Royal College of Defence Studies On Friday 3 October 2008, IISS-Asia hosted a group of Royal College of Defence Studies visitors in our Meeting Room.
Calling a madman's number US News & World Report So Saddam is ready to play the old shell game of inspections again. Why not? The man's a master at it, after all–now you see it, now you don't. All that's really happened here is that the madman gambler is ready to gamble again. Will the world's political determination eventually fade in the face of Saddam's endless obfuscations? He aims to find out. Saddam's bet might be a good one with much of the world. It flat-out won't fly with George W. Bush. Now that it's...
The greater nuclear danger New York Times While the Bush administration has been pushing hard for military action to neutralize Iraq before it gets nuclear weapons, Washington has been moving much more slowly to eliminate an even more troubling nuclear threat - the vast array of bomb-grade materials that lie poorly protected around the world, waiting for some terrorist and rogue state to buy or steal them. Indeed, the only reason to fear that Saddam Hussein will have a nuclear arsenal any time soon is the possibility...
Blair's report warns New York Times London published a long-awaited report on Iraq on Tuesday, asserting that the regime of President Saddam Hussein was continuing to expand stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and had plans to use them. Arguing for urgent action by the West, it said that some of the weapons could be deployed within 45 minutes. The 50-page document also supplied intelligence information that Iraq was trying to acquire materials abroad to build nuclear weapons and had extended the range of...
Document against Iraq gives little new data International Herald Tribune The White House has released a document as evidence that it is time to overthrow Saddam Hussein that summarizes his regime's abuses of Iraqis and its past use or possession of chemical and biological agents. But it contains little new information - and no bombshells - showing that Saddam is producing new weapons of mass destruction or has joined with terrorists to threaten the United States or its interests abroad. Administration officials, seeking to persuade the...
White House spells out case CNN Report is titled 'A Decade of Deception and Defiance' WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As the Bush administration makes its strongest bid yet for international and domestic support for action against Iraq this week, the White House released a report early Thursday, listing some of the principal accusations against Iraq and its leader. Bush addressed the United Nations' General Assembly later in the morning on Thursday, saying, "The Security Council resolutions will be enforced. The just demands of...
Potential Seen for Iraq Nuclear Arms Report Boston Globe Iraq has the capacity to build a nuclear weapon within months if it can obtain fissile material from abroad and it has already established substantial stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, a highly respected research organization warned yesterday. A report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies said that Baghdad has made the development of weapons of mass destruction a top priority since Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi president, barred United Nations weapons...
Can Hussein be deterred Christian Science Monitor For hours, the thousands of Iraqi troops paraded in Baghdad, past a reviewing stand where Saddam Hussein – or at least his body double – presided. But amid all the menacing pomp was a tiny clue to the regime's vulnerability. "The troops were all very neat, with Saddam looking at them," recalls Iraq analyst and journalist Patrick Cockburn. "But when I got close, I noticed they weren't wearing gloves – they were white sports socks."...
Iraq nuclear dilemma exposed CNN Iraq could assemble a nuclear weapon in months if it had foreign help, a report into Baghdad's arms programmes has concluded. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) also says Iraq could have been stockpiling chemical and biological weapons since 1998 when U.N. inspectors left the country and were refused permission to return. The report, published on Monday, outlines the dilemma Iraqi President Saddam Hussein poses for the international community: "Wait and the...
Saddam could build nuclear bomb within months Dallas Morning News An independent research group known for its authoritative reports on military capabilities warned Monday that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein could develop a nuclear bomb within months if he is able to buy or steal weapons-grade nuclear material. The report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies concluded that Hussein's existing weapons of mass destruction pose a substantial threat and supported President Bush's assertion that Iraq is stockpiling weapons for...
Report: Iraq Needs Material Fox News LONDON — Iraq could build a nuclear bomb in a few months if it obtained radioactive material, and its arsenal contains powerful chemical and biological weapons that can be quickly mass produced, according to a report Monday. Developing weapons of mass destruction is one of Iraq's top priorities, and Saddam Hussein devotes enormous resources to such weapons, the report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies said. "War, sanctions and inspections have reversed...
A report on Iraqi arms spells out risks International Herald Tribune Iraq probably does not have enough chemical or biological weapons or long-range missiles to offer serious military resistance to U.S. armed forces protecting nearby countries or even invading Iraq itself, according to an independent assessment by a leading Western think tank. But the Iraqi threat could achieve a quantum leap overnight thanks to a "nuclear wild card" in Baghdad's armaments drive, according to the report on Iraq's arsenal of nonconventional...
Study Downplays Nuclear Threat Los Angeles Times Iraq needs several years and extensive foreign assistance to develop a nuclear weapon, but it could produce one "in a matter of months" if it acquired raw materials from foreign sources, according to a study released Monday by a British think tank. Welcomed by British leaders who regard Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as an urgent threat, the report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies was a grim portrait of Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical...
Iraq could build quick and dirty nuke bomb New York Post WASHINGTON - Iraq could assemble a nuclear weapon "in a matter of months" if it were able to obtain radioactive material from abroad, a shocking new report warned yesterday. In a detailed analysis of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said Iraq currently lacks the ability to manufacture its own nuclear material. "However, were [Saddam] able to obtain fissile [fissionable] material from abroad, steal it or...
Threats and Responses New York Times Iraq has sizable stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and could quickly expand their production, but will be unable to build a nuclear weapon for years unless it obtains radioactive material on the black market, a leading research organization said today. The group, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which is based in London, said that while many doubts remained about the quantities of Saddam Hussein's war materiel and its capacities, there was no...
Iraq 'wild card' bomb just months away Toronto Star Iraq could be just months away from building nuclear bombs if it somehow acquired the necessary material from abroad, says a new report from a leading group of defence experts. But without outside help, Iraq isn't even close to becoming a nuclear power, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies says. "There is a nuclear wild card," says the 79-page report released yesterday. "If, somehow, Iraq were able to acquire sufficient nuclear material...
Iraq Appears to Be Years Away Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON -- Iraq may have completed the design work and experimentation needed to assemble an effective nuclear weapon, but it has failed so far to clear its most difficult hurdle: acquiring the highly enriched uranium necessary to make a nuclear device explode. Iraq appears to be years away from being able to produce such material on its own, according to experts who are trying to monitor its weapons program. The one prospect that might help Saddam Hussein get the bomb...
Iraq Lacks Material for Nuclear Bomb Washington Post Iraq could produce a nuclear weapon "in a matter of months," but only if it manages to acquire fissile material from an outside source, according to a report issued today by an independent military and security research group here. The report also said Iraq has an extensive biological weapons capability, a smaller chemical weapons stockpile and a small supply of missiles to deliver such weapons. The report called Iraq's development of weapons of mass destruction...
Report: Iraq close to nuclear reality Washington Post Iraq could be "only months away" from producing nuclear weapons if it could lay hands on the necessary enriched uranium or plutonium, according to an authoritative report from a major defense-research organization. The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies also said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, including thousands of gallons of anthrax and hundreds of tons of sarin nerve gas and VX nerve agent...
Iraq Report Highlights Concerns CBS News The initial reluctance of some U.S. allies to go to war against Iraq appears to be breaking down, with momentum building toward a tough United Nations ultimatum to Iraq: Submit to unrestricted weapons inspections or face the consequences. President Bush is working furiously to build a coalition against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Since Friday he's consulted the five permanent members of the U.N. security council, the chiefs of the U.N. and NATO, the presidents of Turkey, the...