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15 November Iraq Special Weapons News

  • HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY HEAD OF UN IRAQ WEAPONS INSPECTION TEAM United Nations 15 Nov 2002
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 38 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 15 November 2002 -- IRAQ ACCEPTS RESOLUTION 1441... / ...AFTER ATTACKING SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS / HOW THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE PLAYED OUT... / UN PREPARES INSPECTION TEAMS / UN PREPARES INSPECTION TEAMS / IRAQ CALLS UP RESERVE OFFICERS / IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS ON ARAB LEAGUE STATES TO TAKE MEASURES... / ...AND DISCUSSES ARAB LEAGUE'S REACTION TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION / DID TURKEY SELL IRAQ NERVE GAS ANTIDOTE? / IRAQ DENIES SPYING ON U.S. FACILITIES / UKRAINE CLAIMS IT STEPPED IN AND HALTED DISCUSSIONS ON SELLING RADAR SYSTEMS TO IRAQ / YUGOSLAV ASSEMBLY COMMISSION INVESTIGATING ARMS SALES TO IRAQ UNDER QUESTION / IRAQI OPPOSITION MEETING REPORTEDLY POSTPONED / KURDS AND ISLAMISTS CLASH IN IRBIL PROVINCE / KURDISH PARLIAMENT PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS / PUK APPOINTS NEW MINISTERS, JUDGES / TALABANI DENIES AMERICANS TRAINING PESHMERGAS IN IRAQI KURDISTAN / ANOTHER KURDISH ISLAMIC MILITIA -- JUST WHAT IRAQI KURDISTAN NEEDS
  • RUSSIA / IRAQ VOA 15 Nov 2002 -- A senior Russian official Friday warned that a military campaign against Iraq without the approval of the U-N Security Council would be a big mistake
  • UN INSPECTIONS VOA 15 Nov 2002 -- Chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix says he expects a new round of inspections in Iraq to get underway November 27th. Mr. Blix arrives in Baghdad Monday via Cyprus, where he will meet up with an advance team of technicians
  • BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 15 Nov 2002 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered a radio address late Thursday to the Iraqi people warning that Saddam Hussein must comply with U-N demands or suffer the consequences
  • IRAQ VOA 15 Nov 2002 -- Iraqi newspapers said Friday that Iraq's decision to readmit weapons inspectors will put U-N credibility, honesty and objectivity to the test
  • BRITAIN/IRAQ VOA 15 Nov 2002 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has delivered a radio address (late Thursday) to the Iraqi people warning that Saddam Hussein must comply with U-N demands or suffer the consequences
  • UN/INSPECTIONS VOA 15 Nov 2002 -- On the eve of a new round of weapons inspections in Iraq, chief U-N arms inspector Hans Blix says he plans to be an honest middleman between Baghdad and the Security Council. Mr. Blix arrives in Iraq Monday via Cyprus, where he will meet up with an advance team of technicians
  • SPECIAL ENGLISH IN THE NEWS #559 Iraq Accepts U-N Resolution VOA 15 Nov 2002 -- Iraq has announced its acceptance of a United Nations resolution on weapons inspections. All fifteen members of the U-N Security Council passed the resolution last Friday. The measure gives U-N inspectors the right to search anywhere in Iraq for banned weapons. It calls for serious measures if Iraq is found to disobey U-N demands to disarm.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE RADAR 15 Nov 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 target an air defense communications facility near An Najaf, approximately 85 miles southeast of Baghdad. The strike occurred at about 2:50 p.m. EST
  • Blix Says Weapons Inspectors to Begin Work in Iraq November 27 Washington File 15 Nov 2002-- Inspectors will present facts, the Security Council will evaluate them
  • Former Iraqi Generals Say Army Should Defend Country, Not Regime Washington File 15 Nov 2002-- American Enterprise Institute conference November 15
  • Iraqis Discuss Transition Plan For Representative Government Washington File 15 Nov 2002-- Outline duties of four consultative councils at U.S. Institute of Peace seminar
  • IRAQ: SADDAM'S 'YES' TO UNSC VIEWED AS 'POSTPONING THE INEVITABLE' Foreign Media Reactions 15 Nov 2002-- Observers worldwide had little confidence that Saddam Hussein would actually comply with UNSC Resolution 1441 but agreed this would be his "last chance" to "save his head." ** While relieved that military intervention has been averted "for the time being," writers worried that given Washington's "resolve" and Saddam's "unpredictability," the specter of war still loomed. ** Most praised the unanimous UNSC vote, declaring it a victory for diplomacy and multilateralism; detractors carped that it was "intentionally ambiguous" to favor U.S. ambitions.




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