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Iraq Special Weapons News - May 2002

  • COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE INTEGRATED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM May 30, 2002 -- In response to recent hostile Iraqi acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, aircraft from Operation SOUTHERN WATCH used Precision-guided weapons today to strike components of an offensive radar system in southern Iraq at approximately 6:20 p.m. EDT today.
  • ONW aircraft fired upon, Coalition responds May 28, 2002 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft today. Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from a site in the vicinity of Saddam Dam while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone.
  • Identical letters dated 27 May 2002 from the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and to the President of the Security Council Iraqi Government 27 May 2002-- On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith a letter dated 27 May 2002 from Mr. Naji Sabri, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq. The Minister calls attention to the ongoing wanton aggression against Iraq by United States and British aircraft in the unlawful no-flight zones and to the fact that in the period from 16 April to 16 May 2002 they carried out 844 armed sorties, 52 of them from Saudi Arabia, 656 from Kuwait and 136 from Turkey, as shown in the statement enclosed with the letter. On 19 April and 1 May 2002, United States and British aircraft bombed civilian and military sites in Ninawa Governorate, killing one citizen and wounding five others and damaging a number of civilian and military installations.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 15 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 27 May 2002 -- PRESIDENT BUSH URGES EUROPE TO BE TOUGH ON TERROR / BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS ON IRAQ POLICY / IRAQ AGAIN IN U.S. TERRORISM LIST / NEW TALKS IN JULY ON RETURN OF WEAPONS INSPECTORS / U.S. AIRCRAFT RESPOND TO MISSILE IN SOUTHERN NO-FLY ZONE / BAGHDAD CONDEMNS NEW SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION / NEW RESOLUTION AFFECTS KURDISH ECONOMY / RUSSIAN FIRMS REPORTEDLY TAKING 40 PERCENT OF IRAQI OIL / NEW IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW / OIL PIPELINE TO JORDAN WILL HAVE CAPACITY OF 100,000 BARRELS PER DAY / U.S. PLANS FOR POST-SADDAM LEADERSHIP REPORTED / FINANCING IRAQI KURDISTAN'S LITERACY EFFORT / UAE MINISTER AND BUSINESS DELEGATION IN BAGHDAD
  • COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE INTEGRATED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM May 24, 2002 -- In response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against Coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to strike three components of an offensive integrated air defense system in southern Iraq at approximately 3:50 p.m. EDT today. This was the fourth verified attempt by Iraq to destroy a Coalition aircraft in the last 17 days.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE TWO IRAQI ANTI-AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS May 22, 2002 -- Iraqi air defenses again fired upon Coalition aircraft at approximately 3:15 p.m. EDT today. (...) In response, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike an offensive aircraft and missile control center in southern Iraq at approximately 5:15 p.m. EDT. Coalition aircraft also struck an anti-aircraft missile system south of the 32nd parallel at approximately 5:15 p.m. EDT.
  • COALITION FORCES STRIKE AIRCRAFT DETECTION SITE IN IRAQ May 20, 2002 --Yesterday, Iraqi air defenses targeted Coalition aircraft at approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT. This was the second attempt to destroy a Coalition aircraft within the last 12 days. In response, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft, monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone, used precision-guided weapons to strike an aircraft direction-finding site in southern Iraq at approximately 6:30 pm EDT.
  • Letter dated 19 May 2002 from the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General Iraqi Government 19 May 2002-- Further to our earlier letters to you concerning acts of piracy and provocation committed by the United States naval forces based in the Arabian Gulf against the wishes of the peoples of the region, I should like to inform you that such forces are continuing to engage in hostile action against vessels carrying civilian merchandise in Iraqi territorial waters and elsewhere. Intrusive United States naval patrols are intercepting these vessels and assaulting and questioning their crews. They sometimes detain vessels and crews for long periods of time, and they have in the past gone so far as to sink some of them. I present to you hereunder some examples of these practices.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 14 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 18 May 2002 -- UN SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES TO OVERHAUL SANCTIONS... / ...AFTER U.S. DELAYED VOTE TO ACCOMMODATE RUSSIA / UNMOVIC WAITS FOR 'GREEN LIGHT' FROM BAGHDAD / VICTIMS OF SADDAM'S GAS ATTACKS TELL OF HIS TACTICS / U.S. SEEKS WIDER ROLE FOR MORE IRAQI OPPOSITION GROUPS... / ...AS IRAQ CALLS UP RESERVISTS / RUMSFELD'S REMARKS ON POSSIBLE NUCLEAR ATTACK ON U.S. DERIDED / IRAQI KURDISTAN TACKLES ILLITERACY / IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS SEEK ASSURANCES BEFORE SUPPORTING A U.S.-LED INVASION / POLAND CONFIRMS LIFTING CIA AGENTS OUT OF IRAQ IN 1990 / IRAQ PARTICIPATING IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT MEETING IN RIYADH / BA'ATH PAPER URGES U.K. TO CHANGE POLICY AND TALK SERIOUSLY
  • Letter dated 16 May 2002 from the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General Iraqi Government 16 May 2002-- On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith a letter dated 15 May 2002 from Mr. Naji Sabri, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq. Appended to the Minister's letter is a table showing the violations of Iraq's international boundaries that were committed by United States and British warplanes flying across the demilitarized zone monitored by the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) in the period from 6 April and 3 May 2002.
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 13 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 10 May 2002 -- PERMANENT MEMBERS OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL 'AGREE ON NEW SANCTIONS.' / BAGHDAD RESUMES OIL EXPORTS AFTER ONE-MONTH BREAK / ILLEGAL OIL SURCHARGES EARN BAGHDAD EXTRA $300 MILLION / INCIDENT IN NORTHERN NO-FLY ZONE / TOP IRAQI WEAPONS EXPERTS AT THE UN / SADDAM REVIEWS UNSPECIFIED SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRESS / MINISTERS LEARN HOW TO FIRE KALASHNIKOV RIFLES / BRITISH LABOUR POLITICIANS VISIT BAGHDAD... / ...AT THE SAME TIME AS AUSTRIAN RIGHT-WINGER HAIDER / ...AND SERBIAN LEADER MEETS VICE PRESIDENT RAMADAN / ...AND RUSSIAN DELEGATION LED BY ZHIRINOVSKY ARRIVES / KURDS MEET IN EUROPE / KURDS 'AREN'T LOOKING FOR A FIGHT.' / WHITE HOUSE BLOCKS FUNDS TO BOOST OPPOSITION / ARAB ALLIES WARN U.S. AGAINST ATTACKING IRAQ / CZECH INTELLIGENCE STANDS BY ATTA-IRAQ CONTACT / U.S. INVESTIGATES CIGARETTE SANCTION BUSTING
  • RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 5, Number 12 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 4 May 2002 -- MOSCOW, BAGHDAD DISCUSS LIFTING SANCTIONS / SABRI IN NEW YORK TO END SANCTIONS / PRAGUE DENIES SHIPPING WEAPONS TO IRAQ... / ...AND BAGHDAD DENIES BUYING THEM / IRAQI LINKS WITH AL QAEDA DISPUTED / NOT ALL ASYLUM-SEEKERS WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE / IRAQI OPPOSITION LOOKS TO THE FUTURE / KURDISH COMMUNISTS UNITE... / ...BUT WILL THEY FIGHT ISLAMISTS? / ARABIZATION CAMPAIGN ACCELERATES / MARSH ARABS SUFFERING CONTINUES
  • Iraq fires AAA at Northern Watch Aircraft May 01, 2002 -- Iraqi forces attacked Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft today. Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites in the vicinity of Saddam Dam around 3:20 p.m. local time while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone.




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