Jan 13 U.N. Team Says Iraq Inspections Could Take a Year United Nations weapons experts said Monday that they may need up to a year to complete their inspections in Iraq, as thousands of U.S. troops continue to be deployed to the Gulf region ahead of a potential confrontation with Baghdad. Continue reading
Jan 09 U.N. Inspectors Say They've Found No "Smoking Gun" in Iraq Chief United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix told the U.N. Security Council Thursday that his inspection teams had not found any "smoking guns" after visiting some 125 Iraqi sites. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch Inspecting Iraq Experts discuss the ongoing weapons inspections process in Iraq after chief weapons inspector Hans Blix reported to the U.N. Security Council that Iraq has no "smoking gun."… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch Inspecting Iraq Experts discuss the ongoing weapons inspections process in Iraq after chief weapons inspector Hans Blix reported to the U.N. Security Council that Iraq has no "smoking gun."… Continue watching
Jan 07 Britain Activates Reservists; France Tells Troops to Be Prepared Britain's Defense Minister activated some 1,500 reservists Tuesday and ordered a "significant" naval force to the Mediterranean as part of an increasing military buildup ahead of a possible war with Iraq. Continue reading
Dec 31 U.N. Chief Says Immediate Attack on Iraq Unjustified International weapons inspectors swooped down on six locations Tuesday as the United Nations secretary-general said no military action should take place until monitors report their findings to the Security Council in late January. Continue reading
Dec 24 Iraqi Official Says "Nothing to Add" to Arms Declaration Iraq's chief representative to the United Nations said Tuesday that Baghdad is ready to talk to U.N. inspectors about their criticism of Iraq's 12,000-page arms declaration, but said that it has nothing new to add to the report. Continue reading
Dec 23 Unmanned U.S. Plane Shot Down Over Iraq Iraqi aircraft shot down an unmanned U.S. Predator aircraft in Iraq's southern no-fly zone Monday morning, Pentagon officials said. Continue reading
Dec 19 Chief Inspector Says Gaps Remain in Iraq Weapons Report Iraq's weapons declaration contained information gaps and little new material on its programs, chief United Nations inspector Hans Blix told the U.N. Security Council Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 18 Britain Accuses Iraq of "Obvious Falsehood" in Declaration The British foreign minister on Wednesday criticized Iraq's 12,000-page declaration that claimed it had ended its weapons of mass destruction program, saying Saddam Hussein's government had failed to deliver a "full and complete" report. Continue reading