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23 December Iraq Special Weapons News

  • Tracking the Inspections 23 December 2002 RFE/L 23 Dec 2002 -- A total of 42 inspectors visited six sites on this day. The UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) stated that as of 23 December, there are 102 UNMOVIC inspectors and six International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors in Iraq.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 42 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 23 December 2002 -- UN, U.S. COMMENT ON IRAQI DECLARATION... / ...AFTER IAEA CHIEF SAYS HE HAS NO EVIDENCE OF NUKES / IRAQI PRESIDENT'S HALF-BROTHER ESCAPES INDICTMENT IN SWITZERLAND / SYRIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES PIPELINE... / ...AS INTELLIGENCE INDICATES NEW PIPELINE IN OPERATION / BULGARIAN AUTHORITIES ARREST IRAQI ARMS DEALER / IRAQI OPPOSITION CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS / TRACKING INSPECTIONS, Part II
  • Daily Press Briefing State Department 23 Dec 2002 -- Inspections and Information Sharing / Inspections and Allowing CIA Access to Inspection Sites / Discussions on Turkish Participation in Coalition
  • PREDATOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE MISSING IN SOUTHERN IRAQ 23 Dec 2002 -- At approximately 7:30 a.m. (EST), a U.S. Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) reconnaissance aircraft was reported missing in Southern Iraq after being fired upon by Iraqi military aircraft. The Predator is assumed lost
  • YNDR: IRAQ OVERVIEW VOA 23 Dec 2002 -- With the possibility of a U-S led military invasion of Iraq looming, V-O-A's Greg LaMotte takes a look at the significant events of 2002 that have brought the two countries to the brink of possible armed conflict
  • UN / IRAQ / HUMANITARIAN AID VOA 23 Dec 2002 -- U-N relief agencies are planning their initial response to humanitarian needs in case of a possible war in Iraq
  • IRAQ / INSPECT VOA 23 Dec 2002 -- U-N weapons inspectors continued their work Monday visiting several suspect facilities while the country prepares to receive volunteers who will act as human shields in the event of war
  • U-S / IRAQ / DRONE VOA 23 Dec 2002 -- Top Pentagon officials are confirming the loss of an unmanned "Predator" spy plane over Iraq. The U-S Air Force drone was apparently shot down by an Iraqi fighter plane over the southern "no-fly-zone
  • Defense Department Briefing Transcript Washington File 23 Dec 2002-- Rumsfeld: Second, we are capable of fighting two major regional conflicts, as the national strategy and the force-sizing construct clearly indicates. We're capable of winning decisively in one and swiftly defeating in the case of the other. And let there be no doubt about it.
  • ISRAEL / U-S / IRAQ VOA 23 Dec 2002-- Israel and the United States are to hold joint military exercises this week as the Israeli government ponders additional steps to protect its population against a possible attack by Iraq
  • COALITION FORCES DROP LEAFLETS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ 23 Dec 2002-- For the ninth time in three months, coalition aircraft dropped informational leaflets today over southern Iraq.
  • Rumsfeld Says U.S. Continues Efforts to Win Iraqi Arms Compliance Washington File 23 Dec 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States continues discussing with the other members of the U.N. Security Council how to gain Iraq's compliance with its international disarmament obligations.
  • "United on the Risk of a War with Iraq," by Paul Wolfowitz Washington File 23 Dec 2002-- This byliner by Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz first appeared in the Washington Post December 23, 2002, and is in the public domain
  • U.S. Military Readies Forces, Works With Iraqi Opposition AFPS 23 Dec 2002-- Defense Department leaders are working hard to make sure Saddam Hussein understands the United States means business, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
  • Iraqi Plane Shoots Down American Predator Unmanned Aircraft AFPS 23 Dec 2002-- An American Predator unmanned aerial vehicle was "assumed lost" today over southern Iraq, U.S. Central Command officials said.
  • UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq UNMOVIC/IAEA 23 December 2002




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