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18 October Iraq Special Weapons News

  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 34 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 18 October 2002 -- SADDAM HUSSEYN PURGES SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT / IRAQ, RUSSIA, THE UN, AND OIL / ECEVIT SAYS U.S. DIRECTING IRAQI KURDS / TURKEY TO SET UP 'SECURITY BELT' IN NORTHERN IRAQ IF U.S. ATTACKS / TURKEY PREPARES FOR CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL WARFARE / TURKISH PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER REJECTS KURDISH STATE WITH KIRKUK AS CAPITAL / TURKISH PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER REJECTS KURDISH STATE WITH KIRKUK AS CAPITAL / PRESIDENTIAL REFERENDUM IN IRAQ / HUSSEYN WAR GOVERNMENT CHARTED / ASSYRIANS INCLUDED IN BUSH'S IRAQI POLITICAL FORMULA / GCC SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPLAINS GCC STANDS ON IRAQ / IRAN USING PKK AGAINST BARZANI, TALABANI GROUPS? / ANNAN MEETS WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS / BLIX REBUFFS IRAQ'S TERMS / U.S. 'OCCUPATION' PLAN HAS EVERYONE NERVOUS
  • Headquarters Elements to Deploy to Central Command AFPS 18 Oct 2002-- Headquarters elements of the Army's V Corps and the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force will deploy to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in the near future, spokesmen of the commands said Oct. 18.
  • Wolfowitz Analyzes Risks Associated With Action Against Iraq Washington File 18 Oct 2002-- U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz says that to wait until Iraq poses an imminent threat to the United States "assumes that we will know when it is imminent," and historically that has been a highly risky method for making national security policy.
  • IRAQ: MANY TROUBLED BY THE WAR ABOUT 'THE WAR' Foreign Media Reaction 18 Oct 2002-- Those following U.S. efforts to disarm Iraq maintained that while Washington is dutifully going through UN channels, its "unilateralism" still threatens the body's authority.




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