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Email this citationCIAO DATE: 03/05
Nuclear Dimensions of the Iraqi Crisis 1
Morton Bremer Mærli
May 2003
Abstract
In accordance with Resolution 1441, 2 unanimously passed by the UN Security Council, Iraq on November 7th, 2002, submitted a declaration of its activities concerning weapons of mass destruction (WMD). 3 Copies of the declaration were forwarded to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and later to the permanent members of the Security Council. The declaration described the various methods used by Iraq in trying to produce nuclear material suitable for weapons, as well as the many sites involved in the nuclear program. 4 In the nearly 12,000-page document Iraq claimed that it had no current WMD programs. However, intelligence analysts from the United States and other nations immediately began to scrutinize the document, and senior US officials quickly rejected the claims made by Iraq. 5
Endnotes
Note 1: Henrik Thune and Brikt Harr Vaage contributed inputs and comments during the preparation of this research note. Paul Rogers provided useful background information. Any mistakes or inaccuracies, however, are of course the full responsibility of the author. Back.
Note 2: The text can be found at http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/11/08/resolution.text/index.html Back.
Note 3: The Iraqi dossier included more than 11,800 pages and 12 CD-ROMs containing 529 megabytes of information. Back.
Note 4: According to the table of contents of the dossier, 443 pages are devoted to the Iraqi nuclear program; see http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB80/wmd16.pdf . Back.
Note 5: Jeffrey Richelson, «Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction», National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book no. 80, December 20, 2002, http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/ NSAEBB80/ Back.
