Posted on 03/22/2003 4:01:46 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
London, Mar 22, 2003 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered his forces to booby trap "practically all" of the country's oil and natural gas installations, British Chief of Defense Staff, Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, said Saturday.
In a joint press conference with Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon, Boyce said Saddam's order indicated that the Iraqi leader was "prepared to blow up the (country's) entire economy."
The admiral also confirmed that the Iraqi Army's 51st Infantry Division made up of some 8,000 troops had begun to surrender near the strategic southern Iraqi city of Basra and reported "many thousands of Iraqi prisoners of war."
The eco-wacko should protest this. Where are they?
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