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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


07 October Iraq Special Weapons News

  • C.I.A. Letter to Senate on Baghdad's Intentions 07 Oct 2002 -- Letter dated Oct. 7 to Senator Bob Graham, Democrat of Florida and chairman of the Intelligence Committee, by George J. Tenet, director of central intelligence, about decisions to declassify material related to the debate about Iraq
  • BUSH / IRAQ VOA 07 Oct. 2002-- President Bush made his case for U-S action against Iraq in a nationally broadcast speech Monday
  • CONGRESS / IRAQ VOA 07 Oct. 2002-- As President Bush prepares to speak to the nation (Monday) about Iraq, some U-S lawmakers, mostly Democrats, expressed their concerns about a congressional resolution authorizing use of force against Iraq
  • PENTAGON/IRAQ VOA 07 Oct. 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he does not doubt that some Iraqis would favor overthrowing Saddam Hussein -- a move than could forestall any U-S-led military action against Baghdad
  • IRAQ DEBATE CONTINUES VOA 07 Oct. 2002-- The national debate continues on possible U-S military action against Iraq to dispose of Saddam Hussein's reported arsenal and depose him. Editorial columns keep the topic at the head of many a page
  • IRAQ / WAR / DEMOCRACY VOA 07 Oct. 2002-- Iraqi opposition leaders say if Saddam Hussein is driven from power in a war with a U-S led military coalition, Iraqis are ready to embrace the ideals of democracy and a western style economy. They are expressing concern, however, that time is running short for creation of a provisional government to lead Iraq in a post-Saddam era.
  • Bush Describes "Urgent Duty" to Confront Saddam Hussein Washington File 07 Oct. 2002-- Bush: Knowing these realities, America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun -- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. As President Kennedy said in October of 1962, "Neither the United States of America, nor the world community of nations can tolerate deliberate deception and offensive threats on the part of any nation, large or small. We no longer live in a world," he said, "where only the actual firing of weapons represents a sufficient challenge to a nations security to constitute maximum peril."
  • U.S. Optimistic Security Council Will Send Clear Message to Iraq Washington File 07 Oct. 2002-- The United States is optimistic that the United Nations Security Council will send a clear message to Iraq that it must allow the UN to conduct full and unrestricted inspections for weapons of mass destruction and that there will be consequences if Iraq obstructs inspections, State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said.
  • Powell, Blix, El Baradei Urge Strong Resolution on Iraq Washington File 07 Oct. 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell, the chief of the UN weapons inspectors for Iraq, Hans Blix, and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed El Baradei, have urged the UN Security Council to pass a strong resolution supporting thorough weapons inspections in Iraq.




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