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May 2001

• State Department Noon Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 31 May 2001 -- Could you bring us up to date on what's happening at the UN concerning Iraq?
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 4, No. 17, 18 April 2001 -- Baghdad Says U.S. Top Sponsor of Terrorism; Tariq Aziz Sees Smart Sanctions As Inevitable...But Ramadan Says No UN Inspectors Will Be Allowed; APP Accuses Baghdad of Trafficking In Body Parts; Uday Has Another Football Player Punished; Syrian Interests Office To Open In Baghdad; Jordan Sees Iraq Ties As 'Strategic'; Iraq, Iran May Resume Air Links; SCIRI Head Praises Kuwait; Iraq Acquires Vietnamese Buses; KDP Has No Problems With Turkmens; Ankara Rejects Idea of Kurdish State In Northern Iraq; Iraqi Kurds Assured Of U.S. Protection; Kurdistan Electric Power Network Expands; Chaldean Church Holds Congress In Baghdad
• Moscow Unimpressed By U.S.-U.K. Plan To Modify Iraq Sanctions Regime, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 95, Part I, 18 May 2001 -- Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ordzhonikidze told Interfax on 17 May that "it is clearly premature to speak of Russian support" for an American-British proposal to modify the United Nations sanctions regime against Iraq
• UN/Iraq/Sanctions, Voice of America, 17 May 2001 -- At the United Nations, Britain and the United States are developing a proposal that could lift most of the sanctions against Iraq.
• UN panel pays out $760 million for losses from Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, UN News, 17 May 2001 -- The United Nations Compensation Commission, which processes and pays compensation for losses resulting from Iraq's 1990 invasion and occupation of Kuwait, disbursed today over $760 million in damages
• Iraq: Annan would welcome measures to ease impact of sanctions on civilians, UN News, 17 May 2001 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said he would welcome any measures that would ease the impact of sanctions on ordinary Iraqis, stressing that it is up to the Security Council to take action on the matter.
• State Department Noon Briefing - Iraq Sanctions, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 17 May 2001 -- Q: Could I ask you - I just want to know. Let's get into Iraq a little deeper than we did yesterday, please, because the British have made their move, and I guess you wanted to let some time pass. But, you know, this has been described as a joint US-British move, but what the British are suggesting, doesn't it indeed coincide with US policy?
• State Department Noon Briefing - Iraq Sanctions, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 16 May 2001 -- Q: Yes, Iraq. The British have drafted a Security Council resolution on - basically along the lines of your proposals for Iraqi sanctions. I wondered if you could perhaps explain what is going on. I mean, your review isn't complete, you haven't finished all your consultations, you haven't, as far as I know, drafted any detailed any proposals for this. So what are the British doing drafting this resolution with your support, apparently? What's going on with the United Nations?
• ONW's commander calls the shots on Saddam watch, By Terry Boyd, Stars and Stripes, 15 May 2001 -- At Incirlik's Combined Air Operations Center, the U.S. colonel who calls the shots in Operation Northern Watch engagements acknowledges that Iraqi air-defense units fired at patrolling aircraft but U.S and British planes did not retaliate.
• Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing - No Fly Zones, U.S. Department of Defense, 15 May 2001 -- Q: Is there any review under way here of the enforcement policy in the Northern and Southern no-fly zones, and if so, what's prompting that review?
