THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Tuesday, October 11, 1994              TAG: 9410110263
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A7   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   47 lines

KEY EVENTS IN THE CRISIS

Sept. 23 - CIA Director James Woolsey claims Iraq has hidden elements of its weapons programs, is building underground facilities to resume these programs and still harbors regional ambitions, particularly toward Kuwait.

Sept. 25 - Baghdad cuts government food rations for Iraq's 18 million people, who are suffering severe hardship under U.N. sanctions. Rations reportedly are halved.

Sept. 28 - British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd opposes giving Iraq a target date for lifting sanctions.

Oct. 4 - Iraqi opposition radio calls on Iraqis to prepare for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

Oct. 5 - Iraq claims a million people have perished because of sanctions imposed in August 1990.

Oct. 6 - Amid an increasingly hostile anti-U.N. media campaign, Baghdad threatens to block long-term monitoring of its military programs.

Oct. 7 - Iraqi opposition reports Saddam moving elite Republican Guard divisions south toward Kuwait. Baghdad denies it plans to invade Kuwait again. But President Clinton dispatches an aircraft carrier battle group and warns Iraqis ``should not be misled into thinking that they can repeat the mistakes of the past.''

Oct. 8 - Clinton orders more U.S. forces, including 4,000 troops, to the gulf and orders that a list of targets for Tomahawk cruise missiles be updated. The Arab League urges Saddam to show restraint. The U.N. Security Council warns Iraq that the world group is committed to protect Kuwait.

Oct. 9 - Kuwait moves the bulk of its 18,000-man army to the border. A U.S. amphibious force with 2,000 Marines and a British frigate arrive off Kuwait. Baghdad accuses the West of trying to crush Iraq, claiming sanctions subjected its people to ``an injustice of unprecedented proportions.'' Clinton orders more forces to the gulf, raising the total to 54,000.

Oct. 10 - The Norfolk-based aircraft carrier George Washington battle group arrives in the Red Sea. Iraqi U.N. Ambassador Nizar Hamdoon announces Iraqi soldiers will pull back from the Kuwaiti border. Kuwait information minister Sheik Saud al-Sabah says he had no proof that Iraqi troops were pulling back.

KEYWORDS: IRAQ

by CNB