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| U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
December 19, 2002
Fact Sheet
Illustrative Examples of Omissions from the
Iraqi Declaration to the United Nations Security Council
Anthrax and Other Undeclared Biological Agents
The UN Special Commission concluded that Iraq did not verifiably account for, at a minimum, 2160kg of growth media.
This is enough to produce 26,000 liters of anthrax -- 3 times the amount Iraq declared; 1200 liters of botulinum toxin; and, 5500 liters of clostridium perfrigens -- 16 times the amount Iraq declared.
Why does the Iraqi declaration ignore these dangerous agents in its tally?
Ballistic Missiles
Iraq has disclosed manufacturing new energetic fuels suited only to a class of missile to which it does not admit.
Iraq claims that flight-testing of a larger diameter missile falls within the 150km limit. This claim is not credible.
Why is the Iraqi regime manufacturing fuels for missiles it says it does not have?
Nuclear Weapons
The Declaration ignores efforts to procure uranium from Niger.
Why is the Iraqi regime hiding their uranium procurement?
VX
In 1999, UN Special Commission and international experts concluded that Iraq needed to provide additional, credible information about VX production.
The declaration provides no information to address these concerns.
What is the Iraqi regime trying to hide by not providing this information?
Chemical and Biological Weapons Munitions
In January 1999, the UN Special Commission reported that Iraq failed to provide credible evidence that 550 mustard gas-filled artillery shells and 400 biological weapon-capable aerial bombs had been lost or destroyed.
The Iraqi regime has never adequately accounted for hundreds, possibly thousands, of tons of chemical precursors.
Again, what is the Iraqi regime trying to hide by not providing this information?
Empty Chemical Munitions
There is no adequate accounting for nearly 30,000 empty munitions that could be filled with chemical agents.
Where are these munitions?
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Programs
Iraq denies any connection between UAV programs and chemical or biological agent dispersal. Yet, Iraq admitted in 1995 that a MIG-21 remote-piloted vehicle tested in 1991 was to carry a biological weapon spray system.
Iraq already knows how to put these biological agents into bombs and how to disperse biological agent using aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicles.
Why do they deny what they have already admitted? Why has the Iraqi regime acquired the range and auto-flight capabilities to spray biological weapons?
Mobile Biological Weapon Agent Facilities
The Iraqi declaration provides no information about its mobile biological weapon agent facilities. Instead it insists that these are “refrigeration vehicles and food testing laboratories.”
What is the Iraqi regime trying to hide about their mobile biological weapon facilities?
Summary
None of these holes and gaps in Iraq's declaration are mere accidents, editing oversights or technical mistakes: they are material omissions. | | | | Guest | | Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2002 3:46 am Post subject: |
| | Anonymous wrote: | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
December 19, 2002
Fact Sheet
Illustrative Examples of Omissions from the
Iraqi Declaration to the United Nations Security Council
Anthrax and Other Undeclared Biological Agents
The UN Special Commission concluded that Iraq did not verifiably account for, at a minimum, 2160kg of growth media.
This is enough to produce 26,000 liters of anthrax -- 3 times the amount Iraq declared; 1200 liters of botulinum toxin; and, 5500 liters of clostridium perfrigens -- 16 times the amount Iraq declared.
Why does the Iraqi declaration ignore these dangerous agents in its tally?
Ballistic Missiles
Iraq has disclosed manufacturing new energetic fuels suited only to a class of missile to which it does not admit.
Iraq claims that flight-testing of a larger diameter missile falls within the 150km limit. This claim is not credible.
Why is the Iraqi regime manufacturing fuels for missiles it says it does not have?
Nuclear Weapons
The Declaration ignores efforts to procure uranium from Niger.
Why is the Iraqi regime hiding their uranium procurement?
VX
In 1999, UN Special Commission and international experts concluded that Iraq needed to provide additional, credible information about VX production.
The declaration provides no information to address these concerns.
What is the Iraqi regime trying to hide by not providing this information?
Chemical and Biological Weapons Munitions
In January 1999, the UN Special Commission reported that Iraq failed to provide credible evidence that 550 mustard gas-filled artillery shells and 400 biological weapon-capable aerial bombs had been lost or destroyed.
The Iraqi regime has never adequately accounted for hundreds, possibly thousands, of tons of chemical precursors.
Again, what is the Iraqi regime trying to hide by not providing this information?
Empty Chemical Munitions
There is no adequate accounting for nearly 30,000 empty munitions that could be filled with chemical agents.
Where are these munitions?
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Programs
Iraq denies any connection between UAV programs and chemical or biological agent dispersal. Yet, Iraq admitted in 1995 that a MIG-21 remote-piloted vehicle tested in 1991 was to carry a biological weapon spray system.
Iraq already knows how to put these biological agents into bombs and how to disperse biological agent using aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicles.
Why do they deny what they have already admitted? Why has the Iraqi regime acquired the range and auto-flight capabilities to spray biological weapons?
Mobile Biological Weapon Agent Facilities
The Iraqi declaration provides no information about its mobile biological weapon agent facilities. Instead it insists that these are “refrigeration vehicles and food testing laboratories.”
What is the Iraqi regime trying to hide about their mobile biological weapon facilities?
Summary
None of these holes and gaps in Iraq's declaration are mere accidents, editing oversights or technical mistakes: they are material omissions. |
U.S. State Department: Pullulating With Likudnik Jews
Israel: 400 Thermonuclear Bombs Ready For Launch
Designated Foes: Planet Earth | | | | Guest | | | | Guest | | Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2002 4:57 am Post subject: Israel Steps Up Preparations for Gulf War |
| http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20021222/ts_nm/iraq_israel_dc
Top Stories - Reuters
Israel Steps Up Preparations for Gulf War
Sun Dec 22, 8:16 AM ET
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has stepped up
preparations for a possible U.S. war against Iraq,
scheduling joint exercises with U.S. forces and gas
mask lessons for schoolchildren, Israeli officials
said on Sunday.
