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Iraq Missile Chronology Iraq Missile Chronology 2008-2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003-2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 Last update: November 2008 As of November 2008, this chronology is no longer being updated. For current developments, please see the Iraq Missile Overview. 2008-2006 29 February 2008 UNMOVIC is officially closed down as directed by UN Security Council Resolution 1762, which terminated its mandate. [Note: See NTI Chronology 29 June 2007]. —UN Security Council, "Iraq (UNMOVIC)," Security Council Report, Update Report No. 10, 26 June 2008. 25 September 2007 U.S. spokesman Rear Admiral Mark Fox claims that Iranian-supplied surface-to-air missiles, such as the Misagh 1, have been found in Iraq. The U.S. military says that these missiles have been smuggled into Iraq from Iran. Iran denies the allegation. [Note: See NTI Chronology 11 and 12 February 2007]. "Tehran blasted on Iraq Missiles," Hobart Mercury, 25 September 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe; David C Isby, "U.S. Outlines Iranian Cross-Border Supply of Rockets and Missiles to Iraq," Jane's Missiles & Rockets, Jane's Information Group, 1 November 2007. 29 June 2007 The Security Council passes Resolution 1762 terminating the mandates of the UN Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the IAEA in Iraq. Resolution 1762 also requests the UN Secretary General to dispose safely of archives containing sensitive information, and to transfer any remaining UNMOVIC funds to the Development Fund for Iraq. A letter to the Security Council from the Iraqi government indicates it is committed to respecting its obligations to the nonproliferation regime. —Colum Lynch, "UN Security Council Dissolves Unit Looking for Iraqi Arms," The Washington Post, 30 June 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe; UN Security Council, "Iraq (UNMOVIC)," Security Council Report, Update Report No. 10, 26 June 2008. 27 April 2007 British Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram announces that the Board of Inquiry learned that the Lynx helicopter shot down in Iraq on 6 May 2006, was brought "down by a surface-to-air missile, using a man-portable air-defence system, fired from the ground." According to the report, "the distance was probably 'at the extreme range' of the system involved." Related content is available on the website for the Nuclear Threat Initiative, www.nti.org. This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS. —Sophie Freeman, "Iraq helicopter crash 'result of a missile attack,'" Daily Post (Liverpool), 28 April 2007, in Lexis- Nexis Academic Universe; "Single missile downed by UK Lynx," Flight International, 8 May 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. 12 February 2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies U.S. allegations that Iran is supplying Iraqi insurgents with sophisticated weapons. He says, "There should be a court to prove the case and to verify the case." —"Iran Denies Arming Iraqi," The Daily Mail, 13 February 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe; "Iran Denies Supply Arms to Militants," Chinadaily.com.cn, 13 February 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. 11 February 2007 A U.S. military intelligence report is released in Baghdad accusing Iran of supplying Iraqi insurgents with weapons including anti-aircraft missiles. The report says that "Iranian Misagh-1 portable anti-aircraft missiles were found after a failed attempt to shoot down a plane at Baghdad's airport in 2004." The report claims that Iraqi insurgents have been receiving support from the Qods (Quds) Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. —Bill Gertz, "Iran arms Iraqi insurgents; U.S. military cites bombs, missiles and rockets," The Washington Times, 12 February 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe; James Glanz, "U.S. Says Arms Link Iranians To Iraqi Shiites," The New York Times, 12 February 2007. 15 February 2006 The recently released tapes documenting conversations between Saddam Hussein and top Ba'ath officials in late April or May of 1995 indicate the regime did knowingly fail to reveal aspects of the missile program to United Nations inspection bodies. The tapes record the words of the deceased Iraqi general and son-in-law of Saddam Hussein, Hussein Kamel, relating his work to keep intelligence on Iraqi missile capabilities from inspectors. —"Tapes Show Son-in-Law Admitted WMD Deception," ABC News, 15 February 2006. 