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10 October Iraq Special Weapons News

  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE AIR DEFENSE RADAR AND SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SITES 10 Oct 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 an Iraqi air defense radar site near Al Basrah, approximately 245 miles southeast of Baghdad. Coalition forces also targeted a surface-to-air missile (SAM) missile site near Tallil, approximately 160 miles southeast of Baghdad. Both strikes occurred at about 4 a.m. EDT.
  • CONGRESS IRAQ VOA 10 Oct 2002-- The Democrat-led U-S Senate is moving closer to approving a resolution authorizing President Bush to use military action against Iraq. The Republican-led House passed the measure earlier Thursday
  • FRANCE / IRAQ VOA 10 Oct 2002-- As U-S President George Bush continues his campaign to persuade members of the United Nations Security Council to adopt a tough new resolution on Iraq, he is finding strong resistance from France
  • POST-WAR IRAQ VOA 10 Oct 2002-- The talk of war in Iraq is dominating the headlines. Yet little attention has been paid to what a post-war Iraq might be like. Iraqi opposition leaders are worried that the Bush administration is not thinking beyond the war to the problems that could follow
  • RUSSIA / BLAIR VOA 10 Oct 2002-- British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin that are expected to focus on Iraq
  • IRAQ / WAR / SCENARIOS VOA 10 Oct 2002-- Some political and military analysts say there could be a bloodbath inside Iraq, following a U-S led war to enforce U-N resolutions against weapons of mass destruction.
  • IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS VOA 10 Oct 2002-- In 1991, Iraq's neighbors joined the U-S led coalition to liberate Kuwait. Today, they are reluctant to join a new attack on Iraq if it does not have U-N backing.
  • PENTAGON / IRAQ VOA 10 Oct 2002-- Pentagon officials appear hopeful that dissident Iraqis might kill Saddam Hussein or remove him from power, eliminating the need for any U-S led military action against Baghdad
  • Text: House Joint Resolution Authorizing Use of Force Against Iraq Washington File 10 Oct 2002-- "The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate"
  • Bush Says House Vote Sends "Clear Message" to Iraq: Disarm Washington File 10 Oct 2002-- Resolution also tells U.N. Iraq threat must be confronted, he says
  • House Authorizes Bush To Use Military Force Against Iraq if Needed Washington File 10 Oct 2002-- Final Senate approval of Iraq resolution expected to follow
  • Transcript: Wolfowitz Says Iraqi Nuclear Debate Distracts from Toxin Issue Washington File 10 Oct 2002-- Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz says that the current focus on Iraq's nuclear weapons capability tends to distract attention from the fact that Iraq has stockpiled large quantities of anthrax, botulin toxin and aflatoxin.
  • Transcript: U.S. Building Support for Action on Iraq, Powell Says Washington File 10 Oct 2002-- The United States is "hard at work" on garnering domestic and international support for disarming Iraq and ensuring Iraqi compliance to U.N. resolutions, Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
  • Bush Applauds House Vote Authorizing Use of Force Against Iraq AFPS 10 Oct 2002-- "The gathering threat of Iraq must be confronted fully and finally," President Bush said today. "The days of Iraq acting as an outlaw state are coming to an end."




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