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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


04 January Iraq Special Weapons News

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Current Operations

  • COALITION FORCES DROP LEAFLETS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ 04 Jan 2003 -- For the thirteenth time in three months, Coalition aircraft dropped informational leaflets today over southern Iraq.
  • COALITION FORCES TARGET IRAQI COMMUNICATIONS SITES 04 Jan 2003 -- In response to Iraqi hostile 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 three Iraqi military air defense cable repeater sites. The Coalition struck the sites at approximately 2:15 p.m. EST. The repeaters were located near An Nasiriyah, which is approximately 170 miles southeast of Baghdad.

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United Nations

    li>Tracking the Inspections 04 January 2003RFE/L 04 Jan 2003 -- A team of four International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors visited the Al-Mamoun factory, which was visited by UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) missile inspectors on 3 January.
  • IRAQ / ARMS VOA 04 Jan 2003 -- United Nations arms inspectors scattered to the outer regions of Iraq and set up a new base of operations in the north Saturday in their hunt for chemical, biological or nuclear weapons
  • As the year closes, I Marine Expeditionary Force heads for the hills Marine Corps News 04 Jan 2003-- While the rest of the world was preparing to ring in the new year, the Marines, sailors and soldiers of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) were headed for the top of Mutla' Ridge, north of Camp Commando, Kuwait.
  • UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq UNMOVIC/IAEA 04 January 2003

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