Let me dump some extractions from this long URL in here, concerning Iraqi oil and WMDs'
but leavng out a lot of oil for food talk
( ) - represents my comments
eia.doe.gov
<<<1994-1995
October 6, 1994 Iraq threatens to cease cooperation with UNSCOM and the IAEA, and moves troops toward the border with Kuwait. (State)
( Opps, naughty Saddam, seems very threatening)
October 14, 1994 Iraq announces that as of October 12 it had withdrawn its troops to their previous positions.
(State)
( Saddam goes back 3 spaces)
October 15, 1994 The U.N. Security Council adopts Resolution 949, condemning Iraq's large-scale
deployment of military units toward the Kuwaiti border and demanding their complete withdrawal. The
Security Council also demands that Iraq not re-deploy these troops to the south and that Iraq cooperate fully with UNSCOM. (State)
April 6-7, 1995 A seminar of international biological weapons experts convened by UNSCOM concludes that Iraq has an undeclared full-scale biological weapons program. (State)
( Well, show me the proof -I want facts, not opinions What the H%%l does the UNSCOM know anyway ? No doubt pushed by GWB - opps, wrong,he was still in Texas)
May 1-3, 1995 A seminar of international chemical weapons experts convened by UNSCOM concludes that Iraq has not adequately disclosed its past chemical weapons programs. (State)
(Sneaky old Saddam, at it again, will he never learn)
July 1, 1995 As a result of UNSCOM's investigations, Iraq admits for the first time the existence of an
offensive biological weapons program (but denies weaponization). (State)
( Saddams the one who ought to know, and admits it)
August 8, 1995 Jordan grants asylum to two sons-in-law of Saddam Hussein -- Lt. Gen. Hussein Kamel Hassan al-Majid, who had supervised Iraq's weapons of mass destruction development programs since 1987, and hisbrother, Lt. Col. Saddam Kamel Hassan al-Majid, who formerly headed the presidential security forces. The two men were married to the two eldest daughters of Saddam Hussein. (Note: Kamel is killed 3 days after his return to Iraq on February 20, 1996)
( Oh, well, just one more casualty among a million)
August 20, 1995 Iraq provides to UNSCOM and the IAEA previously concealed information: 680,000 pages of documents, computer disks, videotapes, and microfilm, related to its prohibited weapons programs which subsequently leads to further disclosures by Iraq concerning the production of the nerve agent VX (the most advanced, deadly, and long-lasting chemical agent) and Iraq's development of a nuclear weapon. (State)
( but thats longer than the recent 18,000 page document , and he admits to vx and nuclear weapon development???- hahaha he was probably lying )
( Now if an Arab reader could read 100 pages per day , he could get the job done in 6800 days or roughly 20 years, then try to decypher the disks and film)
November 1995 Jordan intercepts a large shipment of high-grade missile components headed for Iraq.
UNSCOM conducts an investigation which confirms that Iraqi authorities and missile facilities have been
involved in the acquisition of sophisticated guidance and control components for proscribed missiles. (State)
( The $ell you say, caught again with hand in cookie jar, damn Jordanian squealers)
1996-1997
March 1996 UNSCOM teams are denied immediate access to five sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites after delays of up to 17 hours. On March 19, the U.N. Security Council issues a Presidential statement terming Iraq's behavior a clear violation of Iraq's obligations under relevant resolutions. (State)
( Saddam has since developed faster ways to move illegal stuff out of sight)
May/June 1996 UNSCOM supervises the destruction of Al-Hakam, Iraq's main biological weapons facility.
(State)
( One down and 999 suspicious sites to go)
June 12, 1996 U.N. Security Council Resolution 1060 terms Iraq's denial of access to UNSCOM teams a
clear violation of the provisions of U.N. Security Council Resolutions. It also demands that Iraq grant
immediate and unrestricted access to all sites designated for inspection by UNSCOM. (State)
( Who do those people at the UN think they are , anyway ?)
November 17, 1996 Iraq's National Assembly approves a proposal by China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation to develop the small al-Ahdab oil field, which is located near the giant East Baghdad field. While several French and Russian oil companies have conducted negotiations for the development of oil fields in Iraq, the deal for al-Ahdab is the first that has actually been signed. Existing U.N sanctions forbid foreign investment in Iraq's oil sector. (DJ)
( Well, to heck with the UN, if Saddam signed those contracts they must be legal)
January 29, 1997 The Clinton Administration refutes news reports that Iraq is threatening its neighbors, but restates the U.S. willingness to act if Iraq does become aggressive. The statement is in reaction to speculation following reports that Saddam Hussein's wife has been placed under house arrest and his son risks losing a leg to gangrene in the wake of a previous assassination attempt. March light, sweet crude oil futures prices settle sharply higher on the New York Mercantile Exchange (up 57 cents, to $24.47 per barrel). (DJ)
( WHAT ? Bill Clinton says he is willing to blow Saddam away if he starts anything - who would have guessed it)
February 12, 1997 A U.S. admiral headquartered in Bahrain reports that tankers are smuggling tens of
thousands of tons of fuel oil out of Iraq in violation of United Nations' sanctions by reportedly skirting the
shoals of Iran's coast, apparently with Iranian approval. (WSJ)
( Hahaha , they never found that pipeline to Syria until 2003)
March 22, 1997 Iraqi Oil Minister Amer Rashid announces the establishment of a new Iraq/Russian oil
company which will work independently of Iraq's national oil company, and reports that other agreements
would be signed with France and China. Russia and France were Iraq's main arms suppliers before the Gulf War. (DJ)
( Russia, France, and China- keep those 3 in mind when its time for UN to vote)
April 14, 1997 An Iraqi Oil Ministry official reports that Iraq expects to earn more than $80 billion from its
contract with Russia for the development of the West Qurna oil field in southern Iraq. The contract, which wasinitialed in March and approved by Iraq's National Assembly on April 13, calls for 560 wells which will
produce 4.4 billion barrels over 23 years. According to the official, the part of the field being developed with Russia has 11.5 billion barrels in reserves and the entire West Qurna field has reserves of 38 billion barrels.The official states that production will begin "soon" (initially about 250,000 barrels per day, increasing to 600,000 barrels per day). (DJ)
(Remember, The UN says Iraq cannot write those contracts-naughty-naughty, and who can resist $80 bil)
May 1, 1997 In its regular 60day review, the United Nations Security Council votes to maintain sanctions onIraq. This is the 37th review since sanctions were first imposed in 1990. This vote, however, does not affectthe humanitarian oil sales. (DJ)
( I'm telling you for the 37 th straight time, get rid of the WMD's or the sanctions continue)
There is more in the URL in case anyone is still awake.
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