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Iraq Special Weapons News - February 2002

  • ONW Aircraft fired upon and targeted by radar Feb 28, 2002 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft today. Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites north of Mosul while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 7 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 22 February 2002 -- RUSSIA OPPOSES MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ / SUDANESE FOREIGN MINISTER IN BAGHDAD / JOINT IRAN-IRAQ MIA COMMITTEE TO START WORK / UN TO REPATRIATE IRANIAN REFUGEES FROM IRAQ / BANKS COMPETE FOR IRAQI MONEY / IRAQ BUYING ADVANCED MISSILES? / SADDAM NOVEL IS BEING PUSHED BY BAGHDAD / GENERAL AL-KHAZRAJI INTERVIEWED BY BEIRUT NEWSPAPER / INC MONARCHIST HOPES FOR OVERTHROW OF IRAQI REGIME / KURDISH PM DENIES THE PRESENCE OF U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN KURDISTAN / SADDAM PLANNING PEACE INITIATIVE WITH KDP, PUK? / IRANIAN BOOK FAIR OPENS IN AL-SULAYMANIYAH / KURDISH HEALTH WORKERS FIND NEGLECT IN RURAL AREAS / THREE HUNDRED TURKMEN WORKERS DISMISSED FROM KIRKUK OIL COMPANY / THREE NEW CHALDEAN BISHOPS APPOINTED TO IRAQI KURDISTAN
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 6 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 15 February 2002 -- SADDAM'S SON PRAISES 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS / RUSSIA, U.S. CONSULT ON IRAQ / SADDAM REJECTS ECEVIT RECOMMENDATION / IRAQ FORCING ASSYRIANS OUT OF KIRKUK / IRAQI CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR INTERVIEWED ON ECONOMY / TURKEY TO BOOST BORDER TRADE WITH IRAQ / IRAQ DEMANDS AN OIL KICKBACK FROM INDIA / SYRIAN PRODUCTS FAIR OPENS IN BAGHDAD / TARIQ AZIZ MEETS AUSTRIAN RIGHT-WINGER / IRAQ SEEKS PAKISTANI TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE / KURDISH LEADERS WANT TO KNOW ALTERNATIVE TO SADDAM HUSSEYN / IRAN TO DEFEND KURDISTAN? / MASS GRAVE DISCOVERED IN KURDISTAN / BARZANI ON TURKMENS
  • Letter dated 18 February 2002 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General Iraqi Government 18 Feb 2002-- On instructions from my Government, I wish to inform you that the so-called "Iraqi National Congress", based in London and Washington, issued a statement on 13 February 2002 in which it claimed responsibility for sabotage operations during the past seven months against Iraqi civilian facilities, including refineries, pumps and oil pipelines, and said that it had rockets and booby-trapped cars in these operations.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 5 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 8 February 2002 -- IRAQI VP: RUSSIAN PLAN ON WEAPONS INSPECTORS 'BAD IN ESSENCE.' / TURKEY'S ECEVIT TO SADDAM: PERMIT INSPECTIONS! / GCC CONCLUDES MUSCAT SUMMIT, ISSUES FINAL COMMUNIQUE / IS IRAQ SMUGGLING MILITARY EQUIPMENT THROUGH SYRIA? / SYRIA DENIES OIL SMUGGLING CHARGE / REPUBLICAN GUARD MASSING OUTSIDE DUHOK / IAEA ENDS NUCLEAR INSPECTION TRIP TO IRAQ / IRAQ TO SEND MISSION TO SPAIN / EGYPTIAN COMPANIES TO HELP OVERHAUL IRAQI POWER NETWORKS / IRAQIS LEAVE ON HAJJ / UN TO CONDUCT CENSUS IN NORTHERN IRAQ / COMMITTEE FORMED TO COMBAT ARABIZATION / IRAQ INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY HOSTS LONDON CONFERENCE / PUK, JUND AL-ISLAM CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS / TURKMEN PARTY ASKS TURKISH PROTECTION IF IRAQ ATTACKED
  • IRAQ/U-N VOA 05 Feb 2002-- Iraq is offering to re-open talks with the United Nations in an effort to end more than a decade of U-N sanctions
  • Iraq fires AAA at ONW aircraft Feb 4, 2002 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft today. Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites northeast of Mosul while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone.
  • Excerpt: U.S. Has Released $2.4 Million to the Iraqi National Congress Washington File 01 Feb 2002-- State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said the United States is continuing to look for ways to support the Iraqi National Congress (INC), but said that U.S. policy continues to be not to fund its activities inside Iraq.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 4 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1 February 2002 -- AZIZ COMPLETES MISSION TO MOSCOW AND BEIJING / IRAQI FM MEETS PRESIDENT KHATAMI / IRAN ACCUSED OF FIRING MISSILES AT OPPOSITION CAMP IN IRAQ / IAEA INSPECTS IRAQI NUCLEAR MATERIALS / BRITAIN ACCUSES SYRIA OF SMUGGLING IRAQI OIL / UN HUMAN RIGHTS ENVOY TO VISIT IRAQ / IRAQ, SUDAN CLOSER TO FREE-TRADE ZONE AGREEMENT / IRAQI TRADE MINISTER TO VISIT ARMENIA / KRG ASKS NETHERLANDS NOT TO REPATRIATE KURDS / RESETTLEMENT OF ARAB TRIBES IN NORTHERN IRAQ LEADS TO CONFLICT / PUK REPRESENTATIVE IN TURKEY BRIEFS GERMAN EMBASSY ON KURDISH SITUATION / IRAQI TURKMEN PARTY LEADER ON RELATIONS WITH KURDS, TURKMEN FRONT / ASSYRIASAT TO COMMENCE BROADCASTS ON 2 FEBRUARY




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