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US Satellite Pictures Upstage UN-Iraq Talks
United Nations (AFP) Mar 6, 2002 The United States on Wednesday upstaged talks between the UN and Iraq by releasing pictures allegedly showing that Iraq had diverted vehicles from a UN humanitarian programme to its army. The pictures, a mix of satellite photos, videoclips and Iraqi television footage, were shown to members of the Security Council committee that monitors UN sanctions imposed on Iraq after it invaded Kuwait in 1990. The committee met on the eve of talks between UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri. The talks are expected to focus on the council's demand that UN inspectors be allowed to resume work to assess Iraq's claim that it dismantled its weapons of mass destruction after being forced out of Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War. Robert Wood, a spokesman for the US mission to the United Nations, said the pictures showed hundreds of trucks, imported under the UN's oil-for-food programme, which had been "diverted and converted to carry heavy artillery". Some of the trucks appeared to have been stripped for spare parts, notably their hydraulic systems, which "can be used as part of a missile component," Wood told reporters outside the committee chamber. Others, including "Ural-type vehicles", were filmed towing 150-millimeter howitzers in a military parade in Baghdad on December 31, he said. "All this is in violation of UN resolutions," he added. Other diplomats were less categorical. "We saw pictures of (the Iraqi Gulf port of) Umm Qasr and we saw pictures of trucks on the shore," said Fabrice Mauries, a diplomat at the French mission. "Then we saw pictures of trucks, other trucks or the same trucks, at a Republican Guard parade. "Were these trucks imported under the oil-for-food programme? The US says it is the case, other delegations say we don't know, we need more information." Asked for the French view, he replied "France says we have to be cautious." Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
Iran Nuclear Row Coming To A Head Says US Official
Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2006The United States said Wednesday the row over Iran's suspected nuclear arms program was quickly coming to a head and was increasingly likely to end up before the UN Security Council. |
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