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Volume 1 - Iraq Watch

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Regime Strategy and WMD Timeline Events (continued)338Bush calls <strong>Iraq</strong> ‘Grave and gathering danger’ in UN General AssemblyPOL 12-Sep-02(UNGA) speech339 POL 16-Sep-02 <strong>Iraq</strong> agrees to readmit inspectors340 POL 18-Sep-02 Publication of UK <strong>Iraq</strong> WMD dossier341POL Nov 2002MIC scientists meet and are told that <strong>Iraq</strong> has no WMD, and they must not hideanything from inspectors342Jinin and other covert delivery system programs suspended due to return ofDS Nov 2002inspectors343 POL 08-Nov-02 UNSCR 1441 finds <strong>Iraq</strong> in material breach, calls for disarmament and FFCD344 POL 08-Nov-02 Russia refuses to veto UNSCR 1441345 POL 27-Nov-02 UNMOVIC inspections begin346 POL Dec 2002 Saddam tells his Generals he does not have WMD347348POL Dec 2002POL/DS Dec 2002349 OTHER/Dec 2002NUC350POL End of 2002Saddam tells military leaders/senior leaders to “cooperate completely” withinspectorsUNMOVIC freezes the Al Samud II and Al Fat’h flight tests upon furtheranalysis of system’s range capbilityDetails of IAEC dual-use CNC machine purchases provided to UN/IAEA<strong>Iraq</strong> successfully flight tests 81mm rockets with indigenously producedaluminum tubes351 POL Late 2002 <strong>Iraq</strong> again attempts foreign purchase of 81mm tubes352 POL Dec 2002 NMD publishes the Currently Accurate Full, and Complete Declaration353Two teams from IAEC and Al Majid Company develop multipurposeCW Jan 2003controllers for process plant354 PROC Jan 2003 MIC annual budget at $500M355 POL Jan-2003 UNMOVIC finds 12 empty 122mm CW rocket warheads356 POL Jan 2003 <strong>Iraq</strong>i MoD conference on Iranian WMD357Husam Amin tells military leaders to cooperate with inspectors, repeatingPOL 20-Jan-03Saddam’s earlier directives358The MIC directs all Directors General of state companies to relinquish anyPOL 20-Jan-03WMD to the NMD359The NMD director meets with Republican Guard (RG) leaders and advisesPOL 25-Jan-03they sign documents stating no WMD in RG units360Inspection of Al Nu’man factory reveals cluster bomb that managementCW Feb 2003claimed from Al Muthanna361According to senior <strong>Iraq</strong>i Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saddam has decided toPOL Feb 2003use CW against US troops in the event of war362 CW Feb-2003 <strong>Iraq</strong> recommends excavating R-400 bomb fragments at Al ‘Aziziyah363February DG of NMD still trying to satisfy IAEA concern over missing explosive lensNUC2003 mold drawings364 POL 05-Feb-03 US SecState Powell presents evidence of <strong>Iraq</strong>i WMD programs to UNSCRegime Strategy and WMD Timeline Events13

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