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
Dec 16 Watch After Saddam? New York Times correspondents Lowell Bergman and Judith Miller report on attempts by Iraqi opposition groups to form a group that could act as a transitional government in a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Continue watching
Dec 12 Inspectors Search Six Iraqi Sites, Rumsfeld Signs Qatar Deal United Nations weapons inspectors in Iraq combed through at least six suspected weapons sites on Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 10 Iraq Disputes U.N. Decision, Inspections Intensify Iraq on Tuesday lashed out at the United Nations' decision to provide the United States with an unedited advance copy of the Iraqi weapons declaration, expressing fears the U.S. would manipulate the document to find a pretext to wage war. Continue reading
Dec 09 Iraq Declares Itself Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction United Nations analysts have begun poring over the 12,000-page dossier that Iraq claims proves it is free of weapons of mass destruction. Iraq submitted the U.N.-ordered document over the weekend. Continue reading