[MaDeuce]

"Maybe his trip is what sparked the caravan of WMD's to Syria before the war?"

This is what definitely happened. Apparently there were convoys going west from Iraq to Syria in the months before the war ... and I'm sure that if you could get a good look at who was driving the trucks you would find Russians doing the work since it was mainly their WMD's that they supplied Saddam with.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Welcome to FreeRepublic, Ma!

[MizSterious]

Some of the hardware was French. They left a few of those behind--some were even dated, and the dates were recent, so they weren't old crusty rusted out things like the media and 'Rats implied.

[syriacus]

and I'm sure that if you could get a good look at who was driving the trucks you would find Russians doing the work since it was mainly their WMD's that they supplied Saddam with.

I've been wondering again, lately, what "humanitarian" supplies were on those illegal flights into Baghdad in 2000, which ignored the sanctions against Iraq.

Russian jet defies UN sanctions to land at Baghdad airport

Civilian Flights to Iraq Those seeking an end to Iraq sanctions have organized civilian flights in contravention of the sanctions of the sanctions prohibitions.

George Galloway even helped arrange an illegal flight.