Introduction ...................................................................................................................
188
Before
September
2000 ................................................................................................
188
Review of
the UK’s strategy on Iraq, autumn
2000 .......................................................
192
JIC
Assessment, 1 November 2000: ‘Iraq: Prospects for
Co-operation’ ................. 197
JIC
Assessment, 23 November 2000: ‘Iraq: Regional
Rapprochement’ ................. 200
Initial
discussions with the new US
Administration .......................................................
205
Review of
the No-Fly Zones
(NFZs) .............................................................................
212
JIC
Assessment, 13 December 2000: ‘Impact of the NFZs on Iraqi
Persecution’ .. 213
Mr Blair’s
meeting with President Bush, 23 February
2001 .......................................... 222
Cabinet
Office advice ..............................................................................................
222
No.10’s
advice ........................................................................................................
227
Attacks by
coalition aircraft north of the southern NFZ, 16 February
2001 ............ 228
Mr Blair’s
meeting with President Bush at Camp
David ......................................... 231
Developing
a new policy on Iraq, spring
2001 ..............................................................
234
Defining
the new UK policy framework ...................................................................
235
JIC
Assessment, 8 March 2001: ‘Impact of Smarter
Sanctions’ ............................. 238
Activity in
the No-Fly
Zones ....................................................................................
241
Discussions
with the
US .........................................................................................
242
Early
negotiations on a smarter sanctions
resolution .............................................
248
JIC
Assessment, 25 July
2001 ................................................................................
253
Continuing
concerns about the
NFZs ...........................................................................
255
Lord
Goldsmith’s
review .........................................................................................
260
Discussions
on a new contingency plan for the loss of an aircraft
in
Iraq ......................................................................................................................
261
Developments
in the
US ...............................................................................................
262
187