[Enterprise]

"Fortunately, the Iraqi terrorists don't have the product-improved tandem warheads, which is why (once the insurgent threat was recognized) we made the big buy of Israeli reactive armor."

Curious then as to why Saddam didn't have these weapons, or why they didn't fall into the hands of the insurgents if he did.

[pawdoggie]

Curious then as to why Saddam didn't have these weapons, or why they didn't fall into the hands of the insurgents if he did.

This was, I believe, a money issue. Saddam may have had some modern AT missile systems (there were reports, later disputed, that the Iraqis had some of the Russian "Kornet" ATGMs), but for the most part he hoarded his "oil for food" money, or spent it on new palaces.