Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
19 February Iraq Special Weapons News
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Current Operations
Deployments
- NATO to Send AWACS, Patriot Missiles to Defend Turkey AFPS 19 Feb 2003 -- NATO is sending several defensive weapons systems to Turkey to protect that alliance member from possible attack by neighboring Iraq.
- Coalition Sailors, Marines Combine Efforts in Offload Operation Navy NewStand 19 Feb 2003 -- U.S. and British Sailors and Marines combined efforts in the offload of more than 900 pallets of ammunition and supplies from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Service Ship Fort Austin (A386).
- Deployment: Base Town VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- Across the country, tens of thousands of military personnel are emptying out of their bases, not knowing when they might return. For many towns around those bases, the impact will not only be an emotional one, but an economic one as well. As troops leave, apartments are left empty, and shops and restaurants are feeling the pinch.
- Deployment: Spouses VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- At military bases around the country, thousands of women are saying goodbye to their husbands as they leave for the Persian Gulf, not knowing when, or if, they will return. In addition to the emotional strain, many spouses find themselves having to manage the household finances alone for the first time. In Hinesville, Georgia, home of Fort Stewart, both the military and local churches have recognized the problem... and are teaching army wives the ABC's of making ends meet.
- Soldiers surprised by weekend deployment Army News 19 Feb 2003 -- The call caught everyone by surprise during a four-day weekend, but after a flurry of activity, the 63rd Signal Battalion received a tear-streaked, brass-band departure Feb. 16.
- Fort Riley soldiers depart for CENTCOM Fort Riley PAO 19 Feb 2003 -- Fort Riley's first active duty units deployed to an undisclosed location Sunday to support the war against terrorism.
US Policy
- White House Daily Briefing White House 19 Feb 2003
- Bush, Robertson Welcome NATO Move to Aid Turkey Washington File 19 Feb 2003 -- President Bush and NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson spoke briefly
with reporters prior to their meeting at the White House February 19,
and both took note of the decision by NATO's Defense Planning
Committee to approve the deployment of AWACS aircraft, Patriot
missiles, and biological and chemical defense equipment to Turkey.
- Transcript: DoD News Briefing - Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Myers 19 Feb 2003 -- The Canadian minister of Defense announced Canada's willingness, beginning in late summer, to commit a battle group and a brigade headquarters to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan for a period of one year. Canada has been a solid ally in the global war against terrorism, and we thank the Canadian people for their support in defending freedom around the globe.
- Bush Welcomes NATO Defense Planning Committee Decision on Turkey Washington File 19 Feb 2003 -- President Bush welcomed the decision February 19 by NATO's Defense
Planning Committee to approve the deployment of AWACS aircraft,
Patriot missiles, and biological and chemical defense equipment to
Turkey as "an important demonstration of the solidarity of NATO allies
in view of a potential threat to an Alliance member."
- Iraq "Game of Hide and Seek" Cannot Continue, Powell Says Washington File 19 Feb 2003 -- The world "cannot allow Iraq to continue to play a game of
hide-and-seek and essentially escape the judgment of the international
community while we are conducting inspections forever or trying to
recruit more inspectors," Secretary of State Colin Powell told Radio
France in an interview February 18.
- Powell: U.S. in Consultations on New Iraq Resolution Washington File 19 Feb 2003 -- The United States is in consultation with its friends and allies with
respect to a second United Nations Security Council resolution on
Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell told journalists February 19
following his meeting at the State Department with Latvian President
Vaira Vike-Freiberga.
- BUSH NATO VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- President Bush met at the White House Wednesday with NATO Secretary General George Robertson to talk about alliance issues and the possibility of war with Iraq. The meeting followed a decision by NATO to help member Turkey prepare to defend itself in the event of a U-S led war on neighboring Iraq.
- Excerpt: Rumsfeld Says U.S. Will Help Iraqi People Form Own Government Washington File 19 Feb 2003 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States -- in a
post-Saddam Hussein Iraq -- would seek to create conditions where the
Iraqi people can form a government in their own way, just as Afghans
have done with their representative government that is uniquely
Afghan.
