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• COALITION FORCES TARGET IRAQI ANTI-AIR ARTILLERY SITE 25 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 one anti-air artillery site near Tallil, approximately 170 miles southeast of Baghdad. The strikes occurred at approximately 6:20 a.m. EST.

Deployments

US Policy

• DAVOS / POWELL / LOOKAHEAD VOA 25 Jan 2003 -- -S Secretary of State Colin Powell will address the World Economic Forum Sunday in what some aides call a "major foreign policy speech." Secretary Powell is expected to make clear that Iraq must disarm or face possible attack
• Powell Discusses Iraq, North Korea En Route to Davos Economic Forum Washington File 26 Jan 2003 -- UN Resolution 1441 requires Iraq to meet its obligations for unconditional disarmament and is not a UN search mission, Secretary of State Colin Powell said en route to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 24.
• DAVOS/POWELL VOA 25 Jan 2003 -- U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell says he comes to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland with the message that Iraq must disarm or face serious consequences
• BUSH / STATE OF THE UNION VOA 25 Jan 2003 -- President Bush Saturday outlined some of the domestic issues he will be emphasizing in this week's State of the Union address. Mr. Bush says Congress should slow government spending because of his plans for more tax cuts and possible military action in Iraq
• Defense Official Says Iraqi Disarmament Inevitable, Not War Washington File 25 Jan 2003 -- The disarmament of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction is inevitable, either through cooperation with the United Nations or through a coalition led by the United States, said Douglas Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in a televised interview with Al Jazeera on January 24

United Nations

• Tracking the Inspections 25 January 2003 RFE/L 25 Jan 2003 -- The UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) noted in its daily briefing that there are currently 256 persons working for UNMOVIC and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Iraq, including 108 inspectors (97 UNMOVIC and 11 IAEA).
• Iraqi personnel decline UN request for private interviews UN News Centre 25 Jan 2003 -- Exercising powers granted by the Security Council, United Nations officials in Iraq tried to interview privately several individuals, but were unable to do so after they declined, a UN spokesman in Baghdad reported today
• IRAQ/INSPECT VOA 25 Jan 2003 -- An Iraqi, believed to be a scientist, arrived at U-N offices in Baghdad Saturday with an Iraqi official, following a U-N request to talk privately to three of the country's scientists about possible weapons programs in Iraq. Officials say some of the scientists refused private interviews with U-N officials.
• UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq UNMOVIC/IAEA 25 January 2003

Foreign Reactions

• DAVOS/OIL VOA 25 Jan 2003 -- Saudi Arabia's oil minister says his country and the oil cartel, OPEC, could make up for any interruption in oil supplies caused by a possible war in Iraq. He told business and political leaders meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the oil price had been driven too high by what he called "the drums of war."

News Reports

• IRAQ/THREAT VOA 25 Jan 2003 -- An Iraqi man carrying three knifes has tried to enter the United Nations compound where international arms inspectors are based in Baghdad