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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


05 December Iraq Special Weapons News

  • BUSH / IRAQ VOA 05 Dec 2002 -- The White House says President Bush has a solid basis for accusing Iraq of having weapons of mass destruction, despite repeated denials from Baghdad. Officials say the president would not make the assertion unless he had the evidence to back it up
  • PENTAGON/IRAQ VOA 05 Dec 2002 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says Iraq faces a choice of either confessing to having weapons of mass destruction, or continuing to deceive the international community
  • IRAQ WRAP VOA 05 Dec 2002 -- U-N weapons inspectors in Iraq suspended their work for a Muslim holiday, but the White House has stepped up pressure on President Saddam Hussein to come clean on weapons of mass destruction. Saddam Hussein tells Iraqis the searches are an opportunity to show the world Iraq has no such weapons and it will back it up with a report he plans to submit to the U-N Saturday
  • U-S /TURKEY THREAT VOA 05 Dec 2002 -- The United States warned its citizens Thursday of a possible terrorist threat in Turkey. The statement followed a visit to Turkey this week by a senior Pentagon official seeking Turkish support in the event of war with Iraq
  • Grossman, Greek Defense Chief Discuss Turkey, EU, Cyprus, Iraq Washington File 05 Dec 2002 -- After meeting with Greek Defense Minister Yiannos Papantoniou in Athens December 4, Under Secretary of State Marc Grossman reiterated the message he delivered earlier in the week in London, Ankara, and Nicosia: there is an opportunity in the next few weeks to move towards a peaceful settlement in Cyprus and to bring Turkey one step closer to membership in the European Union
  • White House Report, December 5: Iraq, Kenya/Ethiopia Washington File 05 Dec 2002 -- The Bush administration has rejected the statement by Iraq's deputy prime minister that Baghdad has no weapons of mass destruction
  • Wolfowitz Vows Consultation With Allies Before Use of Force in Iraq Washington File 05 Dec 2002 -- Any decision by President Bush to use force to disarm Iraq would come only after close consultation with U.S. allies and the international community, says Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz
  • Iraqi Oil-For-Food Program Renewed Washington File 05 Dec 2002 -- Security Council December 4 unanimously agreed to extend the oil-for-food humanitarian aid program for Iraq until May 2003
  • IRAQ / INSPECTIONS VOA 05 Dec 2002 -- Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is urging his people to cooperate with U-N weapons inspectors
  • CENTCOM Troops 'Living Large' in Internal Look Exercise AFPS 05 Dec 2002-- Troops from the U.S. Central Command Headquarters in Tampa, Fla., may be in the tiny Persian Gulf nation of Qatar for only a few weeks, but they say they're "living large" while they're there.
  • Media Stakeout At NATO With Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz 05 Dec 2002-- So now it should be clearer, I think, than ever that the international community surrounds Saddam Hussein. That is vitally important, because the most likely route to achieving a peaceful resolution is through the prompt and total disarmament of Iraq's most horrible weapons of terror. That I would say is the basic theme of what I continue to talk about here, although, it was also, an occasion to congratulate all the members of NATO and the Secretary General personally for what has been a truly successful summit in Prague.




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