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Table of Contents China * China / missile defense * Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing - Pacific Deployment * Study: U.S. should shift military focus in Asia closer to potential hot spots * China / Missile Defense * DOD: Rand report is among many the Pentagon will look at North Korea * North Korea: U.S. Missile Sale To South Korea * North Korea threatens U.S., South over missile defense plan * State Department Noon Briefing - North Korea Iran * Moscow Hopes To Build More Reactors In Iran Iraq * RFE/RL Iraq Report * Moscow Says Increased U.S., U.K. Flights Over Iraq 'Obstacles' To Peace' * ONW's commander calls the shots on Saddam watch * Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing - No Fly Zones * State Department Noon Briefing - Iraq Sanctions * UN/Iraq/Sanctions * UN panel pays out $760 million for losses from Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait * Iraq: Annan would welcome measures to ease impact of sanctions on civilians * State Department Noon Briefing - Iraq Sanctions * RFE/RL Iraq Report * Moscow Unimpressed By U.S.-U.K. Plan To Modify Iraq Sanctions Regime Russia * A Looming Proliferation Threat * Foreign Ministry Ready To Discuss U.S. NMD Plans...As Karaganov Urges Avoiding Confrontation And Humiliation...But Rogov Calls For 'Exhaustive' Talks * Russia Now Without A Spy Satellite In Orbit * Defense Minister Muzzles Generals On NMD * Moscow Loses Control of Military Satellites After Fire * Nikolaev Leads Russian Opposition To Bush Missile Defense Initiative * Military Loses Contact With Its Satellites * U.S., Russia Consult On Missile Defense * U.S. Ideas On NMD Described As 'Laughable' * Russia Launches U.S. Satellite * US / Russia * Moscow Plans Deployment of More Topol-M Missiles * US/Russia/Talks United States * Missile Defense * Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing - Missile Defense Consultations @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ China China / missile defense, Voice of America, 15 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/china/2001/china-010515.htm A senior U-S diplomat is wrapping up (has wrapped up / concluded) talks in Beijing with very skeptical Chinese officials about a planned U-S missile defense system. Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing - Pacific Deployment, U.S. Department of Defense, 15 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/china/2001/china-010515-taiwanzdb.htm Q: A Rand report commissioned by the Air Force was released today, making suggestions about U.S. military force posturing and emphasis toward Asia. It suggested that the U.S. ought to be focusing more of its resources on Asia and also suggested that Guam be considered for a buildup of U.S. military strength, as a prepositioning area. To what extent does this report, that was commissioned by one of the services, reflect the thinking of the Pentagon now, as you're going through this review process? Study: U.S. should shift military focus in Asia closer to potential hot spots , Stars and Stripes, 16 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/china/2001/china-010516-taiwan.htm The United States should shift its military focus in Asia toward the Philippines and other nations closer to potential hot spots such as Taiwan, a Pentagon-sponsored study says. </p> <p>But a senior U-S envoy says talks on the issue were useful, and further discussions are planned. China / Missile Defense, Voice of America, 16 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/china/2001/china-010516.htm A high level U-S delegation has left China without denting Chinese opposition to the Bush Administration's planned missile defense system</p> <p>But a senior U-S envoy says talks on the issue were useful, and further discussions are planned. DOD: Rand report is among many the Pentagon will look at, By David Allen, Stars and Stripes, 17 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/china/2001/china-010517-taiwan.htm A recently released study that calls for focusing U.S. forces in Asia toward the Taiwan Strait is one of many scenarios the Pentagon is considering, a defense official said Tuesday. North Korea North Korea: U.S. Missile Sale To South Korea, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 14 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/dprk/2001/dprk-010514.htm QUESTION: Comment on N. Korean complaints about S. Korea's plans to procure M-41 missile launchers (which it charges could form part of a missile defense system). North Korea threatens U.S., South over missile defense plan, By Jim Lea, Stars and Stripes, 15 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/dprk/2001/dprk-010515.htm North Korean officials said they would "extinguish the [U.S.] aggressors" if the United States deploys Aegis destroyers to the Sea of Japan as part of President Bush's proposed national missile defense plan. State Department Noon Briefing - North Korea, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 16 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/dprk/2001/dprk-010516zsb.htm Q: North Korea? The North Koreans have again threatened to pull out of the Agreed Framework, and I'm just wondering if you guys take this threat seriously or is this just them whining and yelping and trying to get a little bit of attention? Iran Moscow Hopes To Build More Reactors In Iran, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 91, Part I, 14 