[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 9 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 9

 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 1981 Israeli preemptive 
strike against the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak was a legitimate and 
justifiable exercise of self-defense, and that the United States should 
seek the repeal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 487 which 
             condemned that 1981 Israeli preemptive strike.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mr. Torricelli submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 1981 Israeli preemptive 
strike against the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak was a legitimate and 
justifiable exercise of self-defense, and that the United States should 
seek the repeal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 487 which 
             condemned that 1981 Israeli preemptive strike.

Whereas on June 7, 1981, the Israeli air force launched a preemptive strike 
        against the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak;
Whereas on June 19, 1981, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 
        487 which condemned that Israeli preemptive strike;
Whereas in the years following that Israeli preemptive strike, Iraq demonstrated 
        an ability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction, as 
        evidenced by chemical weapons attacks against both Iranian military 
        forces and Kurdish Iraqi citizens;
Whereas in 1990, Iraqi President Hussein attempted to illegally acquire 
        triggering devices for atomic bombs, and also threatened to use weapons 
        of mass destruction against both neighboring Arab countries and Israel;
Whereas in August 1990, Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait, demonstrating a 
        continuing policy of aggression;
Whereas after United States-led coalition forces attacked the Iraqi forces on 
        January 16, 1991, Iraq attempted to draw Israel, a non-belligerent 
        country, into the conflict by launching 42 Scud missiles at Israel; and
Whereas there is no evidence that the Israeli preemptive strike against the 
        Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak delayed efforts to resolve the Arab-
        Israeli conflict: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the 1981 Israeli preemptive strike against the Iraqi 
        nuclear reactor at Osirak was a legitimate and justifiable 
        exercise of self-defense which also reduced the threat of Iraqi 
        nuclear aggression against countries bordering Iraq; and
            (2) the United States should seek the repeal of United 
        Nations Security Council Resolution 487 which condemned that 
        1981 Israeli preemptive strike.

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