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  CNS - ACTIONS BY IRAQ TO OBSTRUCT DISARMAMENT
Iraq stated that ten vehicles containing prohibited missile items were sent to this remote location in July 1991.
On the last occasion that this issue was discussed with senior Iraqi officials, in July 1998, Iraq conceded that for the preceding two years it had mislead the Commission concerning the events of the unilateral destruction of components for its indigenous missile engine programme.
During the spring of 1996, continued interview and investigation missions were conducted in Iraq with the goal of eliciting a true picture of concealment actions and confirmation that it had or would be ended.
cns.miis.edu /research/iraq/ucreport/dis_acti.htm   (3226 words)

  
 News Archives 1999
First, Iraq was to be disarmed of all nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the means of manufacturing them and was prohibited from holding, acquiring or manufacturing missiles which could fly further than 150 kilometers.
Iraq is in such a position of non-compliance today, yet certain permanent members of the Security Council appear unprepared to insist upon compliance with the resolutions and law which they themselves adopted.
In this context, it is a point of fundamental significance that the refusal by Iraq to comply with the disarmament law has been the main source of the continuation of sanctions.
www.iraqfoundation.org /news/1999/isep/28_butler.html   (1424 words)

  
 Disarmament Diplomacy: - Iraq Continues to Block UNMOVIC
One obstacle in the way of a more cooperative attitude by Iraq appears to be the continued airstrikes by US and UK forces accompanying the enforcement of 'no-fly zones' in the north and south of the country.
Iraq's main demand, however, is for the immediate lifting of all sanctions.
Iraq is permitted, under the 'oil-for-food' programme, to sell oil to raise funds for humanitarian supplies.
www.acronym.org.uk /46iraq.htm   (575 words)

  
 Arms Control Association: Arms Control Today: The Case for Iraq's Qualitative Disarmament
Iraq disputes this finding, admitting that while it did succeed in producing stabilized VX on a laboratory scale, it never weaponized stabilized VX.
Iraq denied having a BW program until June 1995, when UNSCOM confronted Baghdad with evidence of massive procurement of growth media that could not otherwise be explained.
Once Iraq's disarmament along clearly defined qualitative standards had been verified by weapons inspectors, and after a viable monitoring regime was in place to detect and deter any attempt at reconstituting its WMD programs, the Security Council would lift, not suspend, economic sanctions.
www.armscontrol.org /act/2000_06/iraqjun.asp   (6134 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Chief U.N. Weapons Inspector Hans Blix Report to the U.N. Security Council -- January 27, 2003
Iraq said that the small quantity of agent remaining after the Gulf War was unilaterally destroyed in the summer of 1991.
Iraq has declared that it produced about 8,500 liters of this biological warfare agent, which, it states, it unilaterally destroyed in the summer of 1991.
Iraq declared the consumption of a number of Scud missiles as targets in the development of anti-ballistic missile defense system during the 1980s, yet no technical information has been produced about that program, or data on the consumption of the missiles.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/iraq/blix_report.html   (4902 words)

  
 Embassy of the United States in Manila
It recalls that the cease-fire ending the 1991 Gulf War was conditioned on Iraq's disarmament with respect to nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, together with their support infrastructures, ending its involvement in, and support for, terrorism, and its accounting for, and restoration of, foreign nationals and foreign property wrongfully seized.
This resolution is designed to test Iraq's intentions: will it abandon its weapons of mass destruction and its illicit missile programs or continue its delays and defiance of the entire world- Every act of Iraqi non-compliance will be a serious matter, because it would tell us that Iraq has no intention of disarming.
He asked that it find Iraq in material breach of its ongoing obligations, that it establish an enhanced inspection regime as a means for obtaining the disarmament of Iraq in the area of weapons of mass destruction, and that it make clear that the most serious consequences for Iraq would follow continued defiance.
manila.usembassy.gov /wwwhira3.html   (1374 words)

  
 PC(USA) - Presbyterian Peacemaking Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Blix made the comment that the release of similar such papers related to Iraq’s production history of anthrax and VX nerve gas on February 8 might be “indicative of a more open attitude” on the part of Iraq.
Iraq has also accepted a South African offer to send a group of their disarmament experts to help with the disarmament process in Iraq.
The period in which the disarmament of Iraq is to be accomplished, “could still be short,” Blix stressed, provided Iraq steps up its active cooperation.
www.pcusa.org /peacemaking/iraq/14report.htm   (520 words)

  
 NTI: Country Overviews: Iraq: Profile
Iraq is a member of the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
One of the justifications for this invasion was a belief that Iraq had clandestinely amassed large stockpiles of chemical weapons including VX, sarin and mustard gas, among other WMD that it had successfully concealed from the United Nations.
Iraq purchased considerable numbers of short-range Scud missiles and launchers from the Soviet Union beginning in the early 1970s.
nti.org /e_research/profiles/Iraq/index.html   (2042 words)

  
 [ Crisis in Iraq ]
Iraq agrees "in principle" to comply with UN demands to destroy its stockpile of Al-Sumud 2 missiles.
Iraq temporarily halts oil exports in reaction to a UN refusal to grant it control over certain oil reserves.
Iraq recognizes the boundaries of the Iraq-Kuwait border as demarcated by the UN.
www.rferl.org /specials/iraqcrisis/iraq-timeline.asp   (2626 words)

  
 Security Council Resolutions Concerning Iraq
Iraq must not utilize its military or other forces in a hostile manner to threaten its neighbors or UN operations in Iraq.
Iraq must cease attempts to conceal or move weapons of mass destruction, and related materials and facilities.
Iraq must "unconditionally accept" the destruction, removal or rendering harmless "under international supervision" of all "chemical and biological weapons and all stocks of agents and all related subsystems and components and all research, development, support and manufacturing facilities."
www.state.gov /p/nea/rls/01fs/14906.htm   (1408 words)

  
 Nations Prefer Peaceful Disarmament of Iraq, U.N. Told, February 19, 2003
But many want Iraq disarmed peacefully and urged that the U.N. weapons inspectors be given more time to do their work.
He said that the inspectors had found that Iraq has developed Al Samoud missiles that could exceed the 150-kilometer range set by Security Council resolutions and that Iraqi cooperation on matters of substance still left much to be desired.
The last report from the weapons inspectors, Kumalo said, indicates that Iraq is cooperating more proactively and the inspectors have had the opportunity to verify the accuracy of the information that has been provided by other nations.
www.usembassy.it /file2003_02/alia/a3021906.htm   (1281 words)

  
 What Does Disarmament Look Like?
On September 12, 2002, President Bush called on the United Nations to live up to its founding purpose and enforce the determination of the international community – expressed in 16 UN Security Council resolutions – that the outlaw Iraqi regime be disarmed of its weapons of mass destruction.
The world knows what successful cooperative disarmament looks like.  When a country decides to disarm, and to provide to the world verifiable evidence that it has disarmed, there are three common elements to its behavior:
The regime fully cooperates with international efforts to implement and verify disarmament; its behavior is transparent, not secretive.
www.whitehouse.gov /infocus/iraq/disarmament   (146 words)

  
 Iraq disarmament crisis timeline 2001-2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The UN Council votes unanimously for resolution 1441, the 17th Iraq disarmament resolution passed by the council, calling for immediate and complete disarmament of Iraq.
However, the spokesman of the White House, Ari Fleischer declares that the Iraq commitment to destroying these missiles is a fraud that President George W. Bush had predicted, and indicates that the United States wants a total and complete disarmament of Iraq.
Iraq also destroys a launcher and five engines in a rush to prove it is disarming before a crucial U.N. report on March 7.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003   (4160 words)

  
 IRAQ: What Does Disarmament Look Like?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Disarming Iraq of its chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction and dismantling its program to develop nuclear weapons is a crucial part of winning the War on Terror.
Iraq has had 12 years to disarm, as it agreed to do at the conclusion of the Gulf War.
Iraq seems to be employing virtually all of the old techniques used to frustrate U.N. inspections in the past.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/828151/posts   (4341 words)

