Example sentences of "on iraq 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Engineers on Iraq 's Condor-2 ballistic missile programme claim to have worked on a similar project in Romania . |
| 2 | European luxury-goods firms blamed their poor Christmas performance on Iraq 's August invasion of Kuwait . |
| 3 | In a fumbling radio speech to his people , Mr Hussein spoke of fighting on — or leaving Kuwait on Iraq 's own terms . |
| 4 | The attacks on Israel — and the war in general — are making a deep impression on Iraq 's neighbours and could yet detach the Arab members of the alliance . |
| 5 | Tens of thousands of Jordanians and Algerians say they are eager to join the fight on Iraq 's side . |
| 6 | So far the war 's great unknown is the impact of the allied air offensive on Iraq 's main ground forces . |
| 7 | When they persisted in calling on Iraq 's Shia majority to rise up and overthrow his Sunni-based regime , he was forced into war . |
| 8 | But it is far from clear , given the surprisingly small effect of this continuous bombardment on Iraq 's military potential , that even another month will seriously reduce it . |
| 9 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his latest information on Iraq 's nuclear capability ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 10 | The inspection reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency , circulated as United Nations Security Council documents , provide the most detailed information on Iraq 's nuclear capability . |
| 11 | ( In 1981 Israel had launched a surprise air attack on Iraq 's Osirak nuclear reactor site — see p. 31908 . ) |
| 12 | Kuwait was thought to have made a major financial grant to the new Iraqi regime as an incentive to improve relations , which , whilst remaining peaceful during the 1960s , were nevertheless marred by a dispute centring on Iraq 's interest in Bubiyan and Warba . |
| 13 | The Arab League Secretary-General , Chedli Klibi ( Tunisia ) , had already resigned on Sept. 3 , over alleged accusations from Saudi Arabia 's Foreign Minister , Prince Saud al Faisal , that he had failed in his mandate to discover why some Arab countries had expressed reservations or abstained from voting during the August Arab emergency summit on Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait [ see p. 37635 ] . |
| 14 | On the coalition side the USA and the United Kingdom insisted on Iraq 's unconditional withdrawal as the essential requirement , leaving only limited scope for any mediator to suggest to Saddam Hussein that this would create a more fruitful atmosphere for addressing regional problems . |
| 15 | Based on Iraq 's own admission [ see above ] it was believed that the air war might have killed 20,000 ( of whom an estimated 1,000 were civilians ) , while a further 15,000 troops were thought to have been killed in the ground campaign . |
| 16 | During their April visit ( the 11th inspection ) the IAEA inspectors sought information particularly on Iraq 's source for supplies of 100 tonnes of maraging steel , an alloy used to build uranium enrichment centrifuges , and 20 carbon fibre rotors , equipment used in enrichment . |
| 17 | The inspection produced no evidence of information on Iraq 's chemical and ballistic missiles programme , the issue about which suspicions had been expressed by UN weapons inspectors . |
| 18 | This appears to have been the conclusion reached by the Israeli government when it launched its air attack on Iraq 's French-built research-scale Osiris reactor at Tuweithah near Ctesiphon in June 1981 . |
| 19 | The Iranian attacks in September 1980 on Iraq 's southern terminals put them totally out of action . |
| 20 | In January President Saddam , speaking on Iraq 's Army Day , referred to having reminded ‘ the gang … in Iran ’ of ‘ the disasters it sustained in the July 1984 battles ’ . |
| 21 | Other UN inspectors in Baghdad have extended their stay beyond the planned departure yesterday , after saying that they had gathered fresh information on Iraq 's ballistic missile programme . |
| 22 | He said that question should be addressed to the special commission on Iraq 's weapons of mass destruction . |