March 17, 2003

Article Index for
March 17

Website Links For
March

Information About

March 17, 2003

announces in a televised speech that Iraq i President Saddam Hussein and his sons have 48 hours to leave Iraq, or the United States will initiate preemptive military action against Iraq.

France announces that it had deployed 300 soldiers to seize the Bangui , Central African Republic airport.

Steve Lavin , UCLA basketball coach, was fired from his position. {Link without Title}

Kofi Annan , Secretary General of the United Nations , orders all UN personnel to leave Iraq. {Link without Title}

Peter Goldsmith , Attorney General of the UK set out the legal justification for an invasion of Iraq ; {Link without Title}

Robin Cook , Leader of the British House Of Commons , resigned from the UK Cabinet over the plan to invade Iraq; [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,9061,916123,00.html

The UK and the USA have withdrawn a proposed UN Security Council resolution on Iraq; {Link without Title}

The United States advised UNMOVIC and the IAEA to withdraw all weapon inspectors out of Iraq; {Link without Title}

Junichiro Koizumi said that he supports the U.S. , U.K. , and Spain for ending Diplomatic efforts against Iraq . He also indicates no further UN resolution is necessary to invade Iraq. {Link without Title}

, its four former executives and the U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission agree to settle the Enron security fraud case for $80 million. It is one of the five largest penalties inposed on security-related civil cases. {Link without Title}