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Current Operations

• COALITION FORCES TARGET IRAQI COMMUNICATIONS SITES, RADAR 01 Mar 2003 -- In response to Iraqi hostile actions and threats toward Coalition aircraft monitoring compliance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to target Iraqi military communications sites and a mobile early-warning radar.
• COALITION FORCES DROP LEAFLETS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ 01 Mar 2003 -- Coalition aircraft dropped 360,000 informational leaflets over southern Iraq today.
• Coalition Drops First Leaflets in Northern Iraq 01 Mar 2003 -- For the first time, coalition aircraft enforcing the no-fly zone in northern Iraq dropped informational leaflets near Iraqi anti-aircraft-artillery batteries at approximately 8:45 a.m. EST.

Deployments

US Policy

• Powell Discusses Iraq, South Asia with Radio Pakistan Washington File 01 Mar 2003 -- The United States does not want to go to war with Iraq, but Iraq must not be allowed to continue to have biological and chemical weapons, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview with Radio Pakistan February 28.
• Powell Discusses Iraq with Radio France International Washington File 01 Mar 2003 -- The United States seeks the disarmament of Iraq, not remodeling of the Middle East, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview with Radio France International February 28.
• Powell Says U.S. Opposes Weapons Proliferation, Not Islam Washington File 01 Mar 2003 -- America's issue with Iraq is not the faith of its people, but its government's refusal to declare and eliminate its weapons of mass destruction as called for in United Nations Resolution 1441, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview with VOA African Service February 28.
• Text: Bush Says U.S. Will Enforce U.N. Demands Regarding Iraq Washington File 01 Mar 2003 -- The United States is "determined to enforce" U.N. demands that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein declare and eliminate all his weapons of mass destruction, President Bush said in his radio address to the nation March 1.
• Bush Speaks on Iraqi Threat, American Aid AFPS 01 Mar 2003 -- The safety of the American people depends on ending the threat that Iraqi weapons of mass destruction poses, President Bush said during his radio address today.
• BUSH/IRAQ VOA 01 Mar 2003 -- President Bush, in his Saturday radio address, continued to prepare the American people for a possible war in Iraq. V-O-A's Scott Stearns reports, the president outlined plans to feed the Iraqi people and help establish democracy in the country, if he decides to use force to remove Saddam Hussein.
• BUSH / IRAQ/ MISSILES VOA 01 Mar 2003 -- The White House Saturday dismissed Iraqi moves to begin destroying some missiles, trying to keep the focus on demands that Iraq give-up all suspected chemical and biological weapons.

United Nations

• UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq UNOMVIC/IAEA 01 Mar 2003
• Tracking Inspections in Iraq RFE/L 01 Mar 2003
• UN begins supervising destruction of Iraqi missiles UN News Centre 01 Mar 2003 -- The destruction of Iraq's proscribed Al Samoud 2 missiles, along with related components and systems, began today at Al Taji, according to a United Nations spokesman in Baghdad.
• IRAQ/MISSILES VOA 01 Mar 2003 -- Baghdad says it is meeting a U-N deadline to begin destroying its al-Samoud Two missiles, as demanded by the chief U-N weapons inspector. Meanwhile, U-N inspectors have been able to interview two Iraqi scientists in private, another key U-N demand.

Foreign Reactions

• IRAQ/ARAB LEAGUE VOA 01 Mar 2003 -- Arab leaders meeting in Egypt's resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh issued a joint communiqué Saturday, saying they oppose war against Iraq and that they will not participate if there is one.
• TURKEY/US/IRAQ VOA 01 Mar 2003 -- In Turkey's Parliament, a bill that would have allowed U-S troops to use Turkish bases for a possible war with Iraq failed to gain the necessary majority of votes. The result was widely unexpected, despite widespread opposition to Turkey's involvement in a possible U-S-led war against Iraq.
• BRITAIN/IRAQ VOA 01 Mar 2003 -- Britain's foreign secretary is dismissing Iraq's move to begin destroying its Al-Samoud-Two missiles in accordance with U-N demands, calling it a cynical trick designed to buy time and avert military action.
• IRAQ/ARAB LEAGUE VOA 01 Mar 2003 -- Leaders of the 22-member Arab League, meeting in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, are trying to come up with a unified position on the Iraq crisis. The United Arab Emirates is proposing that the entire Iraqi leadership step down.

News Reports

• Pakistan Captures Terror Chief, Turkey Holds Off U.S. Troops, Iraq Starts Missiles Destruction AFPS 01 Mar 2003 -- Pakistan reported today the arrest of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed - a top al Qaeda lieutenant - during a raid in Rawalpindi.