IRAQ CRISIS - CNS Special Collection
Go to CNS Media Contacts on Iraq.
UNSCOM's Comprehensive Review, Delivered to the Security Council 25 January 1999.
Brief History of the Comprehensive Review.
CNS Research
Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction Capabilities and Programs - summary chart.
Foreign Suppliers to Iraq's Biological Weapons Program - clickable flowchart.
Iraqi Purchase of Missile Gyroscopes from Russia - special investigation.
UNSCOM Documents
UNSCOM report on Iraqi VX warheads, October 1998. |
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Includes unique diagrams of VX warhead analysis. |
"UNSCOM and the Iraqi Challenge," 3 December 1998. |
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A CNS special briefing by Rolf Ekeus, Executive Chairman of UNSCOM, 1991-1997. |
UNSCOM report on its activities, 17 November - 2 December 1998. |
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Details Iraqi non-cooperation with inspections. |
IAEA and UNSCOM reports to UN Security Council, 15 December 1998. |
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Iraqi cooperation with IAEA, non-cooperation with UNSCOM. |
UNSCOM letter to UN Security Council, 30 November 1998. |
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Butler letters to Aziz regarding "special" Iraqi warheads. |
UNSCOM-Iraq exchange on biological weapons, November 1998. |
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Dispute over documents regarding Iraqi biological weapons program. |
Resignation letter of inspector William S. Ritter, Jr., 26 August 1998. |
International Reactions to Operation Desert Fox
"Chinese Reactions to the US Strike on Iraq," 17 December 1998.
"French Position on the Current Iraq Crisis," 17 December 1998,
"Russian Reaction: What's Behind the Opposition," 17 December 1998,
"Russian Reaction, Day Two: Recalling the Ambassador," 18 December 1998,
World Survey of Reactions to US Strike on Iraq, 17 December 1998.
CNS/UNSCOM Photo Gallery
Photos of Iraqi weapons and sites taken by UNSCOM inspectors,
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with enhanced size/resolution and detailed captions by CNS analysts. |
Earlier UNSCOM Reports
Report to UN Security Council, October 1998. |
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Details relations between Iraq and UNSCOM; identifies remaining questions, especially regarding biological weapons program. |
Chronology of UNSCOM Inspections in Iraq, October 1998. |
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(Revised and edited by CNS). |
Briefings to UN Security Council, 3-4 June 1998. |
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Details Iraqi concealment policies and tactics.
Includes introduction by Butler, UNSCOM staff presentations on
unilateral destruction, missiles, chemical weapons,
biological weapons, documents, and concealment. |
UN-Iraq Memorandum of Understanding, 25 February 1998. |
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On IAEA and UNSCOM verification to implement UN Security Council resolutions 687 and 715 regarding Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. |
Excerpt of the Report to UN Security Council, October 1995. |
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First detailed public accounting of Iraqi official declarations regarding its biological and chemical weapons programs. |
Iraqi Procurement of Proscribed Weapons and Technologies
Publications on Iraq by Dr. Jonathan Tucker,
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Director of the CNS Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project and a former UNSCOM inspector. |
"Evidence Iraq Used Chemical Weapons During the 1991 Gulf War," Jonathan Tucker, |
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The Nonproliferation Review, Spring-Summer 1997, pp. 114-122. |
"Hide-and-Seek, Iraqi Style," Jonathan Tucker, |
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New York Times, 22 November 1997. |
"One Doable Goal: Defanging Saddam," Jonathan Tucker, |
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Los Angeles Times, 20 November 1997. |
"Monitoring and Verification in a Noncooperative Environment: |
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Lessons from the U.N. Experience in Iraq," Jonathan Tucker, The Nonproliferation Review, Spring-Summer 1996, pp. 1-14. |
CNS Archives
"Iraqi Inspections: Lessons Learned," David Kay,
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Eye on Supply 8 (Winter 1993). |
CNS Databases
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CNS databases include abstracts of 24,000+ articles. A small subset is presented here; access to the full databases available only by subscription. |
Iraqi disputes with UNSCOM - 1998.
Nuclear abstracts: 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995,
1994, 1993, 1992, 1991.
Missile abstracts: 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995,
1994, 1993, 1992, 1991.
Other Online Resources.
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