Israeli media reported Israel would go on high alert
from January 15 in anticipation that hostilities would
erupt in the Gulf some time between January 27 and
February 26.
The Defense Ministry would not confirm the date, but
said Israeli security forces have been preparing for a
possible Iraqi attack.
Israel is concerned that Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein will respond to any U.S. strike by launching
missiles armed with chemical or biological warheads
against the Jewish state which has been fighting a
Palestinian uprising since September 2000.
Some 1,000 U.S. troops are expected in Israel this
week for an exercise involving U.S.-made Patriot
missiles, which were largely ineffective in
intercepting the 39 Scud missiles that Iraq fired at
the Jewish state in the 1991 Gulf War.
The Patriot has since been upgraded and Israel has
developed and deployed the Arrow anti-missile system,
designed to intercept Scuds at a higher altitude.
Asked about the U.S.-Israeli military exercise, Raanan
Gissin, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon, said it was being held "in preparation of any
possibility of war."
Ronit Tirosh, director general of the Education
Ministry, told Israel Radio that teachers had been
instructed by soldiers on how to handle a possible
missile attack during school hours and undergone
training to help anxious children.
"The next stage, which will start in about a week,
will be to train the youth and children on how to use
gas masks and to instruct them what should be done at
each stage," she said.
NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL "SADDAM'S TARGET OF CHOICE"
Washington indicated on Saturday that a ground and air
war to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was
possible in early 2003 and the U.S. military forged
ahead with a buildup that could have more than 100,000
troops in the Gulf in weeks.
"It looks like the probability is getting more certain
with each passing day," Israeli Foreign Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu told Britain's Sky Television,
adding that Israel was "most likely to be Saddam's
preferred target of choice."
Israel is scheduled to hold a general election on
January 28, but Gissin said it would take "extreme
circumstances" for the vote to be postponed.
The Scud missile attacks in 1991 caused one Israeli
death and damage in residential areas. Israel did not
retaliate for those attacks, citing pressure from
Washington to avoid action that could shake a U.S.-led
coalition against Iraq.
Israeli leaders have said Israel intended to stay out
of any hostilities in the current Gulf crisis but
would feel free to retaliate if Iraq used
non-conventional weapons against the Jewish state and
caused casualties.
The mass circulation daily Yedioth Ahronot published
two pages on Sunday explaining how to put on and use
gas mask kits and when to use a syringe with an
anti-nerve gas antibody.
The kits do not contain a smallpox vaccine, although
Israel and the United States fear Baghdad has
developed the disease as a weapon.
Israel has already inoculated 15,000 emergency workers
with the smallpox vaccine and former military medical
chief Arieh Eldad said on Sunday it should immediately
start vaccinating the general population.
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(Reporting by Gwen Ackerman,
gwen.ackerman.reuters.com@reuter.net, +972-2-5370502)
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| Robert Fisk: Journalists Under Fire for Telling the Truth
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| | Anonymous wrote: | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
December 19, 2002
Fact Sheet
Illustrative Examples of Omissions from the
Iraqi Declaration to the United Nations Security Council
Anthrax and Other Undeclared Biological Agents
The UN Special Commission concluded that Iraq did not verifiably account for, at a minimum, 2160kg of growth media.
This is enough to produce 26,000 liters of anthrax -- 3 times the amount Iraq declared; 1200 liters of botulinum toxin; and, 5500 liters of clostridium perfrigens -- 16 times the amount Iraq declared.
Why does the Iraqi declaration ignore these dangerous agents in its tally?
Ballistic Missiles
Iraq has disclosed manufacturing new energetic fuels suited only to a class of missile to which it does not admit.
Iraq claims that flight-testing of a larger diameter missile falls within the 150km limit. This claim is not credible.
Why is the Iraqi regime manufacturing fuels for missiles it says it does not have?
Nuclear Weapons
The Declaration ignores efforts to procure uranium from Niger.
Why is the Iraqi regime hiding their uranium procurement?
VX
In 1999, UN Special Commission and international experts concluded that Iraq needed to provide additional, credible information about VX production.
The declaration provides no information to address these concerns.
What is the Iraqi regime trying to hide by not providing this information?
Chemical and Biological Weapons Munitions
In January 1999, the UN Special Commission reported that Iraq failed to provide credible evidence that 550 mustard gas-filled artillery shells and 400 biological weapon-capable aerial bombs had been lost or destroyed.
The Iraqi regime has never adequately accounted for hundreds, possibly thousands, of tons of chemical precursors.
Again, what is the Iraqi regime trying to hide by not providing this information?
Empty Chemical Munitions
There is no adequate accounting for nearly 30,000 empty munitions that could be filled with chemical agents.
Where are these munitions?
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Programs
Iraq denies any connection between UAV programs and chemical or biological agent dispersal. Yet, Iraq admitted in 1995 that a MIG-21 remote-piloted vehicle tested in 1991 was to carry a biological weapon spray system.
Iraq already knows how to put these biological agents into bombs and how to disperse biological agent using aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicles.
Why do they deny what they have already admitted? Why has the Iraqi regime acquired the range and auto-flight capabilities to spray biological weapons?
Mobile Biological Weapon Agent Facilities
The Iraqi declaration provides no information about its mobile biological weapon agent facilities. Instead it insists that these are “refrigeration vehicles and food testing laboratories.”
What is the Iraqi regime trying to hide about their mobile biological weapon facilities?
Summary
None of these holes and gaps in Iraq's declaration are mere accidents, editing oversights or technical mistakes: they are material omissions. |
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