The United States, Iraq and Weapons of mass destruction

Defense and Security Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-14

  Bahgat, Gawdat ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23344444555     PISSN: 14751798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1475179032000057991     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Karen De Young, "Bush Won't Be Pinned Down on Plans for Attack on Iraq", Washington Post, 6 April 2002, p. A14.
2. Paul D. Taylor, "Economic Sanctions: The Case of Iraq", Strategic Review, Vol. 23 No. 3, Fall, 1995, p. 51.
3. Avner Yaniv, "Israel faces Iraq: The Politics of Confrontation", in Iraq's Road to War, Amatzia Baram and Barry Rubin, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993, p. 234.
4. Ibrahim Ibrahim, The Gulf War: Background and Consequences, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1992, p. 228.
5. For a thorough analysis of this raid see Shai Feldman, "The bombing of Osiraq - Revisited", International Security, Vol. 7 No. 2, Fall, 1982, pp. 114-142;
6. and Jed C. Snyder, "The road to Osiraq: Baghdad's Quest for the Bomb", Middle East Journal, Vol. 37 No.4, Fall, 1983, pp. 565-593.
7. For a recent comprehensive study of Israel's nuclear program see Avner Cohen, Israel and the Bomb, New York: Colombia University Press, 1998.
8. Volker Perthes, Iraq Under Sanctions: A Regime Defiant, Briefing Paper No. 40, London: Royal Institute for International Affairs, February 1998, p. 8.
9. Anthony H. Cordesman, Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East, London: Brassey's, 1991, p. 114.
10. Ahmed Hashim, "Iraq: Profile of a Nuclear Addict", The Brown Journal of World Affairs, Vol. 4 No.1, January 1997, p. 106.
11. David Albright and Khidhir Hamza, "Iraq's Reconstitution of its Nuclear Weapons Program", Arms Control Today, Vol. 28 No.7, October 1998, p. 10.
12. David Malone, "Goodbye UNSCOM: A Sorry Tale in US-UN Relations", Security Dialogue, Vol. 30 No. 4, December 1999, p. 396.
13. Youssef M. Ibrahim, "Higher Hopes in Baghdad for Ending UN Embargo", New York Times, 18 October 1998, p. A4.
14. Tim Weiner, "US Spied on Iraq under UN Cover, Officials Now Say", New York Times, 7 January 1999, p. A1.
15. Barton Gellman, "Annan Suspicious of UNSCOM Role", Washington Post, 6 January 1999, p. A1.
16. Barton Gellman, "Israel Gave Key Help to UN Team in Iraq", Washington Post, 29 September 1998, p. A1.
17. Judith Miller, "UN Panel Urges New Inspections in Iraq", New York Times, 28 March 1999, p. A1.
18. Colum Lynch and John Lancaster, "UN Votes to Renew Iraq Inspections", Washington Post, 17 December 1999, p. A1.
19. The United States Department of Defense, Proliferation: Threat and Response, Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, p. 40.
20. Ibid., p. 40.
21. This assessment is drawn from a statement by Hans Blix, the Chairman of UNMOVIC. See Barbara Crossette, "Iraq Suspected of Secret Germ War Effort", New York Times, 8 February 2000, p. A12.
22. And Marc Weller, "The US, Iraq, and the Use of Force in Unipolar World", Survival, Vol. 41 No. 4, Winter, 1999-2000, p. 83.
23. Middle East Economic Survey, "The Political Scene", Vol. 45 No. 13, 1 April 2002, on line at www.mees.com.
24. Seymour M. Hersh, "The Debate Within: The Objective Is Clear - Topple Saddam. But How?" The New Yorker, 11 March 2002, p. 38.