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Kuwait foils smuggling of chemical and Bio-weapons
Hindustan Times ^ | 10/2/03 | associated press

Posted on 10/02/2003 3:12:18 PM PDT by martinaricejr

Kuwait foils smuggling of chemicals, bio warheads from Iraq

Associated Press

Kuwait City, October 2

Kuwaiti security authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle $60 million worth of chemical weapons and biological warheads from Iraq to an unnamed European country, a Kuwaiti newspaper said on Wednesday.

The pro-Government Al-Siyassah, quoting an unnamed security source, said the suspects had been watched by security since they arrived in Kuwait and were arrested "in due time." It did not say when or how the smugglers entered Kuwait or when they were arrested.

The paper said the smugglers might have had accomplices inside Kuwait. It said Interior Minister Sheik Nawwaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah would hand over the smuggled weapons to an FBI agent at a news conference, but did not say when.

Government officials could not be immediately reached for comment.

Iraqi Interior Minister Nouri Al-Badran met on Tuesday with Sheik Nawwaf and discussed cooperation between the two countries in security matters. His visit is the first by an Iraqi interior minister to Kuwait since 1990.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biologicalweapons; chemicalweapons; iraq; kuwait; wmd; wmds
If there are no WMD's in Iraq, then what the h*** were they smuggling?
1 posted on 10/02/2003 3:12:19 PM PDT by martinaricejr
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2 posted on 10/02/2003 3:12:59 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: martinaricejr
We were all over this story yesterday. Hundreds of posts. Do a search next time.

Since nothing more has followed in the 24 hours since the story broke, I would guess it was a "non" story.

3 posted on 10/02/2003 3:17:05 PM PDT by technomage
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To: technomage
Kuwait government spokesman came out earlier today and said it wasn't true.
4 posted on 10/02/2003 3:20:47 PM PDT by snooker
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To: snooker
Foxnews finally reported the Kuwaiti story -- still doesn't make it true but they said it was reported in Kuwait
5 posted on 10/02/2003 3:39:13 PM PDT by rhombus
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To: snooker
Kuwait government spokesman came out earlier today and said it wasn't true.

Another slap in the face!!

6 posted on 10/02/2003 4:28:18 PM PDT by technomage
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To: snooker
There was a revised version of the story today which said that they had intercepted smuggled artifacts, not weapons, but I don't know if that's true either.
7 posted on 10/02/2003 4:30:54 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle (uo)
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To: snooker
Got a link?
8 posted on 10/02/2003 4:35:20 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07
It was on Fox News ... just the scroller.
9 posted on 10/02/2003 8:08:25 PM PDT by snooker
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