NEAR MISS IN SCUD ATTACK

Sky News | 3/20/03

[kattracks]

US Marines had a near miss when one of several Iraqi missiles fired at Kuwait landed near their camp in the Gulf Arab state's northern desert.

"An unidentified missile struck outside Camp Commando at approximately 10.28 (0728 GMT) this morning," a statement by the US Marine Corps First Marine Expeditionary Force said.

"Initial reports cited that soldiers from the UK and (US) Marines sighted a grey missile land just outside the compound."

Iraq retaliated after US missiles rained down on Baghdad - by firing four missiles on targets in Kuwait.

Washington insisted the missiles were scuds but Baghdad insisted it did not possess any.

According to US officials, four missiles were fired at Allied forces in northern Kuwait.

Two were intercepted by patriot missiles and two hit Kuwaiti territory.

Officials said the missiles caused no damage and were not carrying chemical or biological warheads.

Camp New Jersey - near the border with Iraq - is believed to be one of the targets. The troops were put on full gas alert.

[Sir Gawain]

A near miss would be a hit.

[Eala]

Wasn't the Left telling us Saddam had disarmed? Where could these missiles have possible come from?

[Libertarianize the GOP]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[cdefreese]

I hope and wish that they will soon verify that the missiles are indeed SCUDS. This will then prove how useless the UN inspectors have been.

I just want PROOF.

[Paradox]

I hope and wish that they will soon verify that the missiles are indeed SCUDS. This will then prove how useless the UN inspectors have been.

I just want PROOF.

Me too! Tired of having to speculate..

[dirtboy]

In other news, Hans Blix announced that he had discovered several previously unverified Iraqi Scud missiles, proving that the inspection process did work.

[John H K]

I just want PROOF.

Careful, there's an element on FR now that believes anyone that demands actual proof of something that people really want to believe in is some sort of Communist disruptor.

[Orangedog]

"Initial reports cited that soldiers from the UK and (US) Marines sighted a grey missile land just outside the compound."

Okay, where the hell are the Patriot batteries to keep these things from getting that close?

[God is good]

I thought they didn't have any of these. Pray for our ground troops.

[Coop]

"Initial reports cited that soldiers from the UK and (US) Marines sighted a grey missile land just outside the compound."

I'd like to know who was able to see a ballistic missile impact - even reporting its color.

[Nick Thimmesch]

Isn't "near miss" the same as "army intelligence"?

[zerosix]

Blix stated most emphatically that Saddam had no scuds.

Brit Hume jokingly stated that when he died he hoped to come back as Hans Blix's son - he'd be threatened but always given extra time and always forgiven for everything.

[longtermmemmory]

so he crosses off the "scud" and spray paints al-samoud. We improved our military why not sadam?

[weegee]

Ineffective UN inspections BUMP.

[mayhem199]

several people seen the missle only because it ran out of fuel. it was ment to hit Kuwait city but didnt make it. When the misslie ran out of gas it goes a lot slower. so everybody saw it as if pretty much crash landed outside camp commando

[mayhem199]

The missile was a sere succer not a scudd. sere succers fly a lot lower than scuds. the patriot system is designed to shoot down scuds not sere succers. The sere succers fly so low it cant be picked up by the patriots radar.

[Coop]

So a ballistic missile that has run out of fuel actually defies gravity? Fascinating.

Welcome to the forum.

[Coop]

Okay, I see you clarified that the missile was a cruise missile. Fair enough.

[Coop]

Bogdan, the sequel?