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Current Operations

• COALITION FORCES TARGET IRAQI MOBILE SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE SYSTEMS 15 Feb 2003 -- In response to Iraqi threats to Coalition aircraft monitoring compliance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to target two Iraqi military mobile surface to air missile systems. The systems were located near Al Basrah, approximately 245 miles southeast of Baghdad. The strike occurred at approximately midnight EST.

Deployments

• 15th MEU(SOC) Lands in Kuwait USMC News 15 Feb 2003 -- The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), which was the first Marine force on the ground in Afghanistan at the start of Operation Enduring Freedom, began moving ashore at a port in Kuwait just after dawn Feb. 12.

US Policy

United Nations

• Iraq: UN inspectors continue seeking evidence of most destructive weapons UN News Centre 15 Feb 2003 -- United Nations weapons experts today continued inspecting sites across Iraq in search of evidence of a clandestine programme to produce prohibited arms.
• UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq UNMOVIC/IAEA 15 February 2003
• Tracking Inspections in Iraq RFE/L 15 Feb 2003

Foreign Reactions

• PEACE RALLY / ITALY VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- A massive demonstration was held on the streets of Rome Saturday to protest a possible war with Iraq.
• EUROPE / DEMOS VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- More than two-million people have turned out across Europe protest against a war with Iraq. Demonstrators in major cities were asking President Bush not rush to war with Baghdad.
• LONDON ANTI-WAR DEMO VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- Nearly a million demonstrators took the streets of London to protest a possible war against Iraq.
• SPAIN/ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- In some of the biggest worldwide anti-war demonstrations hundreds of thousands of people throughout Spain took to the streets on Saturday. Although the government of Prime Minister José María Aznar firmly supports the Bush administration's policy on a possible war with Iraq, polls show that more than 80 percent of Spanish are against the use of force.
• ITALY / AZIZ VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz called for peace in Assisi, Italy on Saturday. He took part in prayers at St. Francis Basilica there. Mr. Aziz has been meeting with Italian officials and the pope, seeking support against a possible U-S led war in Iraq.
• INDONESIA / HOWARD / IRAQ VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard has completed a world tour with a visit to Indonesia, and more talks on the issue of Iraq. Mr. Howard and the Indonesian president continue to hold differing views of how best to solve the crisis.
• ASIA / DEMONSTRATION WRAP VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- Thousands of protesters in Australia and New Zealand poured into the streets Saturday to kick off a weekend of world-wide demonstrations against any war in Iraq.
• RUSSIA/IRAQ VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- Russian officials say chances have improved for a peaceful resolution to the Iraq crisis during Friday's United Nations Security Council meeting. Russia's top diplomats say they're encouraged, but they add that Baghdad must do more as well.

News Reports

• ANTI WAR DEMO VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- In New York, tens of thousands of people took to the streets Saturday to protest against a possible U-S led war with Iraq. Large sections of Manhattan were blocked off to ensure the protest did not get out of hand.
• NY/PRO-WAR DEMONSTRATION VOA 15 Feb 2003 -- As tens of thousands of people flooded the streets of New York City Saturday to protest a possible war with Iraq, a much smaller group held a demonstration in support of the war.