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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


08 November Iraq Special Weapons News

  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 37 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 8 November 2002 -- IRAQI PRESIDENT GIVES INTERVIEW, WARNS ARAB STATES... / ...AND CONFERS WITH ARMY COMMANDERS, SONS / KURDISTAN ISLAMIC GROUP FORMS ARMY / SAUDIS FORBID U.S. USE OF AIR BASES / TURKISH ARMY WARNS U.S. ABOUT IRAQ CAMPAIGN / JORDAN BANS IRAQI MEN FROM ENTERING COUNTRY... / ...AND SAYS FOREIGN TROOPS HAVE LEFT / INTERPARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS IRAQ / PRESIDENT HUSSEYN HINTS IRAQ WILL COOPERATE... / ...AND SAYS THE U.S. GOAL IS TO DESTROY IRAQ... / ...WHILE IRAQI OFFICIALS ACCUSE U.S. OF INFLUENCING UN OFFICIALS / ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER WARNS OF COUNTERATTACK IF IRAQ ATTACKS / SHI'ITE OPPOSITION FIGURE ON IRAQ'S FUTURE, U.S. POLICY / OPPOSITION SAYS IRAQ STORING CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES... / ...AS OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS HE IS READY TO COOPERATE WITH 'ANYBODY.' / DRAFT-CONSTITUTION DISCUSSION CONTINUES IN KURDISH PARLIAMENT / TALABANI MEETS WITH SYRIAN VICE PRESIDENT / PUK LEADER DENIES MEETING IRANIAN OFFICIALS... / ...BUT LATER SAYS IRAN WILL HELP FIGHT ISLAMIC MILITANTS / IRAN PREVENTS KURDISH PARLIAMENTARIANS FROM TRAVELLING TO IRAQ / BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL FAIR OPENS / IRAQI HEALTH-CARE FACILITIES DETERIORATING
  • Rumsfeld Warns Iraq Not to Threaten U.N. Inspectors AFPS 08 Nov 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned Iraq not "to take or threaten hostile action against inspectors or coalition aircraft upholding U.N. inspections" under the U.N. Security Council resolution signed today.
  • Security Council Passes Tough Iraq Resolution AFPS 08 Nov 2002-- The United Nations Security Council today unanimously passed a strong resolution designed to force Saddam Hussein to disarm his weapons of mass destruction and obey previous Security Council resolutions.
  • Straight Talk About "The Day After" Saddam Washington File 08 Nov 2002-- Iraqi Experts Discuss Short-Term Economic Needs of a Free Iraq
  • ARABS/U-N REACT VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- Iraq says it will study the new U-N Security Council resolution on returning weapons inspectors to Baghdad, and an Arab League spokesman says member states will likely not oppose its implementation
  • IAEA/IRAQ VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency, which participates in weapons inspections in Iraq, has welcomed Friday's U-N Security Council resolution. Melanie Sully reports from Vienna the agency is ready to get back to work in Iraq
  • BRITAIN / UN / REACT VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair says Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein will face attack, if he does not disarm under terms of the new United Nations Security Council resolution
  • EUROPE / UN / REACT VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- Britain says Iraq will face military action if it does not disarm under terms of a new United Nations Security Council resolution. France says Iraq now has a chance to disarm peacefully
  • US / IRAQ RESOLUTION VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- The Bush administration is claiming a major diplomatic victory with Friday's unanimous Security Council resolution to send U-N weapons inspectors back to Iraq. But the process required nearly eight weeks of painstaking negotiations and entailed some concessions by Washington
  • RUSSIA / U-N REACT VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- A senior Russian official says the U-N resolution on Iraq approved by the Security Council is not perfect but it is acceptable
  • UN/IRAQ /VOTE VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- The United Nations Security Council Friday unanimously adopted a resolution giving Iraq one final chance to rid itself of weapons of mass destruction, or face serious consequences. Iraq has one week to accept the terms and promise to comply
  • FRANCE/U-N/REACT VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- French President Jacques Chirac says Friday's U-N Security Council vote gives Iraq an opportunity it should not miss
  • BUSH / IRAQ / UN VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- President Bush says passage of the U-N resolution on Iraq is a "final test" for Saddam Hussein to disarm without delay or negotiations
  • PENTAGON/IRAQ UPDATE VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- The Pentagon says U-S forces will be prepared to move quickly against Iraq if President Bush decides military action is needed to enforce the latest United Nations resolution calling on Baghdad to give up its weapons of mass destruction
  • Security Council unanimously agrees to return UN weapons inspectors to Iraq UN News Service 08 Nov 2002 -- The Security Council today voted unanimously to return United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq, offering Baghdad a last chance to comply with its disarmament obligations and recalling previous warnings of "serious consequences" in case of non-compliance
  • Statement in Explanation of Vote by Sergei Lavrov, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, on the Security Council's Resolution on Iraq, November 8, 2002 As a result of the intensive talks the agreed resolution contains no provisions for an automatic use of force against Iraq.
  • Transcript: Remarks by the President on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 08 Nov 2002 -- "With the resolution just passed, the United Nations Security Council has met important responsibilities, upheld its principles and given clear and fair notice that Saddam Hussein must fully disclose and destroy his weapons of mass destruction. He must submit to any and all methods to verify his compliance. His cooperation must be prompt and unconditional, or he will face the severest consequences"
  • BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- Britain is making contingency plans for humanitarian assistance in the Middle East, if there is a war, and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein uses chemical or biological weapons. British International Development Secretary Clare Short has discussed the situation with correspondents in London
  • PENTAGON / IRAQ VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- The Pentagon says U-S forces will be prepared to move and move quickly against Iraq if President Bush decides action is needed to enforce the latest United Nations resolution
  • RUSSIA / U-N / IRAQ VOA 08 Nov 2002 -- presidents of France and Russia spoke by telephone Friday, and a French official says they agreed the latest resolution on Iraq, coming up for a vote in the Security Council, is satisfactory. But in Moscow, an official says Russia still has concerns




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