- White House Report, Feb. 19: Iraq/Turkey/U.N., Qatar, Indonesia, NATO Washington File 19 Feb 2003 -- White House Report, Feb. 19: Iraq/Turkey/U.N., Qatar, Indonesia, NATO
- Tough Issues at Heart of Disagreement Over Iraq AFPS 19 Feb 2003 -- Opposition to U.S. initiatives on Iraq are not surprising, given the complexity of the issues confronting the world, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today.
- PENTAGON / IRAQ VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says military action against Iraq is possible even without the use of bases in Turkey. But Mr. Rumsfeld believes Turkey will ultimately cooperate.
- BUSH IRAQ VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- The Bush Administration is determined to present a second U-N resolution demanding that Iraq disarm, despite the threat of a possible veto by France.
United Nations
Foreign Reactions
- UN Press Release SC/7666 19 Feb 2003 -- SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS OVER 60 SPEAKERS IN TWO-DAY DEBATE ON IRAQ'S DISARMAMENT;
MANY SAY USE OF FORCE SHOULD BE LAST RESORT, OTHERS URGE SWIFT ACTION
- Nations Prefer Peaceful Disarmament of Iraq, U.N. Told Washington File 19 Feb 2003 -- The U.N. Security Council February 19 concluded a
two-day meeting to hear the positions of other U.N. member states on
the disarmament of Iraq. Council members listened to a variety of
opinions from about 60 nations as the United States and United Kingdom
continued discussions on a followup resolution to 1441 that would
support military action if Iraq does not disarm immediately.
- US / TURKEY AID VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- Turkey and the United States are embroiled in a dispute over financial aid, the price Turkey is seeking for allowing the U-S military to use its territory as a platform for a possible strike against Iraq.
- NATO / TURKEY VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- NATO has approved deploying surveillance aircraft, anti-missile systems, and chemical and biological response units to Turkey, which says it would be threatened in case of a U-S-led war against Iraq. The decision ends one of the worst crises in the alliance's history.
- IRAQ/WAR ANALYSIS VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- Debate continues throughout the Arab world about the consequences of war in Iraq.
News Reports
- US / IRAQ / PUBLIC SENTIMENT VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- Different polls taken in the United States recently have consistently shown the same thing -- more than half of Americans support military action to remove Saddam Hussein from power. Pollsters say, however, the anti-war minority is more vocal and visible than the majority
- ="VIRTUAL" ANTIWAR MARCH VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- Some Hollywood actors are promoting a "virtual march" on Washington to protest a possible war in Iraq. They are urging Americans to use their computers and telephones to demand more time for weapons inspections.
- U-S PRESS RE: KURDS VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- A former senior U-S diplomat, writing in The New York Times, suggests the Bush administration is not being open with Iraqi Kurds. And in Ankara, the price for cooperation with the United States in a war with Iraq is going up. Those are among stories of interest to the Kurdish people appearing in the American press at Midweek.
- YUSUF KANLI / U-S - TURKEY VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- Turkey's government has put off a parliamentary vote permitting the deployment of thousands of U-S troops in Turkey, in preparation for a possible war with neighboring Iraq. Turkey's Prime Minister, Abdullah Gul, says without an acceptable economic aid package, parliament will never allow U-S troops to be stationed in Turkey. Reports say Turkey is asking for up to 50-billion dollars in U-S loans and grants -- more than twice as much as the Bush administration originally offered.
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Penalizes Indian Entity for Aiding Iraq's Weapons Program Washington File 19 Feb 2003 -- The United States imposed penalties February 4 on the Indian entity,
NEC Engineers Private, Ltd., and its president, Hans Raj Shiv, for
"knowingly and materially contributing to Iraq's chemical/biological
weapons (CBW) program," according to a Department of State fact sheet
released February 19.
- JO BAILEY/UNICEF-IRAQ VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- As tensions build over a possible war in Iraq...the United Nations Children's Fund...or UNICEF...and other aid agencies are embarking on a nationwide campaign in Iraq next week to immunize four million children against polio. During the four-day campaign (February 23-27) more than 14-thousand health workers will be spreading out across Iraq
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