Posted on 09/09/2004 2:36:29 PM PDT by swilhelm73
WASHINGTON — France, Russia and China supplied Saddam Hussein with missiles, arms, defense technology and spare parts before — and after — the start of the Iraq war, an explosive new book claims.
In the book, Washington Times reporter Bill Gertz cites a slew of illegal covert arms deals between Saddam and several countries that opposed the U.S. invasion in the months before and after the start of war in March 2003.
The book, "Treachery: How America's Friends and Foes Are Secretly Arming Our Enemies," cites secret Pentagon and CIA reports and interviews with top U.S. defense and intelligence officials.
Gertz claims that many of the weapons sold to Iraq in this critical time frame — and in violation of U.N. embargoes — were used by Ba'athist terrorists against U.S. forces after the fall of Saddam.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Most of the rise in blood pressure will be in Foggy Bottom. They hate the idea of definite enemies and definite friends .....
I heard about this book on Fox News Wednesday nite. My blood pressure began to rise. It looks like this book is must reading for us all. To think that the insurgents in Iraq are using munitions from Germany, France and Russia. They're loaded with the arms! I heard that the U.S. can only pile dirt on top of them. In the meantime, our soldiers are getting slaughtered by weapons from our "allies" (?)
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