jpillian Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Have faith in Arnold...he'll open doors for you. Ahnold opens no doors -- he tears them from their hinges. :notworthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Hmm, so I guess this first strike thing really works then, right? I mean, if it's that easy to fix the economy, why don't we just keep starting wars with people? Plenty of countries out there were could cream in under a month. Hey if it puts food on people's tables, why not? Nothing wrong with that, right? :doh: :doh: :doh: I'm pretty sure we've been implementing this strategy for several decades now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbleDanger Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Lets talk about that part, yes?Looking forward to your comments. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,895882,00.html February 14, 2003 Hans Blix's briefing to the security council Let me begin today's briefing with a short account of the work being performed by UNMOVIC in Iraq. We have continued to build up our capabilities. The regional office in Mosul is now fully operational at its temporary headquarters. Plans for a regional office at Basra are being developed. Our Hercules L-100 aircraft continues to operate routine flights between Baghdad and Larnaca. The eight helicopters are fully operational. With the resolution of the problems raised by Iraq for the transportation of minders into the no-fly zones, our mobility in these zones has improved. We expect to increase utilization of the helicopters. The number of Iraqi minders during inspections had often reached a ratio as high as five per inspector. During the talks in January in Baghdad, the Iraqi side agreed to keep the ratio to about one to one. The situation has improved. .... Since we arrived in Iraq, we have conducted more than 400 inspections covering more than 300 sites. All inspections were performed without notice, and access was almost always provided promptly. In no case have we seen convincing evidence that the Iraqi side knew in advance that the inspectors were coming. ... More than 200 chemical and more than 100 biological samples have been collected at different sites. Three-quarters of these have been screened using our own analytical laboratory capabilities at the Baghdad Centre (BOMVIC). The results to date have been consistent with Iraq's declarations. .... In my 27 January update to the Council, I said that it seemed from our experience that Iraq had decided in principle to provide cooperation on process, most importantly prompt access to all sites and assistance to UNMOVIC in the establishment of the necessary infrastructure. This impression remains, and we note that access to sites has so far been without problems, including those that had never been declared or inspected, as well as to Presidential sites and private residences. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> edit In case you forgot, we started the war about 1 month after this. The war cost us over 2000 American Soldiers so far. You forgot these... July 5, 2002 Iraq once again rejects new UN weapons inspections proposals. http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 August, 2002 According to U.S. Intelligence, China, with help from France and Syria, has secretly sold to Iraq the prohibited chemical hydroxy terminated polybutadiene, or HTPB, which is used in making solid fuel for long-range missiles. France denies that the sale took place. U.S. intelligence traces the sale back to China's Qilu Chemicals company in Shandong province. The chemical sale involved a French company known as CIS Paris, which helped broker the sale of 20 tons of HTPB, which was then shipped from China to the Syrian port of Tartus. The chemicals were then shipped by truck from Syria into Iraq to a missile manufacturing plant. http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 November 8, 2002 The UN Council votes unanimously for resolution 1441, the 17th Iraq disarmament resolution passed by the council, calling for immediate and complete disarmament of Iraq. The resolution also demands that Iraq declare all weapons of mass destruction to the council, and account for its known chemical weapons material stockpiles. http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 December 19, 2002 UNMOVIC Chairman Hans Blix tells UNSC members that the Iraqi weapons declaration filed on December 7 "is essentially a reorganized version" of information Iraq provided UNSCOM in 1997, and that it "is not enough to create confidence" that Iraq has abandoned its WMD efforts. http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 January, 2003 Turkey invites at least five other regional countries to a "'last-chance' meeting to avert a US-led war against Iraq." According to U.S. Intelligence, France has secretly sold prohibited spare parts to Iraq for its fighter jets and military helicopters. http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 January, 2003 A statement released to various newspapers and signed by the leaders of Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic shows support for the US, saying that Saddam should not be allowed to violate U.N. resolutions. The statement goes on to say that Saddam ia a "clear threat to world security," and urges Europe to unite with the United States to ensure that the Iraqi government is