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09 December Iraq Special Weapons News

  • Tracking the Inspections 09 December 2002 RFE/L 09 Dec 2002 -- An Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman issued a statement detailing the activities of weapons inspectors on 9 December, Iraq Satellite TV reported.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 40 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 9 December 2002 -- IRAQI OFFICIAL ADMITS TRYING TO PURCHASE ALUMINUM TUBES FOR ROCKETS / EGYPTIAN SOLIDARITY DELEGATION IN IRAQ / TURKS PLAN MILITARY MOVE INTO NORTHERN IRAQ / KURDS, TURKMENS, ASSYRIANS PREPARE FOR DECEMBER OPPOSITION CONFERENCE / KUWAIT TO SEND OBSERVERS TO LONDON OPPOSITIONIST CONFERENCE / SCIRI CLAIMS THOUSANDS OF POLITICAL PRISONERS STILL LANGUISH IN IRAQ PRISONS / BARZANI, TALABANI EXPRESS RESERVATIONS ABOUT U.S. INVASION OF IRAQ / KURDISH LEADERS CONTINUE LOBBYING FOR FEDERALISM IN IRAQ / IRAQI SHIITE OPPOSITION FIGURE CRITICIZES ABSENCE OF INDEPENDENTS FROM LONDON OPPOSITION CONFERENCE / ANSAR AL-ISLAM IN THREAT OF BREAKUP? / TURKS SUFFER 11 DEAD IN NORTHERN IRAQ / PUK POLITICAL BUREAU DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS IN KURDISTAN / ASSYRIAN POLITICAL LEADER REVIEWS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN NORTH / FREE IRAQIS MEET IN WASHINGTON TO DISCUSS RECONSTRUCTION
  • Daily Press Briefing State Department 09 Dec 2002 -- Iraqi Declaration and Analysis of Documents / Issuance of "An Apology" by Iraqi Government for Invasion of Kuwait / US Assistance to Inspectors
  • RUSSIA/IRAQ VOA 09 Dec 2002 -- Russian officials says Baghdad's submission of its weapons declaration creates a basis for a political rather than military resolution of the Iraq crisis
  • U-S-IRAQ REPORT VOA 09 Dec 2002 -- The United States is promising a thorough and deliberate study of Iraq's weapons declaration, though Bush administration officials are openly skeptical about Baghdad's assertions that it no longer has weapons of mass destruction
  • BUSH / IRAQ VOA 09 Dec 2002 -- The White House says it will conduct a thoughtful, thorough review of Iraq's 12-thousand page arms declaration and will not rush to judgment. But administration officials leave no doubt that a pattern of Iraqi lies over the years has left them skeptical of Baghdad's intentions
  • UN/IRAQ VOA 09 Dec 2002 -- U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on Iraq to cooperate fully with inspectors looking for banned weapons. He has also appealed to all members of the Security Council to give the inspectors a chance to do their job, before deciding on a more aggressive course to disarm Iraq
  • IRAQ/IAEA VOA 09 Dec 2002 -- A specially assembled team of experts at the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna has started to sift through the huge dossier of material provided by Iraq on its weapons programs
  • IRAQ/INSPECTORS VOA 09 Dec 2002 -- While weapons experts in New York and Vienna begin pouring over Iraq's 12-thousand-page weapons declaration, U-N inspectors in Baghdad resumed their search for weapons of mass destruction. They re-visited two sites, including a complex responsible for Iraq's former nuclear weapons research program
  • QATAR/WARGAMES VOA 09 Dec 2002-- More than one-thousand top military strategists from the United States and Britain are in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar for war games. The training exercise is widely seen as a rehearsal for a possible invasion of Iraq
  • IRAQ / INSPECTORS VOA 09 Dec 2002-- On the 10th day of hunting for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq U-N weapons inspectors re-visited two facilities near Baghdad Monday including a complex responsible for Iraq's former nuclear research program
  • JAPAN / ARMITAGE VOA 09 Dec 2002-- U-S Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says the United States is prepared to be patient on Iraq.
  • JAPAN / I-A-E-A / IRAQ VOA 09 Dec 2002-- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says it will take time to fully assess the accuracy of Iraq's declaration that it has no weapons of mass destruction
  • Weapons Inspectors Begin Analysis of Iraqi Weapons Declaration Washington File 09 Dec 2002-- Thousands of pages arrive at U.N. Headquarters
  • Bush Authorizes Military Assistance for Iraqi Opposition Groups Washington File 09 Dec 2002-- President Bush has authorized the release of $92 million in military assistance to Iraqi opposition groups.
  • Full Disclosure Saddam Hussein's Only Hope, Former Inspector Says Washington File 09 Dec 2002-- Believes Iraq playing "hide and seek" with UNMOVIC
  • Wolfowitz Says Inspectors Cannot Scour Every Inch of Iraq Washington File 09 Dec 2002-- Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz told the World Affairs Council and the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco December 6 that it is not the responsibility of weapons inspectors in Iraq "to scour every square inch."
  • Baghdad Regime's Policies Continue to Shred Iraq's Social Fabric Washington File 09 Dec 2002-- Brookings/SAIS report on internally displaced groups in Iraq
  • UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq UNMOVIC/IAEA 09 December 2003




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