U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
                                             DPB # 86
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2001  1:50 P.M.
(ON THE RECORD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)

Q:  Richard, the Iraqis start rebuilding their military.  They already
bought 200 armored vehicles, transportation car is the names Ural from
the Russia, and they ordered 1,300 more of the same vehicle.  And also,
we heard that the United States reduced the flight over the Iraqi --
northern part of the Iraq.
Are you planning to change your policy against Iraq or strategy against
Iraq?
MR. BOUCHER:  I think you are talking about two different things.  As
far as the flights over Iraq and how we maintain the no-fly zones, I
think that is a question the Pentagon has been looking at, and so you
would have to ask the Pentagon how they conduct those operations at
this point.
I wasn't aware of any particular purchases of military equipment by
Iraq, but I would say that overall it is expected that under the old
sanctions policy and the new sanctions policy, people would not be
selling weaponry to Iraq.  It is in the common interest of all of us to
prevent Iraq from rebuilding its armies and its capabilities in terms
of weapons of mass destruction.