (Wednesday) called on the U-N Security Council to approve a new resolution that would force Iraq to cooperate with U-N arms inspectors
  • U-S / KUWAIT MANEUVERS VOA 25 Sept 2002-- Thousands of American and Kuwaiti troops are preparing for a large-scale joint military exercise that officials say is routine and has nothing to do with a possible U-S led attack against Iraq
  • U.S. Says U.N. Inspectors Need New Authority and Guidelines Washington File 25 Sept 2002-- State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said it was important to have a new U.N. resolution on Iraq in order to give international weapons inspectors new authority and new instructions from the Security Council.
  • U.S. Does Not Stand Alone on Iraq, Rumsfeld Tells Polish TV Washington File 25 Sept 2002-- In a interview with Polish TVN/TVN 24 on September 23, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld took issue with what he termed the "media fixation" on those countries that do not fully agree with U.S. policy on Iraq "instead of all the countries that do agree."
  • Bush Says Iraq, al Qaeda Pose Threat to United States Washington File 25 Sept 2002-- Iraq and al Qaeda work in concert, President Bush has said, and both need to be dealt with to protect U.S. national security
  • BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 25 Sept 2002-- Britain says any new U-N resolution on resuming weapons inspections in Iraq will have to contain the threat of the use of military force if Baghdad does not cooperate
  • CHINA - IRAQ VOA 25 Sept 2002-- China says Iraq is facing a "last chance" to avoid military conflict over its alleged programs to build weapons of mass destruction.




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