NEWS AND VIEWS
Summaries of and links to online news reports and commentaries.
Republicans denounce U.S.-Russia missile deal
new:Rsummit-republicansURmdo_7MN@clari.net Sun, 23 Mar 1997 20:10:26 PST (Reuters)
"In a joint statement, Gingrich, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Bob Livingston of Louisiana and Rep. Chris Cox of California said the accord would halt the development of the most effective possible ballistic missile defense.... Republicans took issue with a provision ``not to develop, test or deploy space-based (theater missile defense) interceptors,'' arguing it would place unacceptable contraints on possible new technological breakthroughs. ... ``We cannot allow this deliberate weakening of our national defense, nor a dangerous reliance on hollow arms control agreements,'' the congressmen said in their statement.
Summit Brings Yeltsin No Praise From Russians
http://wp2.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1997-03/23/073R-032397-idx.html
David Hoffman Washington Post; March 23, 1997 page A25
" ... backers of [START-2] in the Russian parliament have complained for a long time that Yeltsin's support was practically invisible. They repeated today that unless he makes a concerted effort to overcome opposition in the parliament, the treaty will continue to languish. "What we will really need is a real promotional campaign. Until now we haven't had this kind of campaign," said Vladimir Averchev, a legislator from the centrist Yabloko bloc who serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee."
Summit Wins May Hide Russia's NATO Retreat
news:Msummit-summitURPQF_7MN.X@clari.net
Sun, 23 Mar 1997 14:12:36 PST ( Christian Science Monitor / Peter Ford)
"...the two presidents' decision to cut their nuclear arsenals to 20 percent of cold war levels, in an accord to be called START III, hangs on the Russian Duma's ratification of START II.
... Few observers here share the confidence Yeltsin expressed at his press conference that ``the Duma will make a decision based on my advice.''"
Iraq said to cooperate with U.N. on weapons
news:Riraq-weaponsURb2G_7MN@clari.net
Sun, 23 Mar 1997 2:10:40 PST (Reuter / Leon Barkho)
"BAGHDAD, March 23 (Reuter) - Iraq has responded in writing to United Nations concerns about its weapons programmes in hopes of having curbs on its oil exports completely removed by the end of this year... the U.N. Special Commission (UNSCOM) was encouraged by the cooperation and would send chemical experts to Iraq on March 27 for a seminar with Iraqi chemical warfare specialists. "
Iraq envoy says hopes oil ban lifted this year
news:Riraq-sanctionsURvlu_7ML@clari.net
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 5:13:21 PST (Reuter / Miho Yoshikawa)
"TOKYO, March 21 (Reuter) - Iraq hopes to soon clear away concerns about its weapons programme, paving the way for an end to a U.N.-imposed economic ban and a full return to the world oil market, an Iraqi official said on Friday."
Iraq and Russia sign $70 bln oil deal over 23 years
news:Riraq-russiaUR5XW_7ML.RD9k_7ML@clari.net
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 12:32:17 PST (Reuter / Hassan Hafidh) BAGHDAD, March 21 (Reuter) -
Iraq and Russia signed on Friday a contract to develop seven to eight billion barrels of reserves in southern Iraq's Qurana oilfield, Iraqi and Russian officials said."
US sees progress in checks on biological weapons
news:Rarms-biological-usaUR6lW_7ML@clari.net
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 14:13:10 PST (Reuter / Stephanie Nebehay) "GENEVA (Reuter)
- A senior U.S. arms control official said Friday progress had been made toward a verification protocol that aims to prevent rogue states or guerrillas from violating a treaty banning biological weapons. The U.S. official, speaking to reporters after three weeks of negotiations, said President Clinton's goal of reaching agreement on the protocol by the end of 1998 could be met."
Japanese Cult Said to Have Planned Nerve-Gas Attacks in U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/world/japan-cult.html
The New York Times - March 23, 1997 By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
"TOKYO -- The religious cult accused of organizing the poison gas attack on the Tokyo subway system two years ago had also planned to release nerve gas in the United States, according to new court testimony in Tokyo.... Dr. Ikuo Hayashi, the former medical director of Aum Shinrikyo, said the cult had planned nerve gas attacks in the United States in June 1994. "The guru has ordered us to release sarin in several places in America," Hayashi quoted the cult's intelligence director as telling him..."
Cold War Hot Links
http://www.stmartin.edu/~dprice/cold.war.html
David Price (dprice@stmartin.edu) About this page and what I'm up to.
I'm an anthropologist who is using the Freedom of Information Act, archival sources and interviews to write an historical account of the influences of the Cold War on American anthropology. This is a broad project and examines a variety of interactions between anthropologists and organizations such as the CIA, FBI, NSA, OSS and other governmental agencies. This past year I organized an invited session on "American Anthropology and the National Security State" at the (Nov. 15-20) 1995 meetings of the American Anthropological Association.
Chemical Weapons and Materiel: Key Factors Affecting Disposal Costs and Schedule,
by Henry L. Hinton, Jr., Assistant Comptroller General for National Security and International Affairs, before the Subcommittee on Military Procurement, House Committee on National Security.
GAO/T-NSIAD-97-118, Mar. 11.
Nuclear Weapons:Capabilities of DOE's Limited Life Component Program to Meet Operational Needs
GAO/RCED-97-52, Mar. 5.
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