Posted on 08/07/2007 8:47:30 AM PDT by drzz
This is also a short-range ballistic missile.
Iraq had several types of SRBMs such as Ababil, Samoud and Al Fatah and that is what you see in the video. Those are NOT long-range missiles.
Check out the following links detailing the Iraqi SRBMs.
Along with yourself the U.S. Department of State also needs to go on a course of missile recognition.
Here is an image they have on their website
Here is the caption
Abandoned Iraqi Scud missile mounted on a mobile launcher along the Tigris River on the outskirts of Baghdad, June 4. 1,400 experts have just arrived in Iraq to begin a detailed investigation of Saddam Husseins weapons industry. Visiting U.S. forces in the Gulf June 5, President Bush pledged to "reveal the truth" about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
The missile is actually a smaller ranged missile as seen in the video that you claim shows 'long-range missiles'
The missile in the picture shows a FROG battlefield rocket (FROG - Free Rocket Over Ground)
If any SCUD had been found in Iraq then it would have been a smoking-gun. No SCUDs were launched and none were found in Iraq.
The following are images of Iraqi SRBMs as seen in the video that you posted. Note the size of these. Note ISG personnel examining one of the Iraqi SRBMs. Note the size. This is what you are claiming in the video is a 'long-range missile'.
looks like you are pretty knowledgable about Saddam’s stocks. Thanks for the info.
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