[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Fox News reported that that the commander-in-chief and administration has been trying to get a response from Russia on this for A YEAR to no avail. It is made public, and they suddenly deny it!

[PhiKapMom]

The State Department started complaining to the Russian Government a year ago about the sale of these items so it should not have been a shock to the Putin Government that this came out. In fact, Powell should have brought it out at the UN instead of the US policy of kid glove treatment to the Russians at the UN.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Add the Russian embassy in Baghdad to the target list.

[UncleSamUSA]

What??,,, you expected the stinking Russians to ADMIT they have been stabbing the US in the back and selling illicit arms and equipment to Saddam??

They are just following the old Soviet-KGB strategy: undermine the US at every opportunity and then deny everything.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I suppose those Russian made anti-shipping missiles found near Basra are just a figment of our imagination.

[nevergore]

"The U.S. government suspects that the Russians were hiding some of the jamming equipment in humanitarian aid flights to Baghdad, Fox News has learned. The boxes are about 3 ft. x 3 ft."

Note that these were UN FLIGHTS!!! Conducted under the watchful eye of the UN??? Most of these transfers occurred in late 2002 and early 2003.....after it was apparent that Iraq would not comply and US action was inevitable.....

France, Germany and Russia all conspiring to block us at the Security council level....

Food for thought....

NeverGore

[azhenfud]

Anyone recall this quote?

"According to www.irak.ru, American troops were stopped by fire from a Malyutka-2 (Baby-2) anti-tank missile system of Soviet construction (NATO classification SAGGER)."

Weren't these also banned by the U.N.? It certainly testifies of Soviet arms sales to Iraq.

[drella8566]

Check out the companies' contact info:

KBP Tula

http://www.shipunov.com/shipunov-e/about.htm

Aviaconversiya

http://www.maks.ru/cgi-bin/maks_new/show_expo.pl?company_id=547&lang=eng


Presumably, you can order jamming devices if you're from Iraq. Who knew?