Elite Russian Commandos Concealed Iraq Weapons Removal (Nuke Accessories at Qaa Qaa, Iraq)

Bill Gertz's Intelligence Backgrounder Column ^ | 11/9/04 | Bill Gertz

[gopwinsin04]

Russia has become the focus of a US investigation into the removal of special weapons from Iraq in the months leading up to the March 2003 US military invasion.

European intelligence has uncovered documents that link Russian spetsnaz troos to the removal of Russian made arms and explosives.

Asked if the Russians worked at the Al Qaa Qaa facility where 380 tons of RDX and HMX explosives had been stored, a defense official said:

'The likelihood is 99 percent that if the Russians did not work at that facility, they had helped to create a specific task force within Mukhabarat to do so.'

[gopwinsin04]

Weapons used in the nuclear weapons cache of many nations, though not on the non-proliferation list..according to the NY Times

[Racer1]

Dead link for the article. You might want to fix that if you want your story to have credibility.

[GSlob]

RDX and HMX are common, cheap [relatively], and made in every country on the planet which is above the Bronze Age. Thus there would be no particular need to hide or remove any particular cache of them. It would be interesting to know what else was there.

[Robert_Paulson2]

http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy%2Ddirect/

[octavianaugustus]

http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/

[Robert_Paulson2]

in html "%2" is equal to "-"

so the link will work, or should, either way.

just like the asci text string "& lt;" prints "<" to the screen in html.

"<" <------------- see source code.

jfi

[Wiz]

I think there was a related article on GlobalSecurity.org but I can't remember. This might be another news but might be related to this news.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1052337/posts

[AnimalLover]

Bump - a "must" read

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping

[fire_eye]

Yeah, but "HMX and RDX" sounds "sexy" on TV, like "Assault Rifle", so CBSNBCABC etc. need to say it every evening so they can get their ratings up with the Oprah-and-NFL crowd...

[Velveeta]

Thanks for the ping. Bump.