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I have constructed a brief chronology (based on Butler's book 'Saddam Defiant'), which you might find as a useful reference point: 5 August 1998: Iraq suspends cooperation with UNSCOM and IAEA re disarmament, maintaining that it had disarmed. 27 August 1998: Ritter resigns over illusory disarmament being worse than none and over US spying via UNSCOM. [The precise date might have been a day or so either side of this, but it’s about right] 30 October: UN Security Council letter requiring compliance before sanctions review. 31 October: Iraq suspends cooperation with UNSCOM and IAEA re monitoring as well. UNSCOM staff remain in Iraq. [I’m less sure about the exact movements of IAEA staff] 11 November: UNSCOM staff withdrawn to Bahrain as US makes military threats. 14 November: Iraq declares resumption of cooperation with UNSCOM and IAEA. 17 November: UNSCOM staff return to Iraq. 14 December: Butler report sent to Annan declaring Iraqi cooperation unsatisfactory 14-15 December: UNSCOM staff withdrawn to Jordan and Bahrain 15 December: Butler’s report received by UN Security Council members. 16 December: Operation Desert Fox begins during Security Council discussion of Butler’s report. Subsequently [I don’t have a precise date to hand], Iraq declares it will not allow UNSCOM to return in any circumstances. There has been some continuing Iraqi cooperation with the IAEA. Eric ---------------------- Dr. Eric Herring Department of Politics University of Bristol 10 Priory Road Bristol BS8 1TU England, UK Tel. +44-(0)117-928-8582 Fax +44-(0)117-973-2133 http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Politics eric.herring@bristol.ac.uk -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi