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Deployments

• III CORPS UNITS AT FORT HOOD RECEIVE DEPLOYMENT ORDERS FOR JAN. 14 III Corps 14 Jan 2003-- Elements of III Corps stationed at Fort Hood have received deployment orders to reposition forces as required to support the President's global war against terrorism. Units from the 13th Corps Support Command at Fort Hood have been directed to prepare to deploy in the event they are required.

US Policy

• White House Daily Briefing White House 14 Jan 2003
• White House Press Briefing Transcript Washington File 14 Jan 2003-- FLEISCHER: From the beginning, the President has made very clear that the burden is on Saddam Hussein to comply and to disarm. Nothing has changed that. The burden remains with Saddam Hussein. The issue is not how long the inspections will last; the issue is whether Saddam Hussein this time is finally willing to disarm. He's been given a final chance to disarm. And, regrettably, we've seen no evidence that he has made the strategic choice to disarm and to come into compliance with the United Nations. We first saw this is in the Iraqi declaration, which the world agreed was inadequate, and Saddam has not complied and, therefore, time is running out.
• "Time is Running Out" on Saddam Hussein, Bush Says Washington File 14 Jan 2003-- Burden is on Iraqi leader to comply with U.N. resolutions
• EDITORIAL: POWELL ON IRAQ INSPECTIONS VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- The United States is anxious to find a peaceful solution in Iraq. That is why last September the U.S. introduced a resolution at the United Nations calling for weapons inspectors to return to Iraq. The inspectors went to Iraq as a condition for ending the Persian Gulf War in 1991. But after years of deception and obstruction, Iraq ceased all cooperation with the inspectors in 1998, effectively making their mandate to verify Iraqi disarmament unachievable. After an almost four year absence of weapons inspectors, the U-N unanimously passed Resolution fourteen-forty-one, which re-introduced inspectors with expanded authority

United Nations

• Tracking the Inspections 14 January 2003RFE/L 14 Jan 2003 -- A team of five International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors went to the Al-Qa'qa State Company, some 50 kilometers south of Baghdad to weigh, sample, inspect, and seal warehouses containing HMX.
• Iraq - Goods Review List Office of the Spokesman, Department of State 14 Jan 2003 -- The United States is at the forefront of efforts to bring about compliance by Iraq with all relevant UN Security Council resolutions, dating back to Resolution 661 of August 1990. The resolutions include sanctions designed to prevent the Iraqi regime from furthering its military and weapons of mass destruction programs. At the same time, the provisions that allow some imports under these sanctions enable Iraq to use its resources to acquire goods needed to improve the lives of its citizens
• Arms Inspectors Need More Time in Iraq, Annan Says Washington File 14 Jan 2003-- U.N. secretary general: Keep the pressure on Iraq
• UN / IRAQ / ANNAN VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan says weapons inspectors in Iraq are "getting up to full speed" in their search of Iraqi arms programs
• BUSH IRAQ VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- President Bush says "time is running out" for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to give-up suspected weapons of mass destruction. VOA's Scott Stearns reports from the White House, the comment comes as U-N weapons inspectors say they need more time for their investigations
• Annan 'optimistic and hopeful' Iraq can be disarmed peacefully UN News Centre 14 Jan 2003 -- Stressing that United Nations inspectors in Iraq were only now getting up to full speed, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said he believed it was premature to talk about war before the monitors report to the Security Council again later this month
• IRAQ / INSPECT / TUESDAY VOA 14 Jan 2003-- U-N weapons inspectors in Iraq visited several locations Tuesday, their 46th day of searching for weapons of mass destruction

Foreign Reactions

• BRITAIN/IRAQ VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has called for Iraq to provide a deeper level of cooperation with U-N weapons inspectors. Mr. Straw says free access for inspectors is only part of what the U-N Security Council has required Iraq to provide
• RUSSIA-NOKOR-IRAQ VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending a special envoy to North Korea, China, and the United States, in a bid to defuse the stand-off over North Korea's nuclear program

News Reports

• U-S / IRAQ / FUTURE VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- By the middle of next month an estimated 150-thousand U-S soldiers, sailors and airmen will have deployed in the Persian Gulf region and be ready for combat if President Bush decides to launch a military attack on Iraq. The buildup comes as United Nations weapons inspectors continue their work in Iraq ahead of a much anticipated report they are to present January 27th to the U-N Security Council. American military analysts continue to disagree on the question of whether force will be needed to disarm Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
• IRAQ/WEAPONS VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- Lebanese customs officials at Beirut Airport have seized a shipment of tank equipment from Belarus that they say was bound for Iraq. Edward Yeranian reports from Beirut police are questioning two Lebanese nationals involved with the shipment