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27 December Iraq Special Weapons News

  • Tracking the Inspections 27 December 2002 RFE/L 27 Dec 2002 -- A reported 49 Inspectors visited two sites on 27 December.
  • COALITION FORCES TARGET IRAQI MILITARY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 27 Dec 2002 -- In response to Iraqi acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring compliance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions over Southern Iraq, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to target an Iraqi military air defense command and control system which supported highly mobile surface-to-air (SAM) missile systems. The system was located near Al Kut, approximately 95 miles southeast of Baghdad. The strike occurred at approximately 2:00 p.m. EST
  • IRAQ INSPECTORS VOA 27 Dec 2002 -- United Nations weapons inspectors have been in Iraq for exactly one month today (Friday) and continued their search for banned weapons of mass destruction by visiting an engineering company and an alcohol production facility
  • EDITORIAL: IRAQ MUST DISARM VOA 27 Dec 2002 -- United Nations Security Council Resolution fourteen forty-one requires Iraq to disarm itself of weapons of mass destruction and disclose all aspects of its nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile programs. But Iraq submitted a declaration that fails to meet the U-N requirements. Iraq provided a catalogue of recycled information and flagrant omissions. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said, "We are disappointed but not deceived. This declaration is consistent with the Iraqi regime's past practices."
  • EDITORIAL: IRAQ'S NEXT STEP VOA 27 Dec 2002 -- One of the key conditions of the Gulf War cease-fire in 1991 was verification of Iraqi disarmament of its weapons of mass destruction. But in 1998, Iraq effectively forced out United Nations weapons inspectors. In November of 2002, the U-N Security Council adopted Resolution fourteen-forty-one. It required Iraq to readmit the inspectors and submit a currently accurate, full, and complete declaration of its weapons of mass destruction programs
  • UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq UNMOVIC/IAEA 27 December 2002




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