ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Iraq's Acceptance of U.N. Resolution.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2002 TOPIC: Iraq accepted a new U.N. resolution today with "no conditions" that will allow weapons inspectors to return to the country after almost four years, according to an article by The Associated Press. Iraq's U.N. Ambassador Mohammed Al-Douri delivered a letter that officially accepted the resolution and denied that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. The team of U.N. inspectors is scheduled to arrive in Iraq Monday. The team will be led by U.N. chief inspector Hans Blix, who will head up the biological and chemical inspections and Mohamed ElBaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency who will be in charge of nuclear inspections. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Peter T. Ferenbach is the Executive Director of the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Peace Action Education Fund, one of the country's largest distributor of educational information regarding nuclear weapons, arms sales and US foreign policy. Peter became involved in nuclear weapons issues in the late 1970's and has worked full-time on these issues since 1984. He has written extensively on nuclear weapons policy, missile defense Missile defence is an air defence system, weapon program, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed ICBMs, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged , US arms sales and military spending. Opinion editorials written by Peter have appeared in The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). and The San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the . He has been a guest on many radio programs including KQED's "Forum," KCRW's "Which Way L.A?" and KPFA's "Living Room," in California as well as dozens of programs nationwide. He has appeared on PBS' The News Hour with Jim Lehrer James Charles Lehrer (pronounced [lɛɹə]) (born May 19, 1934) is an American journalist. He is the news anchor for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS. and the Fox Network News. 510-849-2272, peter@californiapeaceaction.org Professor Chris Alexander, of Texas A&M University, Department of Political Science, is an expert regarding political science, international relations international relations, study of the relations among states and other political and economic units in the international system. Particular areas of study within the field of international relations include diplomacy and diplomatic history, international law, and the Middle East. 409-845-2332 Professor Jamal R. Nassar, of Illinois State University ISU is recognized in the prestigious US News rankings as a "National University", that is, a university which grants a variety of doctoral degrees and strongly emphasizes research. , Department of Political Science, has expertise in areas such as political science, comparative politics, international relations and the Middle East. 309-438-2493, 309-438-2111 (University PR Phone) Professor Edward Rhodes, of Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. , Department of Political Science, can share his insight on topics including foreign policy, world politics and nuclear weapons. 732-932-9283, 732-932-INFO (University PR Phone) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/ifmd/index.html. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion