- Apparatus
of Lies, Saddam’s Disinformation and Propaganda 1990-2003,
prepared by the White House; (view pdf
version)
- According to the US Department of Defense's site on
the No-Fly
Zone Violations: "Operation Northern Watch enforces the no-fly zone north of the 36th parallel in Iraq and monitors Iraqi compliance with UN Security Council resolutions 678, 687, and 688. The United States and the United Kingdom provide about 45 aircraft and more than 1,400 personnel to support the operation. Operation Southern Watch enforces the no-fly zone south of the 33rd parallel in Iraq and monitors compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolutions 687, 688, and 949. The United States and the United Kingdom provide about 150 aircraft and 6,000 forces to support the operation."
Also, "since U.N. Security Council resolution 1441 was passed on Nov. 8, 2002, Iraqi forces have fired on U.S and British pilots 264 times. In addition to actual firings, Iraq
has "painted" coalition aircraft with radars countless times. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has said that Iraq is the only place in the world where U.S. pilots are routinely fired upon."
- Iraq's
Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs, prepared by the CIA 10/2002;
(view pdf version)
- View Britain's dossier Iraq's
Weapons of Mass Destruction. 9/25/02
- White House document on Saddam Hussein's
transgressions from 1990 to 2002, A Decade of Deception and Defiance.
9/12/02
- "Saddam never sleeps in his grand palaces but moves each night to a secret
house or tent. He smokes Cohiba cigars supplied by Fidel Castro.
He dyes his graying hair black. He walks with a slight limp, allegedly from back
trouble...he now appears wearing immaculately tailored suits in place of the green army
fatigues he once favored...since 1998, when, according to local legend, U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan told him his image would vastly improve if he donned
a statesman's suit instead. He constantly monitors CNN and BBC news programs,
likes American thriller movies and admires Stalin and Machiavelli,
(and) he writes romance novels." Read "Inside
Saddam's World" at CNN's Sinister
World of Saddam.
- Claims it hit an "enemy" allied jet fighter with a
surface-to-air missile 12/26/01.
- Says it is ready for war if US attacks. 12/3/01
- Hussein says "no" to UN inspections. 11/27/01
- Bush demands resumption of Iraq arms inspections.
11/26/01
- UAE
merchant ship Samra carrying smuggled Iraqi oil sinks,
killing 2 US sailors. 11/18/01
- US-led
force rescues Honduran-flagged tanker Georgios' Iraqi crew
as it sinks. 8/6/01
- Maritime Interception Force - works to enforce the sanctions
- Has 12 member nations, including the US, Britain, Australia, Italy, Canada
- As of 8/6/01, has stopped 1,472 ships, boarded 748, diverted 62
this year.
- Halted oil exports 6/4/01 in protest to possible
overhaul of its sanctions by US-backed British proposal, will
resume exporting after the United Nations extends oil-for-food program. 7/6/01
- A stipulation of the truce ending the Gulf War in
1991 created flight-interdiction zones in northern and southern
Iraq, i.e. Iraqi airspace that is off-limits to Iraqi fighters.
- After Iraq invaded Kuwait, resulting in the
"Gulf War", the United Nations' Security Council imposed
sanctions on the country in August 1990. In April 1995, the
Council passed resolution 986 which provided an
"Oil-for-Food" program which offered humanitarian relief for
the Iraqi people in a form of exemptions to the sanctions.
According to the UN's Office of
the Iraq Programme, "In May 1996, after extended negotiations with the UN Secretariat, Iraq signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) setting out arrangements for the implementation of resolution 986. The Office of the Iraq Programme
(OIP) was established in October 1997 to implement the Oil-for-Food Programme
for Iraq. The embargo can only be ended after UN weapons
inspectors verify that Iraq has taken apart its biological, chemical,
nuclear and long-range missile programs. Iraq was uncooperative
with UN inspectors in 1998, and has since barred all inspectors.
- Iraq
accused of smuggling sales of its oil in return for sneaking in
what they need for rebuilding their weaponry, since the early 1990s.
- Saddam Hussein
- Read about Hussein's meetings:
- US Dept of State's report "Saddam
Hussein's Iraq"
- Hussein's Bio; Notice this
is written roughly in chronological order, history at the top,
more current items last. This Bio was updated on his
presidential website 7/25/01; prior to Sept 11th events.
- Presidency of
Iraq
- Permanent Mission of
Iraq to the United Nations in New York
- Ansar al Islam - Muslim extremist militant organization based in Kurdish area
in Iraq; members trained
at bin Laden's terrorist camps (3/19/02)
- Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) - pro-American
Kurdish group
- "Babylon
or Together Everyone Achieves More" - Babylon (Babil)
history, Revelations, and Saddam Hussein's rebuilding of it
- "Babylon,
Iraq, and Saddam Hussein"
- Modern
Babylon (Iraq)
- Iraq
Resource Information Site
- Radio Free
Iraq, funded by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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