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Australian PM denies doctoring Iraq intelligence SYDNEY (AFP) Jun 07, 2003 Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Saturday denied his government doctored intelligence about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, saying it relied on intellience from the United States and Britain. Former Bulgarian defense minister indicted for arms smuggling SOFIA (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Former Bulgarian defense minister Boiko Noyev faces charges of smuggling weapons to Syria that could ultimately have been destined for Iraq, the country's military prosecutor said on Friday. Netherlands to send troops for Iraq stabilisation force THE HAGUE (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 The new government of the Netherlands on Friday approved a plan to send a military unit of 1,100 soldiers to southern Iraqi province of Al-Muthanna. |
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Russia begins dismantling strategic missiles MOSCOW (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Russia has started to dismantle a unit of strategic nuclear missiles located in the central Ural mountain range, the Itar-Tass agency reported Friday. Ireland gives funds to Northern Ireland peace groups DUBLIN June 6 (AFP) - (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Ireland announced Friday more than 750,000 euros (888,800 dollars) in grants for 19 groups working to foster peace in Northern Ireland. Polish-led Iraq force has been formed: defence ministry WARSAW (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 A Polish-led force which will be responsible for security in a southern sector of Iraq has been formed, and will be made up of more than 15 countries, the defence ministry said on Friday. Uganda army commander sacked over DR Congo looting KAMPALA (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday sacked army commander Major General James Kazini, accused by a UN panel of plundering the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) natural wealth during the war there, a military spokesman said. France wants Iraq's disarmament completed: ministry PARIS (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 The French government wants the process of disarming Iraq to be completed in order to secure the stability of the region, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday. US, British spy data on Iraq left UN arms chief disappointed LONDON (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix expressed disappointment Friday at the quality of intelligence his team got from Washington and London as it scrambled to uncover Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in the weeks leading up to war. |
Thailand, US launch another round of joint military exercises BANGKOK (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Thailand and the United States launched joint naval training exercises Friday, officials said, in the second round of military manouvers in a month between the two countries. "Admit your lies", former UN inspector Ritter tells US, Britain GENEVA (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 The United States and Britain should admit they lied when claiming the ousted Baghdad regime had weapons of mass destruction, Scott Ritter, a former UN senior weapons inspector in Iraq, said in an interview published here Friday. Western Sudan rebels say killed many soldiers in attack on army position CAIRO (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 Rebels from the Sudan Liberation Movement claimed Friday to have killed a large number of soldiers and captured military equipment in an attack on an army position in the western Darfur region. Evidence of Iraq weapons was "big bluff": German UN inspector BERLIN (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 A German member of the UN team investigating Iraq's alleged programme of weapons of mass destruction has accused US authorities of presenting false evidence against the regime, the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel reports in its Saturday edition. US Navy medical team to treat blast victims in Vietnam HANOI (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 A team of 16 US Navy physicians and corpsmen will visit Vietnam next week to operate on victims of blast injuries caused by Vietnam War-era landmines and unexploded ordnance, the US embassy said Friday. Japan enacts military contingency laws TOKYO (AFP) Jun 06, 2003 The Japanese parliament Friday enacted a set of laws that give the nation its first legal framework for responding to military attack since World War II. |
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