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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

weapons of mass destruction

A helicopter loads cargo onto the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea as the ship's strike group makes its way to the Persian Gulf, May 8, 2019. (US Navy/Michael Singley)
May 16, 2019, 1:57 am
Is Iran the new Iraq? Here are the similarities — and big differences
As America issues dire warnings about Iran, many elements resemble the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq War, not least among them the Israel factor
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump attends a meeting on the global drug problem at the United Nations with UN Ambassador Nikki Haley on September 24, 2018 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
September 26, 2018, 1:10 pm
‘Surprises possible’ as Trump chairs UN Security Council powwow on Iran
UN diplomats say US president known for straying from protocol, ahead of meeting on nuclear non-proliferation
By Carole LANDRY
Iranians gather next to a replica of a medium-range ballistic missile during a demonstration outside the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran on November 4, 2017, marking the anniversary of its storming by student protesters that triggered a hostage crisis in 1979. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
June 2, 2018, 7:39 pm
German intelligence: Iran still working to acquire WMD technology
Dossier concludes Tehran has been conducting industrial espionage focused on technology and engineering companies in bid to boost missile program
By ToI Staff
A Yaser missile is displayed by the Iranian army in front of a portrait of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a parade marking National Army Day at the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran, Iran, April 18, 2013. (AP/Vahid Salemi, File)
October 27, 2017, 3:45 am
Dutch admit their tech may have helped Iran, Syria develop advanced arms
Intelligence services say know-how apparently used to aid rogue regimes in building weapons of mass destruction
By AFP
Emily B. Landau
April 9, 2017, 2:31 pm
Emily B. Landau
America’s strike wasn’t about Syria
The US sent a deterrent message to dangerous regimes — WMD will not be tolerated — but policing them will be a challenge
Syrian President Bashar Assad during an interview with American network NBC News, in Damascus, Syria, July 14, 2016. (SANA via AP)
December 8, 2016, 1:21 pm
Assad: Despite Gulf backing rebels, Israel still Syria’s only enemy
Syrian leader says Jewish state’s occupation of Golan Heights is worse than than other countries’ hostile policies
By Dov Lieber
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman attends a Knesset Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 8, 2016, 11:12 am
Israel trying to keep chemical arms from Hezbollah, Liberman says
Comments follow defense minister’s previous statement that terror group was seeking WMDs, after Syria accused Israel of Damascus bombing
By Judah Ari Gross
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press-conference following a meeting with his Swiss counterpart in the capital Tehran, on February 27, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
May 2, 2016, 6:08 pm
Iran urges nuclear weapon-free Korean peninsula
In meeting with South Korean counterpart, Rouhani says ‘our demand is a world free of weapons of mass destruction’
By AP
Illustrative photo of British policemen. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
March 21, 2016, 12:31 pm
London on alert for up to 10 terror attacks at once
UK security officials fear fighters returning from Syria could launch assault with weapons of mass destruction
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative photo of demonstrators chanting pro-Islamic State slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, June 16, 2014. (AP, File)
August 22, 2015, 12:32 am
US: Tests show mustard gas traces in Islamic State attack
US Army official says final testing underway on mortar fragments presented by Kurdish forces fighting IS in Iraq
By Lolita C. Baldor
The United Nations Security Council votes during a September meeting, at UN Headquarters in New York City (photo credit: AP/Craig Ruttle)
May 8, 2014, 4:31 am
Syria, N. Korea and Israel top agenda at WMD meeting
Iranian and Saudi envoys slam Israeli refusal to attend a nuclear-free Mideast conference
By Edith M. Lederer
Iranian technicians working at a facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy water nuclear reactor, outside Isfahan, in 2009. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
November 5, 2013, 10:20 pm
Israel, Iran attended nuclear conference last month, sources confirm
Discussions were ‘quite constructive,’ Arab diplomat tells Reuters
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
The Nahal Sorek Nuclear Research Center (Photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/ Flash 90)
October 31, 2013, 1:28 pm
Israel reported to discuss joining nuke-free Mideast conference
After deflecting pressure to join treaty, Israel said in unconfirmed Maariv report to have met quietly with other regional states — including Iran — in Switzerland on a possible change of stance
By Lazar Berman
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar/File)
October 19, 2013, 9:24 am
US on Saudi rejection of UNSC seat: ‘We don’t agree on every single issue’
State Department says Security Council does important work but the Kingdom ‘makes [its] own decision’
By ToI Staff and AP
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
October 18, 2013, 5:41 pm
Russia blasts Saudi for rejecting Security Council seat
Kingdom’s ‘strange’ rationale — faulting UN with inaction in Syria — arouses ‘bewilderment,’ according to Moscow statement
By ToI Staff and AP
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