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/iran/2001/iran-010514-russia.htm addition to completing the construction of a nuclear power station in Bushehr, the Russian Atomic Energy Ministry hopes to build up to five more such plants Iraq RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 4, No. 16, 11 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2001/05/iraq-010511_21.htm Iraq Warns Turkey Against 'Smart Sanctions'; Iraq Expands Cooperation With Jordan And Syria; Baghdad Railway Rolls Again; Saddam Promises 'Infinite' Support For Palestinians; Saddam Seeks To Boost Oil Production...And Pharmaceutical Output; Saddam Names Ex-Intelligence Head As Baghdad Governor; Zhirinovsky Reasserts Moscow's Support For Iraq; Serbian Party Leader Hails Saddam And Iraq; Cuban Leader Says U.S. Violates Human Rights; Belarus To Open Tractor Factory In Iraq; Belgian Peace Forum Seeks To End Iraqi Suffering; Iraqi Attack Against Kurdistan Repulsed; Barzani Tells Turks That Pkk Presence Is Unacceptable; PUK Streamlines Top Offices; KDP, Islamic Da'wa Discuss Relations; KDP, PUK Meet With Other Parties; U.S. Official Meets With Turkmen Front Representative Moscow Says Increased U.S., U.K. Flights Over Iraq 'Obstacles' To Peace', RFE/RL NEWSLINE, Vol. 5, No. 91, Part I, 14 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2001/05/iraq-010514-russia.htm Yakovenko said on 11 May that the increasing number of American and British patrol flights over the no-fly zones of Iraq are making the situation there more difficult and represents "obstacles on the way" to the regulation of the Iraqi situation ONW's commander calls the shots on Saddam watch, By Terry Boyd, Stars and Stripes, 15 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2001/05/iraq-010515.htm At Incirlik's Combined Air Operations Center, the U.S. colonel who calls the shots in Operation Northern Watch engagements acknowledges that Iraqi air-defense units fired at patrolling aircraft but U.S and British planes did not retaliate. Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing - No Fly Zones, U.S. Department of Defense, 15 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2001/05/iraq-010515zdb.htm Q: Is there any review under way here of the enforcement policy in the Northern and Southern no-fly zones, and if so, what's prompting that review? State Department Noon Briefing - Iraq Sanctions, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 16 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2001/05/iraq-010516zsb.htm Q: Yes, Iraq. The British have drafted a Security Council resolution on - basically along the lines of your proposals for Iraqi sanctions. I wondered if you could perhaps explain what is going on. I mean, your review isn't complete, you haven't finished all your consultations, you haven't, as far as I know, drafted any detailed any proposals for this. So what are the British doing drafting this resolution with your support, apparently? What's going on with the United Nations? UN/Iraq/Sanctions, Voice of America, 17 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2001/05/iraq-010517.htm At the United Nations, Britain and the United States are developing a proposal that could lift most of the sanctions against Iraq. UN panel pays out $760 million for losses from Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, UN News, 17 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2001/05/iraq-010517a.htm The United Nations Compensation Commission, which processes and pays compensation for losses resulting from Iraq's 1990 invasion and occupation of Kuwait, disbursed today over $760 million in damages Iraq: Annan would welcome measures to ease impact of sanctions on civilians, UN News, 17 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2001/05/iraq-010517b.htm Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said he would welcome any measures that would ease the impact of sanctions on ordinary Iraqis, stressing that it is up to the Security Council to take action on the matter. State Department Noon Briefing - Iraq Sanctions, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 17 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2001/05/iraq-010517zsb.htm Q: Could I ask you - I just want to know. Let's get into Iraq a little deeper than we did yesterday, please, because the British have made their move, and I guess you wanted to let some time pass. But, you know, this has been described as a joint US-British move, but what the British are suggesting, doesn't it indeed coincide with US policy? RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 4, No. 17, 18 April 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2001/05/iraq-010518.htm Baghdad Says U.S. Top Sponsor of Terrorism; Tariq Aziz Sees Smart Sanctions As Inevitable...But Ramadan Says No UN Inspectors Will Be Allowed; APP Accuses Baghdad of Trafficking In Body Parts; Uday Has Another Football Player Punished; Syrian Interests Office To Open In Baghdad; Jordan Sees Iraq Ties As 'Strategic'; Iraq, Iran May Resume Air Links; SCIRI Head Praises Kuwait; Iraq Acquires Vietnamese Buses; KDP Has No Problems With Turkmens; Ankara Rejects Idea of Kurdish State In Northern Iraq; Iraqi Kurds Assured Of U.S. Protection; Kurdistan Electric Power Network Expands; Chaldean Church Holds Congress In Baghdad Moscow Unimpressed By U.S.