  
 Address to the Nation on Iraq
The danger is clear: using chemical, biological or, one day, nuclear weapons, obtained with the help of Iraq, the terrorists could fulfill their stated ambitions and kill thousands or hundreds of thousands of innocent people in our country, or any other.
In a free Iraq, there will be no more wars of aggression against your neighbors, no more poison factories, no more executions of dissidents, no more torture chambers and rape rooms.
In one year, or five years, the power of Iraq to inflict harm on all free nations would be multiplied many times over.
www.state.gov /p/nea/rls/rm/18789.htm   (1783 words)

  
 DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ
The Howard Government has committed an extra $645 million over three years to cover the estimated costs of the pre-deployment of ADF elements to the Middle East, Australia’s contribution to coalition military operations to disarm Iraq (Operations Bastille and Falconer) and stabilisation and recovery operations (Operation Catalyst).
Defence Minister Robert Hill said Australia had made an important contribution to combat operations and was now providing specialist assistance to help stabilise and rehabilitate Iraq so that the Iraqi people can receive the full benefits of their liberation.
It had resulted in a safer global community by contributing to the elimination of weapons of mass destruction and bringing greater stability to the Middle East.
www.defence.gov.au /minister/Hilltpl.cfm?CurrentId=2732   (241 words)

  
 Disarmament Of Iraq To Prevent Nuclear Proliferation In Gulf: Report
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) warns that from a US perspective "Iraq presents the threat of a revanchist dictator in possession of nuclear, chemcial and biological weapons, and the means to deliver them.
The study says Iraq continues to pose "a clear threat to its Arab neighbours as well as to the US and its allies," 12 years after it invaded Kuwait, sparking the 1991 Gulf war.
US officials Sunday continued to express their belief that Iraq would be better off without President Saddam Hussein amid reports specific attack plans have been produced.
www.spacedaily.com /news/iraq-02f.html   (690 words)

  
 ZOTA: Iraq: Denial and Deception
That regime pledged to reveal and destroy all its weapons of mass destruction as a condition for ending the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
We have sent hundreds of weapons inspectors to oversee the disarmament of Iraq.
It is not too late for the Iraqi military to act with honor and protect your country by permitting the peaceful entry of coalition forces to eliminate weapons of mass destruction.
www.zota.org /mt/archives/000101.html   (474 words)

  
 Bush Focuses on Disarmament, Disappointed By Iraq’s Efforts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
President Bush disparaged Iraq’s efforts to comply with new U.N. disarmament demands as “not encouraging,” suggesting Monday that Saddam Hussein will fail to meet terms for a key report due this weekend -- which would move the United States closer to war.
But Bush sought to draw attention away from the inspections, saying that disarmament rather than the inspections is the goal of the U.N. resolution passed last month.
Bush’s remarks appeared intended to intensify pressure on the Iraqis to comply with the resolution by the deadline.
www-tech.mit.edu /V122/N60/long_260.60w.html   (408 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Iraq disarmament plan gains support   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The plan reportedly calls for the tripling of UN weapons inspectors in Iraq, banning Iraqi flights anywhere over the country and deploying UN peacekeepers.
German Defence Minister Peter Struck said the proposal would be presented to the United Nations Security Council on Friday - the same day the chief UN weapons inspectors present their second critical report on Iraqi co-operation.
Mr Koshroo urged Iraq to disarm, but stressed his country's opposition to a war.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/2742191.stm   (654 words)

  
 Iraq's other disarmament challenge: small arms | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In neighborhoods and villages across Iraq, the pattern is always the same.
The presence of such large stocks of guns, bullets, and bombs further complicates US efforts to restore Iraq to a level of prewar normality.
In addition, it suggests that those with an anti-American agenda in Iraq are probably well armed.
www.csmonitor.com /2003/0502/p03s01-woiq.html   (940 words)

  
 Department of State Washington File: Transcript: U.S. Wants Peaceful Disarmament of Iraq, Says Negroponte
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: U.S. Wants Peaceful Disarmament of Iraq, Says Negroponte
This resolution is designed to test Iraq's intentions: will it abandon its weapons of mass destruction and its illicit missile programs or continue its delays and defiance of the entire world?
Every act of Iraqi non-compliance will be a serious matter, because it would tell us that Iraq has no intention of disarming.
usinfo.org /wf-archive/2002/021108/epf503.htm   (1331 words)

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