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Rest of World Press Coverage of Iraq Dossier

  • IISS report: Iraqi weapons capability Iraq WMD Dossier thumbnail coverAustralian Broadcasting Corporation London-based think-tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has released a report examining Iraq's capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction.It found that Iraq could make nuclear weapons within months if it got fissile material but its ability to produce and use weapons of mass destruction is weaker now than before the 1991 Gulf War.The findings include:Iraq does not possess facilities to produce fissile material in sufficient...
  • Think-tank Claims Hussein Has Nuclear Iraq WMD Dossier thumbnail coverAustralian Financial Review Iraq could produce a nuclear bomb within months if it could buy or steal radioactive material from abroad, according to a new report by a leading independent international defence think-tank. But the 75-page report, by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, concluded that without a supply of enriched uranium from overseas it would be difficult for Iraq to create nuclear weapons because it was not able to develop its own fissile material. The report...
  • Think-tank says Iraq lacks Iraq WMD Dossier thumbnail coverCCTV A British think-tank says Iraq does not possess the facilities for production of nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, Iraqi parliamentarians are calling on the United States to learn lessons from September 11 and change its hostile policy towards other nations. The London based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said on Monday Baghdad does not have nuclear arms and probably lacks means to deliver its residual chemical and biological weapons effectively to cause massive loss of...
  • Iraq 'could make' nuclear weapons Iraq WMD Dossier thumbnail coverChannel News Asia A major report by a leading think tank indicates that Iraq's nuclear capabilities are still underdeveloped but could grow quickly with outside help.In a study released ahead of US President Geroge W Bush's United Nations speech on Iraq on Thursday, the International Institute of Strategic Studies said Baghdad lacks the ability to make its own nuclear material. The report released by the London-based Institute says Iraq does not, by itself, have the facilities to make enough...
  • Iraq can make N-bomb Iraq WMD Dossier thumbnail coverNews International, Pakistan Iraq could build a nuclear bomb soon if it imports fissile material, but is weaker now on other weapons of mass destruction, a key think-tank said as France stepped up pressure for a UN role in reining Baghdad in. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) added fuel to the debate about a possible US military strike on Iraq with its comments on Monday that gave no clear backing either to US hawks or mainly European doves. French President Jacques...
  • Iraq Is Going Nuclear Fast, World Warned Iraq WMD Dossier thumbnail coverSydney Morning Herald Fearrs over Saddam Hussein's weapons programme intensified yesterday with a prediction that Iraq could build a nuclear bomb within months if radioactive materials was obtained from overseas. Within a year, Iraq could then put a nuclear warhead on a missile capable of hitting Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Israel, Turkey, Jordan or Iran. The grim forecasts came from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a respected British think-tank, which said Iraq also appeared to...
  • Iraq imekana kuwa na silaha Iraq WMD Dossier thumbnail coverDW-World Iraq imekanusha na kuyataja kuwa uongo mtupu, madai ya Marekani na Uingereza kuwa ina silaha za maangamizi, na kwamba ina uwezo wa kuunda silaha za kinuklia. Gazeti la chama cha Baath kinachotawala Iraq, linalojulikana kama Ath-Thawra, limesema kuwa ahadi zote zilizofanywa na rais George W. Bush wa Marekani, na waziri mkuu wa Uingereza Tony Blair, kwamba watatoa ushahidi kuonyesha kuwa Iraq ina silaha za maangamizi, ni uongo mtupu.Rais Bush pamoja na Waziri mkuu Blair, walikutana camp...