disarmed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 Jan. 16, 2003 UN inspectors discover 11 undeclared empty chemical warheads in Iraq http://www.infoplease.com/spot/iraqtimeline2.html#header_2003 January 27, 2003 Chairmen of the inspections effort report to the UN Security Council that, while Iraq has provided some access to facilities, concerns remain regarding undeclared material; inability to interview Iraqi scientists; inability to deploy aerial surveillance during inspections; and harassment of weapons inspectors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 Jan. 27, 2003 The UN's formal report on Iraqi inspections is highly critical, though not damning, with chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix stating that "Iraq appears not to have come to a genuine acceptance, not even today, of the disarmament that was demanded of it." http://www.infoplease.com/spot/iraqtimeline2.html#header_2003 February 25, 2003 The United States, Britain and Spain present to the UN Security Council a much-anticipated second resolution stating that Iraq "has failed to take the final opportunity" to disarm, but does not include deadlines or an explicit threat of military force. Meanwhile, France, Germany, and Russia offer a counter-proposal calling for peaceful disarmament through further inspections. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 February 26, 2003 Hans Blix states that Iraq still has not made a "fundamental decision" to disarm, despite recent signs of increased cooperation. Specifically, Iraq has refused to destroy its al-Samoud 2 long range missiles - a weapon system that was in violation of the UN Security Council's resolutions and the US treaty with Iraq. These missiles are deployed and mobile. Also, an R-400 aerial bomb was found that could possibly contain biological agents. Given this find, the UN Inspectors have requested access to the Al-Aziziyah weapons range to verify that all 155 R-400 bombs can be accounted for and proven destroyed. Blix also expresses skepticism over Iraq's claims to have destroyed its stockpiles of anthrax and VX nerve agent in Time magazine. Blix said he found it "a bit odd" that Iraq, with "one of the best-organized regimes in the Arab world," would claim to have no records of the destruction of these illegal substances. "I don't see that they have acquired any credibility," Blix said http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 March 7, 2003 Hans Blix reports to the UN Security Council. Blix said basically the same thing as he did in previous reports. Iraq has shown some progress, but has still not yet fully disarmed. Blix also filed a 173 page document with the Security Council which said that inspectors discovered an undeclared Iraqi drone, with a wingspan of 7.45 m (24 ft 5 in), suggesting an illegal range that could potentially threaten Iraq's neighbors with chemical and biological weapons. US satellites tracked test flights of these drones, which were mentioned by Secretary of State Powell on March 5. Powell claimed that the test flight far exceeded the legal range agreed to by Iraq under UN resolutions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 March 11, 2003 Iraqi fighters threaten two US U-2 surveillance planes forcing them to abort their mission and return to base. Iraqi officials describe the incident as a "technical mistake" by the U.N. inspectors. Ewen Buchanan, spokesman for UNMOVIC, says that Iraqi officials had been notified about the flight beforehand. According to Arab media, Saddam Hussein has opened training camps in Iraq for Arab volunteers willing to carry out suicide bombings against U.S. forces, if an attack on Iraq takes place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 March 12, 2003 British prime minister Tony Blair proposes an amendment to the possible 18th resolution which would call for Iraq to meet certain benchmarks to prove that it was disarming. The benchmarks include a televised speech from Hussein declaring the country's intentions to disarm, and accounting for Iraq's chemical weapons stockpiles and unmanned drones. France once again threatens to veto even if a majority of the council votes in favor of the resolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 March 16, 2003 The leaders of the United States, Britain, Portugal and Spain meet at a summit in the Azores Islands. President Bush calls Monday, March 17th, the "moment of Truth", meaning that the "coalition of the willing" would make its final effort to extract a resolution from the U.N. Security Council that would give Iraq an ultimatum to disarm immediately or to be disarmed by force. The United States advises U.N. weapons inspectors to leave Iraq. [10] The United States orders all non-essential diplomats out of Kuwait, Syria, and Israel. Anti-Saddam Iraqi groups begin defacing and vandalising posters of the dictator all over Iraq. Demonstrations also take place in Kirkuk, where an estimated crowd of 20,000 marched on the Ba'ath party's main administrative headquarters demanding the overthrow of Saddam's government. Three posters of the Iraqi leader were torn to pieces and a grenade was thrown at the government building. Some reports indicate that one senior Ba'ath party official was killed in the attack. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_2001-2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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