Terri
03-13-2003, 08:17 AM
The French Connection
William Safire
New York Times
March 13 2003
Washington - France, China and Syria all have a common reason for keeping American and British troops out of Iraq: the three nations may not want the world to discover that their nationals have been illicitly supplying Saddam Hussein with materials used in building long-range surface-to-surface missiles.
We're not talking about short-range Al Samoud 2 missiles, which Saddam is ostentatiously destroying to help his protectors avert an invasion, nor his old mobile Scuds. The delivery system for mass destruction warheads requires a much more sophisticated propulsion system and fuels.
If you were running the Iraqi ballistic missiles project, where in the world would you go to buy the chemical that is among the best binders for solid propellant?
Full Story (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/13/opinion/13SAFI.html)
I think a lot of truth will come out if we ever have access to the records. That is unless we play nicey nicey and don't reveal it. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/angry.gif
William Safire
New York Times
March 13 2003
Washington - France, China and Syria all have a common reason for keeping American and British troops out of Iraq: the three nations may not want the world to discover that their nationals have been illicitly supplying Saddam Hussein with materials used in building long-range surface-to-surface missiles.
We're not talking about short-range Al Samoud 2 missiles, which Saddam is ostentatiously destroying to help his protectors avert an invasion, nor his old mobile Scuds. The delivery system for mass destruction warheads requires a much more sophisticated propulsion system and fuels.
If you were running the Iraqi ballistic missiles project, where in the world would you go to buy the chemical that is among the best binders for solid propellant?
Full Story (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/13/opinion/13SAFI.html)
I think a lot of truth will come out if we ever have access to the records. That is unless we play nicey nicey and don't reveal it. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/angry.gif