April 2001
- State Department Noon Briefing - Iraqi Radiological Weapons, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 30 April 2001 -- QUESTION: Did you see the story about the UN official coming up with information concerning Iraq and their supposed nuclear radiation capability?
- RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 4, No. 14, 27 April 2001 -- BND Says Iraq Developing New Chemical Weapons; 'Disenchantment' Rumored Among Iraq Security Services; Qusay Executes 1,000 Prisoners; Elections Said Intended To Groom Qusay For Senior Party Post; Al-Sahhaf Seen As Having Failed As Foreign Minister; Saddam's Birthday To Cost $25 Million; Ramadan Says Iraq-Russia Ties 'At New Level'...And Russia To Launch Iraqi Satellites; Iraqi VP Visits Tatarstan; Serbian Socialist Party Delegation To Visit Baghdad; Iraq To Boycott Islamic Parliamentary Meeting; Saudis Send 35 Tons of Medicine To Iraq; Yemen, Russia Discuss Iraq; Barzani Puts 'Final Touches' On Peace With PUK; Talabani Optimistic About Kurdish Future; KDP, PUK Forces Withdraw From Contact Lines; Turkish Defense Minister Attends Iraqi Turkmen Reception
- Moscow Seeks A Profitable Outcome With Iraq, RFE/RL Security Watch, Vol. 2, No. 16, 23 April 2001 -- Iraqi Vice President Takha Yassin Ramadan became the first senior Iraqi official to visit the Russian capital in more than a decade
- Security Council members call on Iraq to cooperate on missing Kuwaitis, UN News, 20 April 2001 -- Security Council members today expressed concern at the plight of Kuwaiti and third country nationals missing since Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, and called on Baghdad to cooperate with the United Nations official who is looking into that matter.
- RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 4, No. 13, 20 April 2001 -- Saddam Reshuffles His Cabinet; SCIRI'S Military Wing Opposes Dialogue With U.S.; Iran Launches Scuds At Mujahedin-E-Khalq Bases In Iraq; Baghdad Said To Be Within Six Months of Having Nuclear Weapons In 1991; Baghdad Said Rebuilding Biological Weapons Plant; Czechs To Supply Engines For Iraqi Railroads; Jordan Asks UN To Allow Baghdad Commercial Flights; AEUC To Hold Next Meeting In Baghdad; Saddam Receives Algerian Delegation; Kurds, UN Discuss Electricity Issue; KDP'S Barzani To Visit Ankara At End of April; Assyrian Democratic Movement To Hold Third Congress
- Iraqi Daily Chides US-Proposed "Smart Sanctions" , People's Daily, 19 April 2001 -- An official Iraqi daily on Wednesday chided the recent proposals of "smart sanctions" by the United States against Iraq, saying that the new "gimmick" is designed to cover up the failure of U.S. policy on Iraq.
- Putin Seeks End To Sanctions Against Iraq, RFE/RL NEWSLINE, Vol. 5, No. 76, Part I, 19 April 2001 -- President Putin told visiting Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan that Moscow favors an end to international sanctions against Iraq
- State Department Noon Briefing - Iran/Iraq, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 19 April 2001 -- Q: Do you have any comment on the - I guess the Iraqis shooting down an Iranian spy plane - renewed war skirmishes?
- Iran / Attack, Voice of America, 18 April 2001 -- The Iraqi government has condemned Iranian missile attacks against an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq.
- Franks Lists Threats Facing Central Command , American Forces Press Service, 14 April 2001 -- While the Persian Gulf is the crucial area for U.S. Central Command, the command has much more on its plate, said Army Gen. Tommy R. Franks.
- RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 4, No. 12, 13 April 2001 -- SCIRI Adds Conditions To Any U.S. Talks; FIC Sees Expanded U.S. Support For Opposition; 25 Prisoners Executed Near Baghdad; Saddam Changes Intelligence Chiefs; GCC Meeting Provokes Baghdad; Putin Seen Expanding Moscow-Baghdad Ties; Yugoslavia, Iraq Discuss Economic Ties; Washington Said Mulling More Aid To Kurdistan; KDP, PUK Agree On Criminal Procedures; Will There Be A Water War?
- UN reports sharp increase in Iraqi petroleum exports under oil-for-food plan , UN News, 10 April 2001 -- Baghdad's United Nations-administered oil exports surged to an average of 2.29 million barrels a day last week, up from 1.8 million the previous week, according to statistics released today by the UN office overseeing the effort.
- American and Iraqi Experts Discuss Iraq's Future, USIS Washington File, 10 April 2001 -- U.S. and Iraqi experts spoke recently about the options, perceptions, politics and reality of the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein at a conference to mark the tenth anniversary of the Gulf War.
- RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 4, No. 11, 7 April 2001 -- SCIRI Ready For Dialogue With Washington; Iraq Rejects Arab Summit Draft...But Extends Consultations; Kuwait 'Not Committed' To Any Formula On Iraq Ties; Turkey's CEM In U.S. To Discuss Modifying Embargo...And Iraq Hopes To Link Up With European Gas Net Via Turkey; Iraq-Syria Free-Trade Zone Launched; Egypt Seeks More Trade With Iraq; Moroccan Trade Fair In Iraq; Ramadan Receives Russian Envoy; Iraqi Minister In Minsk; Armenia Pursuing Own Interests With Iraq Ties; Kurdish Scholar Murdered In Baghdad; KDP, PUK Take Steps To Normalize Ties
- In a bid to prevent diversion of Iraqi oil, UN monitors issue notification forms , UN News, 03 April 2001 -- In an effort to prevent Iraqi crude from being diverted to unauthorized destinations, United Nations oil monitors have begun issuing notification forms to be signed by those in charge of vessels loading the petroleum.
- UN's Iraq-Kuwait mission promotes calm and should be maintained - report, UN News, 02 April 2001 -- Carrying out its tasks "smoothly," the United Nations UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) is contributing to calm along the border and should be maintained, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report released today.
- Iranian-Backed Iraqis Reject U.S. Support, RFE/RL Iran Report, Vol. 4, No. 13, 2 April 2001 -- U.S. officials say that they are trying to establish links with the Tehran-based Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and other opponents of the Baghdad regime, in addition to the Iraqi National Congress (INC), with which it already has relations
- Iran-Iraq Understanding On Opposition, RFE/RL Iran Report, Vol. 4, No. 13, 2 April 2001 -- Qusay Saddam Husseyn, who heads Baghdad's security agencies, visited Tehran in mid-March and met with Iranian military and security officials
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