IRAQ REMOVES ENGINES FROM DESTROYED AL SAMOUDS

middle east newsline ^ | 3/9/03

[knak]

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- U.S. intelligence has concluded that Iraq deceived the United Nations in its current effort to destroy the Al Samoud missile.

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.

"From recent intelligence, we know that the Iraqi regime intends to declare and destroy only a portion of its banned Al Samoud inventory and that it has, in fact, ordered the continued production of the missiles that you see being destroyed," U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies on Wednesday. "Iraq has brought its machinery that produces such missiles out into the daylight for all to see. But we have intelligence that says, at the very same time, it has also begun to hide machinery it can use to convert other kinds of engines to power Al Samouds."

Iraq has declared that it has 100 Al Samoud missiles, half of them deployed by the military. So far, the UN Monitoring,Verification, and Inspection Commission reports that 34 such missiles have been destroyed.

[clintonh8r]

You mean they fooled Hans? Why, that's hard to believe!

[jwalsh07]

Nah, they didn't fool Hans, to him taking a set of shears to a tin can minus the beer is evidence of disarmament.

[Mr.Clark]

Shocked, just shocked!!

[Indy Pendance]

I wouldn't be surprised if Hans was in on it from the get go. Check page 174 of his latest report.

[Howlin]

ROFLMAO. Almost my first laugh of the day!

[PhiKapMom]

Check this one out! Looks like this is more he didn't report!

[Wait4Truth]

I'm with you, Indy. Blix was working FOR Saddam. His corrupt report proves it.

[Howlin]

Now, I know this is a stupid question and you all can laugh if you want to, but isn't the engine what made the damn thing illegal in the first place?

[Howlin]

I can't take much more today.......honest.

[TexKat]

Enough already, just take that sad man sob out. Just take him out, take him out now.

[EvilOverlord]

Hmm. No wonder they didn't allow videotaping of the missile destruction, and did it hidden behind walls. There would have been too much evidence of deceit.

[Indy Pendance]

Money or virgins?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

[kcvl]

bttt

[Wait4Truth]

MONEY!!

[Cold Heat]

isn't the engine what made the damn thing illegal in the first place?

Yes,......................I do believe it is!!!!!!!

What do you say Mr. Blix?

Seriously Howlin, it was the import of the engines that led them to believe the damn things were illegal. LOL!

[PhiKapMom]

I was sitting here thinking the same thing! This is unreal all that is coming out! I am ready for the WAR to START!

[PhiKapMom]

Didn't they import these engines from France? Or am I dreaming!

[kcvl]

I am SO CONFUSED! lol