Drewman626
03-07-2003, 11:51 PM
U.S. intelligence: Iraq switched engines in missiles it destroyed
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Friday, March 7, 2003
U.S. intelligence has concluded that Iraq deceived the United Nations by destroying stockpiled Al Samoud missiles with old engines.
U.S. officials said the regime of President Saddam Hussein has not destroyed any Al Samoud missile deployed in forward bases in southern Iraq.
Instead, they said, Iraq has brought out missiles from military warehouses and replaced the engines with those from the Soviet-origin SA-2 surface-to-air missile, developed in the 1950s.
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But U.S. officials said UN inspectors have not been allowed to actually inspect most of the missiles. They said the destruction of the Al Samoud takes place far from UN observation sites.
FULL STORY (http://www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/breaking_4.html)
This is well beyond the point of insanity. How do you force someone to disarm who doesn't want to disarm without using force?
Can we PLEASE go to war already?
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Friday, March 7, 2003
U.S. intelligence has concluded that Iraq deceived the United Nations by destroying stockpiled Al Samoud missiles with old engines.
U.S. officials said the regime of President Saddam Hussein has not destroyed any Al Samoud missile deployed in forward bases in southern Iraq.
Instead, they said, Iraq has brought out missiles from military warehouses and replaced the engines with those from the Soviet-origin SA-2 surface-to-air missile, developed in the 1950s.
... ...
But U.S. officials said UN inspectors have not been allowed to actually inspect most of the missiles. They said the destruction of the Al Samoud takes place far from UN observation sites.
FULL STORY (http://www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/breaking_4.html)
This is well beyond the point of insanity. How do you force someone to disarm who doesn't want to disarm without using force?
Can we PLEASE go to war already?