http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1048489/posts "Syria is Source of Illegal Iraqi Weapons"
Drudge Report ^ | 12-29-03
Posted on 12/29/2003 8:11:02 PM PST by RWR8189
SNIPPET: "According to recently uncovered documents in Iraq, a Syrian trading company with close ties to the ruling regime smuggled weapons and military hardware to Saddam Hussein between 2000 and 2003, establishing Syria as the main channel for illegal transfers to Baghdad during the U.N. embargo, the LOS ANGELES TIMES will report in Tuesday papers... Developing."
And the actual excerpt and link to the LA Times article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1048519/posts Paper Trail Shows Syria as Iraq's Main Weapons Link
The private company, called SES International Corp., is headed by a cousin of Syria's autocratic leader, Bashar Assad, and is controlled by other members of the president's Baath Party and Alawite clan. Syria's government assisted SES in importing at least one shipment destined for Iraq's military, the Iraqi documents indicate, and Western intelligence reports allege that senior Syrian officials were involved in other illicit transfers.
Iraqi records show that SES signed more than 50 contracts to supply tens of millions of dollars' worth of arms and equipment to Iraq's military shortly before the U.S.-led invasion in March.
