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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


02 December Iraq Special Weapons News

  • Tracking the Inspections 02 December 2002 Tracking Inspections: 02 DECEMBER 2002 RFE/L 02 Dec 2002 -- A team of six International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors visited four privately owned companies located in the Diyala Governorate near the city of Al-Khalis.
  • Saddam Hussein: Crimes & Human Rights Abuses A report by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office on the human cost of Saddam's policies, published 2 December 2002: (PDF, 197K)
  • Daily Press Briefing State Department 02 Dec 2002 -- Inspections Process / Oil-for-Food Program / Iraqi Human Rights’ Abuses / Future of Iraq Meeting / Status of Iraqi Opposition Meeting
  • Marines deploy for Internal Look '03 Marine Corps News 02 Dec 2002-- Several hundred 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Marines and Sailors deployed Nov. 19 and 21, from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
  • EDITED TRANSCRIPT OF A BRIEFING GIVEN BY FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIALS AND DR HUSSEIN AL-SHAHRISTANI, LONDON, MONDAY 2 DECEMBER 2002 It is surely a regime of unique horror which is prepared to kill thousands of its own civilians by poisonous gas, yet what occurred in Halabjah in 1988 is a vivid demonstration of the integral part Saddam’s WMD play in the rule of fear which pervades Iraq today.
  • IRAQ/INSPECTIONS VOA 02 Dec 2002-- U-N weapons inspectors say they have encountered some missing equipment during a six hour inspection at an installation that had been one of Iraq's main missile development sites
  • BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 02 Dec 2002-- Britain has issued a report on human rights conditions in Iraq. It accuses Iraqi President Saddam Hussein of systematically using torture, rape and terror against his people
  • COALITION FORCES DROP LEAFLETS TO DISCOURAGE REPAIRS OF COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT 02 Dec 2002-- Operation SOUTHERN WATCH aircraft dropped 240,000 leaflets at about 3 a.m. EDT today over communication facilities located between Al Kut and An Nasiriyah, approximately 100-150 miles southeast of Baghdad in Southern Iraq. These sites were damaged or destroyed by Coalition strikes on December 1.
  • Iraq attacks ONW aircraft monitoring No-Fly zone 02 Dec 2002-- Coalition aircraft responded in self-defense to the Iraqi attacks by dropping precision guided munitions on elements of the Iraqi integrated air defense system.
  • COREY HINDERSTEIN VOA 02 Dec 2002-- Weapons inspections continue in Iraq Monday with inspectors visiting a military complex in Baghdad, and an alcohol factory outside the capital. So far, the inspectors have visited sites in and around Baghdad, but soon they will be capable of unannounced inspections virtually anywhere in Iraq. Corey Hinderstein (pron: steen) is the assistant director and senior analyst at the Institute for Science and International Security in Washington, D. C. She tells News Now's Rebecca Ward why inspectors are looking at some of the same sites that were inspected four years ago.
  • BUSH / IRAQ VOA 02 Dec 2002-- President Bush is keeping pressure on Iraq as a key deadline approaches for Baghdad to declare its weapons of mass destruction.
  • Bush, Cheney Warn Iraq to Report Fully on Weapons of Mass Destruction Washington File 02 Dec 2002-- President says "signs are not encouraging" so far
  • Boucher Denounces Human Rights Abuses by Iraqi Regime Washington File 02 Dec 2002-- State Department spokesman Richard Boucher says the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein is one of the most prominent abusers of human rights in the world.
  • Bush Tells Saddam Hussein to Disarm or Be Disarmed by Coalition Washington File 02 Dec 2002-- Bush: In the inspections process, the United States will be making one judgment: Has Saddam Hussein changed his behavior of the last 11 years? Has he decided to cooperate willingly and comply completely, or has he not? So far the signs are not encouraging. A regime that fires upon American and British pilots is not taking the path of compliance. A regime that sends letters filled with protests and falsehoods is not taking the path of compliance.
  • Wolfowitz: Disarmament of Saddam's WMDs Is the Goal AFPS 02 Dec 2002-- Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz told members of a British "think tank" here today that although it's good that U.N. weapons inspectors are scouring Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, the primary goal is to disarm Saddam Hussein's regime.
  • UNMOVIC/IAEA Press Statement on Weapons Inspection Activities in Iraq UNMOVIC/IAEA 02 December 2002




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