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US Intel: Iraq Switched Engines in [Al Samoud] Missiles it Destroyed
World Tribune.com Breaking News ^
| March 7, 2003
| Special Report
Posted on 03/07/2003 9:45:51 AM PST by ewing
United States Intelligence has concluded that Iraq decieved the United Nations by destroying stockpiled Al Samoud missiles with old engines.
United States officials said the regieme of Saddam Hussein has not destroyed any Al Samoud missiles deployed in forward bases in Southern Iraq.
Instead they said Iraq brought out missiles from military warehouses and replaced the engines with those from Soviet-origin SA-2 surface to air missiles, developed in the 1950's.
On Friday the Kuwait daily Al Rai Al Aam quoted senior military sources as saying that Iraq has beefed up forces in the south around the city of Basra.
The newspaper said that the Iraqi soldiers, dressed in civilian clothes, were ordered to prepare for an urban warfare campaign against United States led forces, Middile East Newsline reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldtribune.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: alsamoud; finalstraw; iraq; saddam; warlist
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10 days is too long, IMHO..
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posted on
03/07/2003 9:45:51 AM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
I swear I heard blix say this morning that they also stopped destroying stuff as of today and he hoped it would be temporary.
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posted on
03/07/2003 9:48:02 AM PST
by
knak
(kelly in alaska)
To: ewing
Man, oh, man I hope this report is accurate. Blix is gonna have a coop's worth of egg on his face.
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posted on
03/07/2003 9:48:31 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(The Pentagon thinks they can create TIA when they can't even keep track of their own contractors)
To: ewing
Isn't that special. They kept the two stage engines.
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To: knak
Heard that too. No activity at the site today.
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posted on
03/07/2003 9:49:21 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts: Proofs establish links)
To: ewing
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
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posted on
03/07/2003 9:49:25 AM PST
by
Catspaw
To: knak
I heard him say the same thing.
To: ewing
I guess Blix missed this...
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posted on
03/07/2003 9:51:22 AM PST
by
finnman69
(!)
To: Badabing Badaboom
Interesting that the Iraqi army troops are now burrowing in the civilian population, makes it easier to hide the mass defections..
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posted on
03/07/2003 9:51:24 AM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
More smoke and mirrors from Saddam. This has been my theory since the offer to destroy these missiles. For all Blix knows, the missiles being destroyed are defective, inoperational, dissimilar to those found to be in noncompliance, and for all Blix knows, there are scores of these stored away elsewhere.
Could someone buy Blix some tix to Vegas so he could take in a good magic show, to at least get the picture?
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posted on
03/07/2003 9:53:30 AM PST
by
Chummy
To: Chummy
Good heavens, Blix looks like a doofus..
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posted on
03/07/2003 9:55:57 AM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
If we have this info, why didn't Powell use it this morning?
To: ewing
To: dirtboy
Blix is gonna have a coop's worth of egg on his face. I happen to be a mammal, thank you very much!
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posted on
03/07/2003 10:03:37 AM PST
by
Coop
To: Queen of Excelsior
Powell couldnt give up his sources, according to his speech of Wednesday-I dont know if that has changed since then.
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posted on
03/07/2003 10:03:49 AM PST
by
ewing
To: Coop
I happen to be a mammal, thank you very much!What, you're a platypus?
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posted on
03/07/2003 10:07:20 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(The Pentagon thinks they can create TIA when they can't even keep track of their own contractors)
To: ewing
Good heavens, Blix looks like a doofus..
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posted on
03/07/2003 10:09:22 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(The Pentagon thinks they can create TIA when they can't even keep track of their own contractors)
To: knak
Bombs away.
To: ewing
This article not only proves the lie about weapons inspections working but also points at something far more insidious and disturbing.
The intelligence gathered in this indicates that the U.N. inspectors as well as Security Council Members are fully aware of the charade being performed in Iraq. While I have no doubt that the administration will NOT take this position. It seems obvious to me that not only do France, Russia, Germany and China intend for this issue to become a permanent handcuffing of Anglo-American power in the world but the United Nations as an organization is actively participating in this attempt. In more clear term these countries are ACTIVELY engaing in activies that undermine the security, stability and sovereignty of the United States.
We should seriously be reevaluating the nature of our relationship with these nations. Were any other nations to be doing this they would be openly declared as enemies of America. Indeed not 10 years ago Russia was in fact considered an enemy of America and was only under Clinton that they suddenly became our friends and allies Furthermore thathe U.N. is actively attempting to tie our hands in this issue is essentially an attack on the sovereignty of the United States of America.
We need to get out of the U.N. and if we cant bring ourselves to call nations like France our enemies then we should at least stop calling them our friends.
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posted on
03/07/2003 10:15:34 AM PST
by
Prysson
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