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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


12 November Iraq Special Weapons News

  • IRAQ/PARLIAMENT VOA 12 Nov 2002-- In what may be a signal of how Iraq will respond to the U-N Security Council resolution, Saddam Hussein's son has urged the Iraqi parliament to agree to the disarmament resolution, with some limitations
  • Powell-Annan-Iraq VOA 12 Nov 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell conferred with U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan late Tuesday as they awaited Iraq's response to last Friday's Security Council resolution requiring Baghdad to give up its weapons of mass destruction. Mr. Powell says the Iraqi parliament's call on Saddam Hussein to reject the resolution is "not to be taken seriously."
  • U-N IRAQ VOTE VOA 12 Nov 2002-- There is considerable reaction in the American press to the unexpected unanimous Security Council disarmament ultimatum to Iraq. It demands acceptance of inspectors to ascertain the extent of the Iraqi arsenal; the first step to decommissioning it, and it is seen as a major victory for President Bush
  • U-S-IRAQ-NERVE GAS VOA 12 Nov 2002-- Iraq is said to be trying to buy, from Turkish and other suppliers, more than a million doses of atropine, a drug used to counter the effects of nerve gas
  • PENTAGON / IRAQ VOA 12 Nov 2002-- One of America's leading generals says U-S forces will not rush into action against Iraq but will act prudently if and when President Bush decides to pursue a military course against Baghdad
  • BUSH / IRAQ VOA 12 Nov 2002-- President Bush has dismissed the Iraqi parliament's recommendation to reject the tough new U-N disarmament resolution
  • FRANCE / KURDS VOA 12 Nov 2002-- About seventy illegal immigrants continue to occupy a church in the northern French port city of Calais. Riot police have surrounded the church and have cut off electricity to it
  • Bush: U.S. Has "Zero Tolerance" for Deception and Delay by Iraq Washington File 12 Nov 2002-- A final opportunity for Saddam Hussein to disarm, White House says
  • Boucher Dismisses Iraqi Parliament Action as "Pure Theater" Washington File 12 Nov 2002-- State Department spokesman Richard Boucher has dismissed "as pure theater" a vote by the Iraqi National Assembly recommending that Saddam Hussein reject a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding that Iraq submit to U.N. weapons inspections.
  • Transcript: Powell Says Iraqi Assembly Decision "Not to Be Taken Seriously" Washington File 12 Nov 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell said November 12 that the vote by Iraq's National Assembly rejecting U.N. Resolution 1441 on arms inspection "is not to be taken seriously. ... The only power that exists exists in the hands of Saddam Hussein, and we'll wait to see what he says."
  • "Baghdad's Moment of Truth" by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell Washington File 12 Nov 2002-- On Sept. 12, President Bush went before the United Nations and challenged the Security Council to meet its responsibility to act against the threat to international peace and security posed by Iraq. The council's unanimous passage of Resolution 1441 was a historic step for the United Nations toward ridding Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by peaceful means.




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