• Moscow Says Increased U.S., U.K. Flights Over Iraq 'Obstacles' To Peace', RFE/RL NEWSLINE, Vol. 5, No. 91, Part I, 14 May 2001 -- Yakovenko said on 11 May that the increasing number of American and British patrol flights over the no-fly zones of Iraq are making the situation there more difficult and represents "obstacles on the way" to the regulation of the Iraqi situation
• Operation Northern Watch: Flying through complicated political landscape , by Terry Boyd, Stars and Stripes, 13 May 2001 -- The United States/United Kingdom coalition and the U.S. National Security Council tell him "to keep Saddam in the box," Brig. Gen. Edward "Buster" Ellis says.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 4, No. 16, 11 May 2001 -- Iraq Warns Turkey Against 'Smart Sanctions'; Iraq Expands Cooperation With Jordan And Syria; Baghdad Railway Rolls Again; Saddam Promises 'Infinite' Support For Palestinians; Saddam Seeks To Boost Oil Production...And Pharmaceutical Output; Saddam Names Ex-Intelligence Head As Baghdad Governor; Zhirinovsky Reasserts Moscow's Support For Iraq; Serbian Party Leader Hails Saddam And Iraq; Cuban Leader Says U.S. Violates Human Rights; Belarus To Open Tractor Factory In Iraq; Belgian Peace Forum Seeks To End Iraqi Suffering; Iraqi Attack Against Kurdistan Repulsed; Barzani Tells Turks That Pkk Presence Is Unacceptable; PUK Streamlines Top Offices; KDP, Islamic Da'wa Discuss Relations; KDP, PUK Meet With Other Parties; U.S. Official Meets With Turkmen Front Representative
• Is ONW's legacy up in the air? Future of missions questioned, by Terry Boyd, Stars and Stripes, 11 May 2001 -- When you ask the Americans who plan and fly Operation Northern Watch missions about the legacy of 10 years of no-fly sorties, they give the same answer, almost verbatim.
• State Department Noon Briefing - Operation Northern Watch, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 09 May 2001 -- Q: Yes, the no-fly zones. You've seen reports, no doubt, that there are recommendations that the frequency of patrols should be reduced. I wonder, does the State Department have a view on that? And have you had any contact with the people directly affected, i.e., the Kurdish groups and the Shiites in the south, to consult with them on the repercussions for such a decision?
• White House Daily Briefing - Operation Northern Watch, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 09 May 2001 -- Q: On Iraq, has the President received a recommendation from his national security team about scaling back U.S. flights over the no-fly zone? I believe The Washington Post reporting today that some commanders in the field say that the flights should be scaled back because of danger and a chance of a pilot being shot down.
• Iraq: In reversal, Security Council frees more humanitarian contracts than it holds, UN News, 08 May 2001 -- Reversing a trend, the Security Council committee monitoring the sanctions against Baghdad has released more humanitarian contracts under the oil-for-food programme than it has placed on hold, the office running the effort announced today.
• N. Iraqi Leaders Study Institutional Development in U.S., U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 08 May 2001 -- Northern Iraqi Community Leaders Examine Institutional Development through State Department's International Visitor Program
• U.S. Statement on Reported Re-opening of Turkish-Iraqi Rail Links, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 07 May 2001 -- Q: Can you comment on reported re-opening of rail links between Turkey and Iraq? Does ILSA come into play?
• RFE/RL IRAQ REPORT, Vol. 4, No. 15, 4 May 2001 -- Baghdad Warns Against Use of Satellite Dishes; Iran Destroys Mujahedin-E Khalq Bases In Iraq; Iraq Said To Have Tested 'Dirty Nuke' In 1987; Ramadan Says U.S., Iran Both Anti-Arab; Zhirinovsky Asks Russia To End Blockade Of Iraq; Russia, Iraq Seek To Expand Bilateral Trade; Turkish Trade Fair Opens In Baghdad; Belarus To Sign Direct Air Agreement With Iraq; Saddam, Syrian President Call For Closer Ties; PUK, Turkmen, And Assyrian Movements Cooperating; Barzani Visit To Turkey Again Delayed; KRG Urges Holland, Sweden To Reverse Deportation Orders; Baghdad Blamed For Al-Sulaymaniyah Explosion; PUK'S Talabani Promises Concessions For Peace; Washington Agreement After Seven Years
• Iraq earns additional €354 million under UN's oil-for-food scheme , UN News, 01 May 2001 -- Iraq has earned an additional €354 million (euros) under the United Nations oil-for-food programme, which allows Baghdad to export its petroleum and use a portion of the revenues to purchase humanitarian relief.

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