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Current Operations

• COALITION FORCES TARGET IRAQI COMMUNICATIONS SITES 08 Mar 2003 -- In response to Iraqi hostile actions toward Coalition aircraft monitoring compliance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons today to target four Iraqi military communications sites.
• COALITION FORCES DROP LEAFLETS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ 08 Mar 2003 -- Coalition aircraft dropped 720,000 informational leaflets in Iraq today.
• COALITION FORCES TARGET IRAQI MOBILE RADAR SYSTEM 08 Mar 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 a mobile missile guidance radar system, located approximately 230 miles west of Baghdad. The strike occurred at approximately 12:10 a.m., EST.

Deployments

• Navy's Enterprise Training Management System Gathering Steam Navy NewStand 08 Mar 2003 -- Navy leaders have found a more effective way to manage their Sailor's training and professional development through the Navy Training Management and Planning System (NTMPS).
• No port needed, CJTF-HOA replenishes at sea USMC News 08 Mar 2003 -- The ship's 16th replenishment at sea was conducted March 5 by the crew and members of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa staff, whose mission is battling the war against terrorism in the Horn of Africa region.

US Policy

• Powell Acknowledges Iraqi Regime Change as a Goal of U.S. Policy Washington File 08 Mar 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said the Bush administration inherited from the Clinton administration a U.S. policy of working for regime change in Iraq, and agrees with it, but the administration's principal objective in Iraq is to eliminate the country's weapons of mass destruction.
• Rumsfeld Denies U.S. Acting Unilaterally on Iraq Washington File 08 Mar 2003 -- Secretary of Defense interviewed March 6 on CNBC) (4050)Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld labeled as "false and ... inaccurate" the notion that the United States is acting unilaterally in its effort to achieve Iraqi disarmament.
• IRAQ / WRAP VOA 08 Mar 2003 -- President Bush said today (Saturday) he is ready to use military force against Iraq unless it "fully and unconditionally" disarms. Mr. Bush's comments came as Iraq said it has resumed destruction of banned missiles and President Saddam Hussein called for an end to U-N sanctions imposed after the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
• Text: Bush Says Iraq Playing a "Shell Game" with Inspectors Washington File 08 Mar 2003 -- U.S. intelligence indicates that even as the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein is destroying prohibited missiles, he has ordered the production of more, President Bush charged in his March 8 radio address to the nation.
• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 08 Mar 2003 -- President Bush says he is ready to use force against Iraq, if the country does not disarm. Mr. Bush and his allies want to give Iraq until March 17th to comply with U-N disarmament demands, or face military action.

United Nations

• UN supervises destruction of six more Iraqi missiles as inspections continue UN News centre 08 Mar 2003 -- United Nations weapons experts today supervised the destruction of additional Iraqi missiles as the international disarmament probe continued in the country.
• IRAQ/INSPECTORS VOA 08 Mar 2003 -- Iraq resumed the U-N-monitored destruction of more Al-Samoud-Two missiles after a one-day break.
• Tracking Inspections in Iraq RFE/L 08 Mar 2003

Foreign Reactions

• IRAQ / SADDAM VOA 08 Mar 2003 -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein demanded Saturday that the U-N Security Council remove sanctions imposed after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, saying it was complying with U-N disarmament demands. The United States and some European countries have rejected Iraq's disarmament moves as insufficient and are threatening to use military force to gain Iraqi compliance.
• RUSSIA/IRAQ VOA 08 Mar 2003 -- Russian officials have come out strongly against a proposal backed by the United States, Britain and Spain to set a March 17th deadline for Iraq to comply with U-N disarmament demands.

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