-U.K. Plan To Modify Iraq Sanctions Regime, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 95, Part I, 18 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2001/05/iraq-010518-russia.htm Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ordzhonikidze told Interfax on 17 May that "it is clearly premature to speak of Russian support" for an American-British proposal to modify the United Nations sanctions regime against Iraq Russia A Looming Proliferation Threat, RFE/RL Security Watch, Vol. 2, No. 18, 9 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010509_21.htm Falling salaries among Russian scientists working on nuclear weapons and missiles represent a looming proliferation threat, according to a study by an American think-tank. Foreign Ministry Ready To Discuss U.S. NMD Plans...As Karaganov Urges Avoiding Confrontation And Humiliation...But Rogov Calls For 'Exhaustive' Talks, RFE/RL Security Watch, Vol. 2, No. 18, 9 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010509_21.htm Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov provided the first official Russian reaction to the National Missile Defense (NMD) proposals by U.S. President George W. Bush Russia Now Without A Spy Satellite In Orbit, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 89, Part I, 10 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010510_21.htm Russia does not now have a military photo-reconnaissance satellite in orbit Defense Minister Muzzles Generals On NMD, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 89, Part I, 10 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010510_21.htm Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov has forbidden Russian generals to make any public comments on U.S. plans to build a national missile defense system Moscow Loses Control of Military Satellites After Fire, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 90, Part I, 11 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010511_21.htm A major fire at a ground relay station near Kaluga resulted in the loss of contact with four military satellites Nikolaev Leads Russian Opposition To Bush Missile Defense Initiative, RFE/RL Security Watch, Vol. 2, No. 19, 14 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010514.htm General Andrei Nikolaev, the head of the Duma Defense Committee, has taken the lead in attacking the U.S. missile-defense initiative proposed by President George W. Bush Military Loses Contact With Its Satellites, RFE/RL Security Watch, Vol. 2, No. 19, 14 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010514a.htm A fire in the Kaluga command center has interrupted the Russian Defense Ministry's Space Forces communications with its "Oko" early warning military satellites U.S., Russia Consult On Missile Defense, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 91, Part I, 14 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010514b.htm First Deputy Defense Minister Anatolii Kvashnin met with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Paul Wolfowitz on 11 May to discuss American plans to introduce an antiballistic missile system U.S. Ideas On NMD Described As 'Laughable', RFE/RL NEWSLINE, Vol. 5, No. 92, Part I, 15 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010515.htm Marshal Igor Sergeev told RIA-Novosti on 14 May that American ideas about missile defense are "laughable" but warned that Washington almost certainly will ignore Russia's views on the matter and go ahead Russia Launches U.S. Satellite, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 93, Part I, 16 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010516.htm A Russian Proton rocket carried an American Panamsat communications satellite into orbit US / Russia, Voice of America, 18 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010518.htm President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet for the first time next month in Slovenia and explore ways to overcome differences over U-S plans to build a national missile defense system. Moscow Plans Deployment of More Topol-M Missiles, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 95, Part I, 18 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010518a.htm General Vladimir Yakovlev, the commander of Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces, said on 17 May that Moscow plans to deploy a fourth set of Topol-M ICBMs by the end of 2001 US/Russia/Talks, Voice of America, 20 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/russia/2001/russia-010520.htm Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov ending a visit to Washington says he is unconvinced by Bush administration arguments for deploying a missile-defense system. United States Missile Defense, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 15 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/usa/2001/usa-010515.htm Speaking of the recent trips to European and Asian capitals by Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and officials from the State Department and National Security Council (NSC) for consultations on missile defense, Pentagon spokesman Admiral Craig Quigley said reaction to the proposed missile defense system "was mixed." Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing - Missile Defense Consultations, U.S. Department of Defense, 15 May 2001 http://www.fas.org/news/usa/2001/usa-010515zdb.htm Q: The American briefing team's in Europe, on missile defense. A pretty hostile, critical reaction in Paris and Berlin, in Moscow. I saw it range from "this stuff won't work" or doesn't make sense. 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