Latest news about the aftermath of the war on Iraq on the Iraq page
More news of CND campaigns on National CND’s website

Missile Defence October 2004
Reportedly, the MoD has confirmed that it has signed an agreement to help develop and test a new generation of ballistic weapons, and the Prime Minister has given his consent 'in principle' to the siting of American missile interceptor batteries in Britain, probably at Fylingdales in North Yorkshire. newspaper report

Iraq September 2004
Surprise, surprise, there weren’t any WMD in Iraq after all according to the Iraq Survey Group report.

Irag July 2004

Bulter report criticises government - but no one’s to blame. newspaper report

Iraq June 2004

‘Transfer of soveriegnty’ to a handpicked Iraqi council in a secret ceremony.

Iraq January 2004
CND has called again for a full investigation into the reasons for going to war on Iraq following Tony Blair’s admission that he doesn’t know if WMD will ever be found in Iraq. CND Press Release

Kashmir January 2004
India and Pakistan have announced talks about the future of Kashmir. more details

Iran December 2003
Iran accepts nuclear inspections. newspaper report

Libya December 2003
Libya has abandoned WMD ambitions. Reports 1 2

Missile Defence February 2003
Geoff Hoon has approved UK involvement in Missile Defence. more details

Iraq December 2002
Iraq is complying with toughly worded UN Resolution 1441 and is allowing Weapons Inspectors to inspects installations and bases and even presidential palaces. The UN and the head of the inspection team state that Iraq is complying with the resolution, though the US seems to disagree, and has repeatedly said that it reserves the right to act outside of the UN.
Meanwhile, CND has received a legal opinion that Resolution 1441 does not allow military attack and is taking the government to court to force it to state that it will not support military action without another, explicit, resolution. See CND Press release and newspaper report

Missile Defence December 2002
A new government paper emphasises the ‘benefits’ of missile defence for the UK, suggesting that the government will support it. more

Iraq September 2002
Iraq has offered to allow weapons inspectors into the country, but the US is determined not to take ‘yes’ for an answer and seems determined to force an aggressive UN resolution through the security council that Iraq will find unacceptable, giving the US a pretext for war. See Don’t Attack Iraq

US and Britain prepared to use nuclear weapons against Iraq April 2002
Leaked details of the US nuclear policy review show that America is prepared to use nuclear weapons against several countries including Iraq. Geoff Hoon has made a similar statement with regard to Britain.

See also:
Iraq
Stop the War on Terrorism
Say No to Missile Defense

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