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June 2000

• Generals Discuss Saddam, Joint Operations At Hearing By Chuck Vinch European Stars and Stripes June 29, 2000 -- The recent announcement from Baghdad that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had suspended a decree he issued in late 1998 to split the country into four decentralized military zones will not significantly alter the threat to U.S. forces in the region.
• COALITION FORCES STRIKE SAM, AAA SITES UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND June 29, 2000 -- U.S. Air Force F-16 "Fighting Falcons" and British Royal Air Force GR-1 "Tornado" aircraft used precision-guided weapons to strike a surface-to-air missile site and anti-aircraft artillery sites in southern Iraq.
• IRAQI OPPOSITION Voice of America 28 June 2000 -- Leaders of the Iraqi National Congress, the main opposition group to Saddam Hussein, have come to Washington to make their case for more U-S help.
• IRAQ / KILLING Voice of America 28 June 2000 -- A gunman has killed two workers in Baghdad at the office of the U-N Food and Agriculture Organization, F-A-O. Seven people were injured.
• JOINT STATEMENT BY VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE AND LEADERS OF THE IRAQI NATIONAL CONGRESS June 26, 2000 - The Vice President reaffirmed the Administration?s strong commitment to the objective of removing Saddam Hussein from power, and to bringing him and his inner circle to justice for their war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE IRAQI RADAR, AAA SITES UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND June 21, 2000 - US aircraft enforcing the Southern No-Fly-Zone used precision guided weapons to strike an Iraqi military radar and AAA site in southern Iraq.
• U-N / IRAQ / KUWAITI PROPERTY Voice of America 19 June 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council is urging Iraq to return the remaining property it seized after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
• Iraqi AAA fired at ONW aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (14 Jun 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites west of Mosul.
• Iraqis fire AAA at ONW aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (12 Jun 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from a site northeast of Mosul.
• Iraq Oil-For-Food Program Extended By Judy Aita Washington File 09 June 2000 -- The Security Council June 8 voted unanimously to extend the Iraq oil-for-food program for another six months.
• Text: Boucher's Statement on Renewal of Iraq Oil-for-Food Program 09 June 2000 -- The United States welcomes the unanimous adoption by the U.N. Security Council on June 8 of the eighth renewal of the Oil-for-Food program for Iraq, State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said in a statement June 9.
• PICKERING PROTESTED Voice of America 09 June 2000 -- A top U-S diplomat found himself before a hostile audience of Arab-Americans in Washington Friday as he tried to defend U-S policy toward Iraq.
• IRAQ - U-N Voice of America 09 June 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council has agreed to extend the oil-for-food program to Iraq for another six months.
• SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS IRAQ ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME FOR FURTHER 180 DAYS Press Release SC/6872 - 8 June 2000 -- Resolution 1302 (2000) Adopted Unanimously. The Security Council decided tonight to extend the Iraq “oil-for-food” programme for a further 180-day period beginning tomorrow.
• Iraqi AAA fired at ONW aircraft UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (8 Jun 00) -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft again today. This time, the Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites west of Mosul
• U-N / IRAQ WEAPONS INSPECTION Voice of America 07 June 2000 -- The head of the U-N Weapons Inspection team for Iraq said today (Wednesday) his office will be ready to go to work by late August, but there is still no indication that Iraq will allow such inspections.
• COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE IRAQI AAA SITES June 6, 2000 - Navy F-14 "Tomcat," aircraft used precision-guided munitions to strike Iraqi military anti-aircraft artillery batteries in Southern Iraq.
• ONW aircraft targeted UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND (1 Jun 00) -- Iraqi forces fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites near Bashiqah and Tall 'Afar

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