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19 December Iraq Special Weapons News

  • White House Daily Briefing White House 19 Dec 2002
  • Tracking the Inspections 19 December 2002 RFE/L 19 Dec 2002 -- A reported 91 inspectors visited 8 sites as a UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) team of missile inspectors met with specialists at the Ibn Firnas State Company north of Baghdad, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry stated.
  • State Department Cites Gaps in Iraq Weapons Declaration Washington File 19 Dec 2002-- The State Department released a fact sheet giving examples of alleged omissions from Iraq's declaration to the United Nations Security Council concerning its chemical, biological and nuclear weapons capabilities.
  • IRAQ / DOSSIER VOA 19 Dec 2002 -- Iraq is rejecting U-S suggestions that the country's 12,000-page filing on its weapons of mass destruction programs is incomplete
  • Iraqi Opposition VOA 19 Dec 2002 -- Leaders of the Iraqi opposition concluded a contentious four-day conference in London on Tuesday with a nearly unified call for a democratic, federal, and parliamentary government. This new government would replace the regime of Iraq's leader Saddam Hussein. They also demanded that the United States allow Iraqis to take immediate control of their country if Saddam Hussein is driven from power
  • BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 19 Dec 2002 -- Britain says Iraq's weapons dossier contains lies, but that alone will not trigger a war. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says diplomacy and arms inspections must continue to try to resolve the Iraq crisis peacefully
  • POWELL-IRAQ VOA 19 Dec 2002 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell, in a stern warning to Iraq, says its weapons declaration "fails totally" to move in the direction of a peaceful resolution of the crisis over its holdings of banned weapons of mass destruction. Speaking after U-N inspection chief Hans Blix's report to the Security Council, Mr. Powell called for stepped-up inspection efforts focussing on interviews of key figures in Iraq's weapons programs
  • PENTAGON /IRAQ VOA 19 Dec 2002 -- The Pentagon is poised to increase military pressure on Baghdad early in the new year by nearly doubling the number of U-S forces in the Gulf region
  • U-S-IRAQ-UN WRAP VOA 19 Dec 2002 -- U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell says Iraq has flagrantly violated last month's disarmament resolution from the U-N Security Council. However he suggests there are still weeks to go before a decision is made by the United States to seek the use of military force to get compliance
  • UN / IRAQI ARMS VOA 19 Dec 2002 -- U-N arms inspectors told the Security Council today (Thursday) they found huge gaps in Iraq's accounting of its weapons of mass destruction. The American ambassador to the United Nations called the Iraqi declaration, which was turned over to the inspectors this month, another material breach of U-N resolutions
  • YNDR: ARAB WORLD / IRAQ VOA 19 Dec 2002 -- Political analysts in the Arab world say the year 2002 forced many Arab leaders to walk a political tightrope. In addition to satisfying the demands of their own populations, many of them also had to try to satisfy the demands of the west
  • Security Council decides to hold further talks on Iraqi arms dossier in early January UN News Service 19 Dec 2002 -- After hearing an initial assessment by United Nations experts on Iraq's declaration of its weapons programme, members of the Security Council today decided to hold further meetings on the issue, the President of the 15-nation body said
  • Iraqi declaration leaves many questions unanswered, UN experts tell Security Council UN News Service 19 Dec 2002 -- Offering an initial assessment of the declaration by Iraq on its weapons programme, lead United Nations weapons inspectors told the Security Council today that the text leaves many questions unanswered
  • IRAQI AMERICANS -IRAQ VOA 19 Dec 2002-- The month of December in the United States is rife with celebrations -- Christmas, Hannukah, Ramadan and Kwanzaa. But with the threat of war between their home country and their country of origin looming, this holiday season is an anxious one for Iraqi Americans
  • Iraq Declaration 'Totally Fails' to Meet U.N. Requirements AFPS 19 Dec 2002-- Iraq's declaration that it has no weapons of mass destruction "totally fails" to meet the terms of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441, Secretary of State Colin Powell said today.
  • Powell Says Iraq Remains "In Material Breach" Of U.N. Obligations Washington File 19 Dec 2002-- Iraq "remains in material breach of its obligations" required in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, which calls for Iraq "to disarm of its weapons of mass destruction and to disclose all of its nuclear, chemical, biological and missile programs," said Secretary of State Collin Powell at a December 19 press conference.
  • Oil Experts Say War with Iraq Wouldn't Be War for Oil Washington File 19 Dec 2002-- U.S. officials say purpose of war would be to disarm Saddam Hussein
  • U.S. Says Iraqi Declaration Constitutes "Material Breach" Washington File 19 Dec 2002-- Weapons inspectors say Iraq "missed an opportunity"
  • U.N. Unable to Confirm or Disprove Iraq's Weapons Declaration Washington File 19 Dec 2002-- The chief of the U.N. weapons inspections commission for Iraq (UNMOVIC), Hans Blix, says so far the United Nations has not been able to confirm or disprove Iraq's declaration that it does not possess weapons of mass destruction.
  • IAEA Says It Has No Evidence of Prohibited Iraqi Nuclear Activities Washington File 19 Dec 2002-- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said his agency has made a preliminary assessment of Iraq's declaration concerning nuclear related materials and so far has found "no evidence of prohibited activities."
  • Survey: Iraqis Will Back U.S.-Led War If It Means A Return To Normal Life Washington File 19 Dec 2002-- International Crisis Group 2002 Report "Voices From The Iraqi Street"
  • UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq UNMOVIC/IAEA 19 December 2002




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