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Background

Myths/Facts
      Myths/Facts
*Myths/Facts About Iraq

Reports
       Iraq Report
*Saddam Hussain's Iraq
*Press Briefing Excerpts:
   --Oil-for-Food Program
   --Presentation on Iraq
*White Paper:
   --WMD Program
*Human Rights
*Religious Freedom
*Global Terrorism

Related Sites
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*Nonproliferation
*Political-Military
*UN Commission
*UN Iraq Programme
*Department of Defense
*Consular Affairs

Iraq Homepage

                                   Press Statements
Remarks
2000
11/03/00:Regulations Governing Flights to Iraq
10/02/00: Statement by Philip T. Reeker, Deputy Spokesman on Funding Agreement with Iraqi National Congress
09/00 : Secretary Albright Op-Ed For Tenth Anniversary Of Iraq's Invasion Of Kuwait
09/22/00: Statement by Richard Boucher, Spokesman on the French Airflight Into Baghdad
09/21/00: Iran Appeals Decision
09/20/00: Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright Statement on Free Iraqi Leaders, New York, N. Y.
09/18/00: David Scheffer, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Address at the Middle East Institute and the Iraq Foundation, Washington, DC.
09/15/00: Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright Remarks at Stakeout Following 6 plus 2 Meeting on Afghanistan, New York, N.Y.
09/14/00: Ambassador David Scheffer to Address the National Press Club
09/14/00: Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright Statement on Meeting with Iraqi Delegation, New York, N.Y.
09/06/00: Allen Keiswetter, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs on U.S. Policy in the Gulf Region
08/23/00: Peacekeeping in Iraq/Kuwait: UNIKOM (UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission) Fact sheet released by the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State
8/17/00:0 Ambassador Moose Statement in Response to Sanctions Against Iraq 08/02/00: C. David Welch, On-the-Record Briefing on the Tenth Anniversary of the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
07/05/00: Taken Question: Iraq: Missile Program
06/26/00: Vice President Gore and Leaders of the Iraqi National Congress, Joint Statement
06/16/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (Andrews and Bolling Talks/Dennis Ross' Trip/Iraq-No Fly Zones/Reaction to Oil-For-Food Program)
06/09/00: Renewal of UN Oil-for-Food Program in Iraq
06/09/00: Thomas Pickering, 17th National Convention of the America-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Washington, DC (Middle East Peace Process and Iraq)
06/08/00: UN Security Council, Resolution 1302, Extension of Iraq Oil-for-Food Program, New York
05/04/00: Samuel Berger, Op Ed from the Financial Times (Saddam is the Root of all Iraq's Problems)
05/03/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from Daily Press Briefing (Iraq No-Fly-Zone/Preventing Illegal Oil Exports/Oil-for-Food Program)
04/26/00: Ambassador James Cunningham, Kuwaiti Prisoners of War Issue
04/24/00: Congressman Tony Hall, Statement on his Visit to Iraq April 16-20, Washington, DC
04/17/00: Francis Ricciardone, American University, Washington, DC (An American Diplomat's Perspectives on Kurds in the Global Arena)
04/14/00: Francis Ricciardone, Press Briefing After Meetings at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara, Turkey
04/14/00: Edward Walker, Jr., Remarks After Meetings at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara, Turkey
03/24/00: Ambassador James Cunningham, UN Security Council, New York (Iraq)
03/23/00: David Welch and Beth Jones, Testimony Before the House International Relations Committee (U.S. Policy Toward Iraq)
03/23/00: Alina Romanowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Testimony, House International Relations Committee (Military side of Iraq policy)
03/24/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (Oil-for-food Program)
03/23/00: Secretary Ablright and Swiss Foreign Minister Joseph Deiss, press stakeout, La Pastorale, Geneva, Switzerland
03/22/00: Assistant Secretary Walker, Before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (U.S. Policy Toward Iraq)
03/21/00: George Tenet, Senate Foreign Relations Committee (The Worldwide Threat in 2000: Global Realities of Our National Security)
03/09/00: James Rubin, Daily Press Briefing Excerpt (UNSC complaint--U.S. delegation going into northern Iraq)
02/29/00: James Rubin: Presentation on Iraq
02/15/00: James Rubin, Daily Press Briefing Excerpt (Resignation of World Food Program Official in Iraq)
02/14/00: James Rubin, Daily Press Briefing Excerpt (Resignation of Mr. Von Sponeck)
02/03/00: James Foley, Daily Press Briefing Excerpt (Oil Smuggling)
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Press Statements
2000
08/17/00 : Ambassador George Moose Statement in Response to a Case Study of Sanctions Against Iraq
06/23/00: Vice President Gore Meeting With Iraqi National Congress Officials
06/09/00: Renewal of UN Oil-for-Food Program in Iraq
03/16/00: Anniversary of the Halabja Massacre
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