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• COALITION FORCES TARGET IRAQI MILITARY COMMUNICATION FACILITIES 26 Jan 2003 -- In response to Iraqi 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 five cable repeater sites that can be used for communications in targeting Coalition aircraft. The cable repeater sites were located between Al Kut, approximately 100 miles southeast of Baghdad, and An Nasiriyah, approximately 170 miles southeast of Baghdad. The strikes occurred at approximately 7:00 a.m. EST.
• COALITION FORCES DROP LEAFLETS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ 26 Jan 2003 -- Coalition aircraft dropped 360,000 leaflets of two specific types over several areas in southern Iraq at about 5:45 a.m. EST today.

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US Policy

• White House Officials Say Iraq Is Failing to Disarm Washington File 26 Jan 2003 -- White House officials said that, while the Bush Administration is awaiting the report of U.N. weapons inspectors, Iraq so far has failed to meet requirements for full cooperation in eliminating its weapons of mass destruction, as called for in U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441
• Powell Says Iraq Poses Threat to Peace and Security of All Nations Washington File 26 Jan 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said that Saddam Hussein has violated the trust of the international community to such a degree that his regime poses a grave danger to the peace and security of all nations
• DAVOS/POWELL VOA 26 Jan 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell says Iraq has failed to provide the truth in its weapons declaration and that it must disarm or be disarmed. In a hard-hitting speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Secretary Powell said the United States is ready to attack Iraq with or without allied support

United Nations

• Tracking the Inspections 26 January RFE/L 26 Jan 2003 -- Two International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors spent two hours conducting a motorized radiation survey around the Salman Bak area of Baghdad.
• IRAQ/INSPECTIONS VOA 26 Jan 2003 -- In Iraq Sunday, U-N weapons inspectors traveled to chemical, missile and biological sites, and an Iraqi newspaper said American and British soldiers would return home in body bags, if there is a U-S led invasion.
• UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq UNMOVIC/IAEA 26 January 2003

Foreign Reactions

• TURKEY/U-S/IRAQ VOA 26 Jan 2003 -- Turkey, which neighbors Iraq but is traditionally allied with the United States, faces its biggest foreign policy dilemma in years, as the standoff between Washington and Baghdad moves into a crucial stage. Turkey's two-month-old government is under pressure from the United States to provide support for any U-S military operation against Iraq, at a time when opinion polls show, more than 80 percent of Turks staunchly oppose a war
• DAVOS/JORDAN'S ABDULLAH VOA 26 Jan 2003 -- Jordan's King Abdullah says it would take a miracle to avert a U-S-led war on Iraq. The Jordanian leader addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell warned that the United States was ready to use force, if necessary, to disarm Iraq

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