[Prodigal Son]

I'm curious where the Sun got the info that they were French missiles. I haven't seen this reported by anyone else.

[Verginius Rufus]

French missiles produced after the arms embargo was in place. Interesting. The other question is whether they were delivered to the Baathists before or after April 9, 2003.

According to a thread last night on the Detroit debate, one or more of the 'Rat candidates was taking potshots at Wolfowitz. What would they be saying if he had been a casualty? Applauding the "freedom fighters"?

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for the post (and the headline!).

The London Sun reported today that half of the rockets used in the attack were French weapons produced after the arms embargo against Iraq following the Gulf War.

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[Eternal_Bear]

The device was not sophisticated - "a science project in a garage with a welder and a battery and a handful of wires" - but it was effective, he said

You can buy high school rocket kits with better range than the ones fired at us. They do sound incredibly primitive. Sort of like Katyushas from WW II.

[MissAmericanPie]

Not very good security on our part. No vehicals should be allowed within blocks of our main compound. Very shoddy.

[Wright is right!]

"A day earlier, a rocket-propelled grenade forced down a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter north of Baghdad."

Error. The chopper had just landed when it was attacked by RPG. It was NOT "shot down."

Michael