[jriemer]

I also seem to recall some Russians getting shot up near the Iraq/Syria border.

Found on anothere thread-

"Flashback: Russian convoy fired on in Iraq
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/06/sprj.irq.russian.convoy.attacked/

32 posted on 10/27/2004 10:18:17 PM EDT by jimbo123"

[Steve_Seattle]

The story describes the Russian convoy as consisting of "8 cars," which doesn't seem a likely conduit for WMD's or 380 tons of explosives.