13 February 2006 Russia recommends that all material and findings collected by UNMOVIC and related inspection bodies such as the IAEA and the ISG be presented to the Security Council. Russia cites reasons for this recommendation as a way to bring full and final clarity to the much debated issue of Iraq's WMD programs. —"Russia Wants All Iraq Inspections Files Referred to UN Security Council," Xinhua, 13 February 2006. Back to Top 2005 8 December 2005 The United States and Algeria speak out about removing UNMOVIC, the UN group of weapons inspectors sent to Iraq for the purpose of dismantling Iraq's chemical, biological and long-range missile programs. Though Iraq has been asking the Security Council to remove the inspection body since 2004 due to its funding by Iraqi oil revenue, Related content is available on the website for the Nuclear Threat Initiative, www.nti.org. This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS. Algeria and the United States are now leaning on the Security Council to remove UNMOVIC from Iraq as well. —"Algeria, US Seek End of UN Weapons Inspection Program in Iraq," Associated Press, 8 December 2005. 27 July 2005 The investigation led by the U.S. Senate Select Committee to determine whether or not the Bush administration misconstrued intelligence in order to justify the war in Iraq has come to a halt. Senator John Kerry says that as a result of the stalled proceedings "a year and a half later, there's still no report, no conclusions, no accountability for the mistakes, and no way to be sure they won't be repeated." —"Prewar Iraq Intelligence Inquiry in Senate," Global Security Newswire, 27 July 2005. 14 July 2005 U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith says that U.S. policy makers relied too heavily on information regarding the suspected WMD stockpiles believed to exist in Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion. Feith argues that the U.S. led war in Iraq is necessary, but claims that "we as an administration, instead of giving proper emphasis to all major elements of the rationale for war, overemphasized the WMD aspect." —"AP Interview: Departing Pentagon policy chief says administration overemphasized WMD as war rationale," Associated Press, 14 July 2005. 4 July 2005 Mogens Lykketoft, former foreign minister of Denmark, writes an open letter to President George Bush that claims the U.S. falsely accused Saddam Hussein of harboring "dangerous weapons of mass destruction" as an "original and official justification for the Iraq war." —"Danish SDP's Lykketoft Writes Open Letter to Bush Criticizing US Foreign Policy," Copenhagen Politiken, 4 July 2005, in FBIS document EUP20050704364006. 30 June 2004 British Prime Minister Tony Blair asserts that the previously classified Downing Street Memos released to the public in May 2005 have been misinterpreted. In response to accusations, resulting from the release of the Memos, that there was a U.S. initiative coupled with U.K. support to invade Iraq shortly after September 11th 2001, Prime Minister Blair says that "people say the decision was already taken. The decision was not already taken." —"Downing Street Memos Misinterpreted, Blair Says," Global Security Newswire, 30 June 2005. 24 June 2005 The United Nations Security Council approves a transfer of $200 million dollars from the Iraqi Oil for Food program to the Development Fund for Iraq. Money generated from the Oil for Food program has most recently been used to finance UNMOVIC activities in Iraq in order to dismantle weapons of mass destruction programs. A transfer of funds from Oil for Food Accounts to the Development Fund for Iraq results in a reduction of the UNMOVIC budget from $345.9 million to $125 million. Samir Sumaidaie, Iraq's acting ambassador to the United Nations argues that spending more than $10 million per year for UNMOVIC in Iraq is no longer a useful allocation of government funds because Iraq does not possess any weapons of mass destruction and therefore is no longer a threat. Related content is available on the website for the Nuclear Threat Initiative, www.nti.org. This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS. —"U.N. approves transfer of $200 million in oil-for-food revenue to Iraq Development Fund," Associated Press, 24 June 2005. 3 June 2005 The White House downplays the findings of the UNMOVIC report released on May 25, 2005. White House spokesman Scott McClellan says that the Bush administration has taken the necessary precautions to secure the Iraqi sites mentioned in the report. He also reports that it is unlikely that the looted dual use missile items are now being used by other countries to enhance their weapons programs. —"White House downplays U.N. report on missing weapons in Iraq," Associated Press, 3 June 2005.
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